Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/28/25 — Page 2

Speaking of MR: For what it's worth, I saw Aaron C. Finley at the Wednesday matinee on 9/10 with an out of town guest (who had never seen a Broadway show, a rarity, that), and Finley was superb. He played Christian more like the film characterization, and took the roof off with his vocals. I hope he has another job on the horizon. He deserves one.

The Outsiders drop over the past 6 or so weeks is mind-boggling. This is what happened to Titanic 25 years ago...went from extended great business to a significant drop that did not correct and closed much earlier than I ever would have expected. It would be a real shame if this didn't 'correct'.

I am guessing that Hell's Kitchen needs for Alicia Keys to show up twice a week for a post-performance few songs. IT certainly seems to be working.

OuttaTowner said: "Will Mincemeat really hang on until February (especially with the usual post-holiday drop off come January)?"

I say this weekly, but Mincemeat’s grosses have remained relatively consistent for its entire run. While not a runaway success, they are doing well enough to continue playing at their current numbers, as well as a fanbase that returns continuously for different cast combinations. They also have their monthly lottery draw for $79 tickets - some that are HEAVILY marked down orchestra seats - that gets people in the door. At least to me, there has not been any indicator of imminent danger.

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Re: The Outsiders - I still scratch my head at the near cult-like devotion to the show, specifically to Brody in the lead role. I thought the show was great, but I haven’t returned since I saw it in previews. I’m just pondering how they (or likely Brody) cultivated such a rabid fanbase.

Re: Other bubble shows - it could be another bloody January like 2009, but somehow a large chunk of these shows just seem to keep on ticking. In normal circumstances, I would call it for ROUGE and HARRY POTTER, but both have some major casting coming their way that could give them a bump (moreso for HP). To me, the shows most in danger are GATSBY, STRANGER THINGS (corporate hubris money is finite), SIX, & JULIET (where’s the star/stunt casting here?!) and possibly ALADDIN

quizking101 said: "
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Re: The Outsiders - I still scratch my head at the near cult-like devotion to the show, specifically to Brody in the lead role. I thought the show was great, but I haven’t returned since I saw it in previews. I’m just pondering how they (or likely Brody)cultivated such a rabid fanbase.

Teenage hormones.

It's like how those crap vampire romance movies from 15 years ago did such big business.

Holy smokes. That is pretty brutal. Chicago at 55%?!?!? Yikes.

If you ever told me that the Weisslers would outlive CHICAGO, I would have said you were crazy.

Needs more advertising but producers are tight at this point.

No Leg Room said: "Needs more advertising but producers are tight at this point."

I cannot imagine a more advertised show than CHICAGO. All over the theatre district, you have the ladies in costume handing out the flyers, flyers in every hotel and transport kiosk and they have a prime LED billboard in Duffy Square running 24/7 that is on at least 30 of every 60 seconds.

If I was a tourist, I would get the impression that Chicago is one of the only shows running

veronicamae said: "AKarp2013 said: "I wonder if back-to-school has hitOutsidersmore than they anticipated. We know that the Thursdaymatinees were very popular for school groups. I remember that last year they started doing Thursday matinees relatively early on in the beginning of September. This year, Thursday matinees don't start for another two weeks. I'm curious to see how their grosses compare come October/November. Either way, I think they might have it in them to get through a small slump and run for another year."

School just resumed; it takes time to get the school groups in as the school year has to get underway, etc. They had hundreds and hundreds of students see the show last year. I'm sure it'll happen again, it just won't happen 3 weeks into the school year."

I called to order tickets for my students in April and they said they only had $189 seats left. We’ll see something else.

As long as Chicago is profiting evening one dollar, it seems worth it for them to keep it up and running until they see a more promising tourist/economic climate to replace it. The Ambassador will need extensive renovations once Chicago moves out and it’s a tough theatre to keep occupied, due to its small stage and its diagonal orientation.