Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006- Page 2

[bwayondabrain]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#25

Posted: 9/25/06 at 7:31pm

i remember the first week of JERSEY BOYS- i was at HAIRSPRAY, and the line was around the block to get into the theatre, and i look across the street at JERSEY BOYS with a line consisting of hardly anyone! and i remember telling my sister, 'wow, that is gonna flop so bad'
:P

[WickedOne2]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#26

Posted: 9/25/06 at 7:32pm

Wow looks like Spamalot took a bit of hit too.

"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe

[FoscasBohemianDream]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#27

Posted: 9/25/06 at 7:33pm

I agree that The Wedding Singer will probably stay open till New Year's just like the Sweet Charity revival that played at the same theatre and had more or less the same fortune.

[munkustrap178]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#28

Posted: 9/25/06 at 8:28pm

Margo, how much staying power do you think THE PRODUCERS has left in it?

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[Princeton78]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#29

Posted: 9/25/06 at 9:16pm

Perhaps the huge start for ACL is due to the curiosity factor.

"Y'all have a GRAND day now"

[bwayondabrain]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#30

Posted: 9/25/06 at 9:18pm

thats a good sign for ACL, but yeah...how much longer for PRODUCERS? maybe New Years as well?

[mikem]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#31

Posted: 9/25/06 at 9:35pm

Odd -- Chicago was at over 100%, even though it was supposedly at TKTS at least 3 performances last week. Has any other show been over 100% and still been using TKTS?

"What was the name of that cheese that I like?" "you can't run away forever...but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start" "well I hope and I pray, that maybe someday, you'll walk in the room with my heart"

[snl89]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#32

Posted: 9/25/06 at 9:37pm

noooo wedding singer!!

I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.

[IntoTheNight]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#33

Posted: 9/25/06 at 9:43pm

Wow. Looks like a lot of shows took a hit this week. ACL numbers--amazing!

[ACL2006]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#34

Posted: 9/25/06 at 9:50pm

I'd say the Wedding Singer will last through the holidays and probably close after New Year's. As for the Producers, it's done. Anyone that's wanted to see it, has. The hype has been long gone. I'll give it one more year(close Labor Day weekend).

And I remember getting tickets for Avenue Q & Phantom at the TKTS booth and then seeing it's grosses the following week at about 95%-100%.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[jv92]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#35

Posted: 9/25/06 at 9:53pm

Oh, I'd give Wedding Singer till Thanksgiving.

[Smaxie]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#36

Posted: 9/26/06 at 11:09am

Just following up on this conversation from yesterday, today's Daily Variety quoted a net gross potential for A Chorus Line of $721,413 for last week's schedule of seven performances. That figure would represent what the show could potentially bring in with all orchestra and front mezzanine ($111.25) and rear mezzanine ($86.25) tickets going at their full price rate, without any discounting. A Chorus Line had a net gross of $759,599, which is $38,000 above the show's potential net gross, meaning not only did everyone in the theatre pay full price to be there, but the show also did significant premium ticket business in its first week. Again, it's a terrific start for the production.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

[Michael Bennett]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/2006#37

Posted: 9/26/06 at 12:18pm

THE PRODUCERS isn't going to run another year. Even if the rumours of a New Year's Eve closing don't pan out, they would have to do something miraculous to keep it going another 12 months if its numbers stay where they are.