Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/3/23

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME (30.9%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (14.4%), SIX (11.8%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (11.4%), HERE LIES LOVE (8.3%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (8.2%), WICKED (7.5%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (6.9%), SHUCKED (6.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (6%), HADESTOWN (5.5%), MJ THE MUSICAL (5%), CHICAGO (5%), THE LION KING (5%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (4.4%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (3%), ALADDIN (3%), THE COTTAGE (2.8%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (1.6%), & JULIET (1.6%), HAMILTON (1.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: FUNNY GIRL (-9.6%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (-1.7%),

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Seems like the only remarkable number to look at was OUAOMT’s closing. Their best week of the whole run (I think), but they still couldn’t sell out the house.

If they had pulled that as a weekly gross and capacity on a regular basis, they may have stood a chance going into fall. (A small one, but one nevertheless)

Funny Girl's final week: $2,137,057

Imagine what that number would have been if Lea had not had to miss the first 3 shows of the final week?

Jordan Catalano said: "Would love to know how many of those $799 tickets for the final “Funny Girl” actually sold."

I regret not buying one of them. Based on the videos, that was a once in a lifetime event.

I cannot see Here Lies Love continue to chug along at those grosses. It had, nearly, all summer to find its audience and it just isn't there.

What a great week. Although, I do still worry about Here Lies Love!

quizking101 said: "Seems like the only remarkable number to look at was OUAOMT’s closing. Their best week of the whole run (I think), but they still couldn’t sell out the house.

If they had pulled that as a weekly gross and capacity on a regular basis, they may have stood a chance going into fall. (A small one, but one nevertheless)"

No ifs - the show failed. On every level. Now it's gone. Life is better.

quizking101 said: "the dance floor had MANY gaps to the point where I could dance and not hit anyone near me.(and considering I'm a long-limbed man, that's quite a feat)."

This feels like a big problem in making sure the audience "buzz" is there in the standing section. I wouldn't have minded fewer people around me -- the floor is packed when they're at capacity. But they might be realizing the limitations of this level of interaction.

Just anecdotally, when Sitting vs Standing comes up in talking to others who've seen it, very few people are describing the standing experience as essential. I enjoyed it. But when I go again I'll be sitting in the mezz.

And these are just some of HLL's problems, which we've discussed on another thread about the WOM being not as enthusiastic as at the Public.

Great closing number for OUAOMT!

Next shows to close are Here lies love, SLIH & A beautiful noise (which is already struggling)

Updated On: 9/6/23 at 08:31 AM

pablitonizer said: "Great closing number for OUAOMT!

Next shows to close are Here lies love, SLIH & A beautiful noise (which is already struggling)"

Sad, but I don’t think you’re wrong in your prediction. I forgot A Beautiful Noise was even still around!

quizking101 said: "I think now would be the time for them to get on the talk shows for performances to get the show more out there. I know they did some interviews early on, but that doesn't speak to the material itself and people might want to get a hint of what they are seeing. I could EASILY see mostly stationary (meaning not ones that cover the entire theatre) numbers like "Child of The Phillipines", "Opposite Attraction", and maybe the curtain call medley playing well on screen.”

Coming back to this thread because this show seems to be allergic to performing any of its numbers outside of the theatre. They do so many TV appearances, but have never once performed. I was just at the Curtain Up Festival in Times Square and they had Moses, Jasmine, and Reanne there just to TALK about the show. Between the three of them they could do Men Will Do Anything, Just Ask Flowers, or God Draws Straight, but instead they just stood and talked. It’s just so weird. They did TV performances when it was Off-Broadway, why not now?

Updated On: 9/10/23 at 11:39 AM