Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/23 — Page 2

barcelona20 said: "Can Merrily sustain a $225 ticket for the entire run?"

for the entire six month run? a resounding "obviously, yes".

Jakeevan942 said: "JSquared2 said: "ACL2006 said: "Yet the producers of WICKED refuse to put the show up on TKTS. I believe that, for a while, they've been closing off the back of the mezzanine for weeknight performances. Why not just offer those seats on TKTS?"



It's all about perception. Most producers and marketing people believe that once people know that discounts are available, that's the end of full priced tickets. The producers would rather take the short term loss that risk losing far more in the long run.

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Wicked has made enough money as a global product that the show can weather a few weeks of just doing break-even business. They don't want to diffuse the brand by going to TKTS, discount codes, etc, which is why we haven't seen either of those things from the show since the first year.

And regardless, I'm sure they'll get quite a bit of major market, national press out of Wicked Day weekend for the 20th anniversary this year, which should bring a renewed focus to the musical. "

And the movies, of course, if we decide to play the longer-term game.

I know this is off-topic, but with the discussion of Wicked, I wanted to share something I thought about recently.

If Sondheim's most fruitful period had occurred 33 years later than it did, Company would have premiered the same year as Wicked.

And this year we would be talking about the off-Broadway premiere of Assassins.

In the meantime, we would have also witnessed the debuts of Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park With George, and Into the Woods.

Will we ever see as productive a two-decade span from one Broadway creator as we saw from 1970 to 1990?

That Wicked number almost seems like a mistake (not saying it is, just saying it's such a randomly big drop). I guess we'll see what happens next week. Obviously the show is fine but I'll be curious what happens next week.

I will be shocked if the following shows are still running in Feb 2024: Here Lies Love, Kimberly Akimbo (sadly), Purlie Victorious, Some Like It Hot. Along with the planned closings and the unofficial knowledge that Sweeney will close when Groban leaves.

Really incredible start for Merrily. Pretty decent showing for Gutenberg too.

Call_me_jorge said: "Does Here Lies Love have some sort of Angel investor? Didn’t the lead producer, Hal Luftig, recently file for bankruptcy? How are they able to keep this going?"

Don’t they have a bunch of celebrity investors? Even so, are they really going to go down with this sinking ship? Why are they just now doing press? It’s a tad too late

I actually saw the show this past Sat night (9/23) along with my wife (who is not all that familiar with the film) and we were both wowed. It's just pure entertainment from start to finish (and what a finish, it blew our minds). The scenic design is spectacular, so kudos to the design team. The show never drags, and the original music, while not "memorable" in the classic sense, advances the show and never stops it. The Winter Garden was essentially sold out, which I guess isn't surprising for a Saturday night. I was curious if others were enjoying the show as much as I was, so I turned around a few times to catch the audience and every single person I was able to see had a smile on their face every time I looked. I think it'll be that show people will want to see if they just want to be entertained for 2:45.

Wick3 said: "Here Lies Love will be doing some stunt casting. Hopefully the grosses will go up a bit now that Vina Morales is performing there for a month.

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They’re gonna need Bruno Mars to play Marcos and Olivia Rodrigo to play the new role of young Imelda.

Wick3 said: "Just Olivia Rodrigo alone is enough. Her tour next year easily sold out and if they can get Olivia during the low season this show would easily sell out."

It’s going to be to late.

But they're not making any money really. They're basically doing what Kimberly Akimbo is doing which is covering the running costs, but not really making much of a profit.

bwaylyric said: "Wick3 said: "Here Lies Love will be doing some stunt casting. Hopefully the grosses will go up a bit now that Vina Morales is performing there for a month.

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They’re gonna need Bruno Mars to play Marcos and Olivia Rodrigo to play the new role of young Imelda."

Darren Criss would make a pretty damn good Aquino, but the problem is that would mean replacing probably the most notable name in the cast (Conrad Ricamora)

RippedMan said: "Totally, I get that. I'm just saying people thinking like "Oh wow it's making a million" which is good, and it is, but it also costs a ton to run."

yeah the $1mil club is no longer as much a of a sign of a hit because more often than not lately, shows are costing so much more to run than even in 2019/early 2020.

Unless we are producers, i not sure any of us know the true running cost of any show, especially now-a-days with the cost of everything But producers don’t make any money until investors are paid back in full. So shows even with a minimum profit will stick in it for the long hall. I would think a new show wouldn’t expect anything better than 18 to 24 recoup. I think the, producers, would be happy with that
One other revenue stream Bttf would have a better success at than, I think, other shows is the Merch. I would think the merchandise sales are better than other shows. And those t shirts aren’t cheap| But obviously that to would only represent a minimum profit in grand scheme