EW: Broadway's winners and losers for summer 2011

• Spider-Man may be doing well, but its reported $1.2 million nut (the overhead cost to run the show every night) will be tough for the production to crack, as it only earned an average $1.6 million per week since mid June.

• Bringing the touring company of Tony-winner Hair back to Broadway this July for a summer-only stint turned out to be a flop. The show filled only 52 percent of it seats and had the lowest average ticket price on Broadway, $49.

• Sister Act, Billy Elliot, Memphis, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Addams Family and Baby It’s You have been in constant decline since July. The latter two shows (along with 16th place Catch Me if You Can) have already announced their impending closing.



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Updated On: 8/30/11 at 04:38 PM

Did they drastically increase seating capacity at the Foxwoods for Spider Man, or are they confusing it with the Fox Theatres in Atlanta, Detroit, and St. Louis (any other cities I'm forgetting?). Not sure where they get the idea that the Foxwoods, or any other Broadway theatre, is four times the size of the O'Neil.

"Can Spider-man actually gross much more than $1.6 million?"

The grosses page for last week listed its potential gross at $1,970,240.

I think the article is badly written haha. It's $1.2 million A WEEK. If it were $1.2 A NIGHT then that would surely be HUGE news here lol

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I imagine Billy Elliot. Memphis, and Sister Act will be gone by the 1st of the year. Priscilla probably sooner.

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I'm surprised Priscilla is still open...I can't imagine it having much appeal to tourists

I`m with both fingerlakessinger and ACL2006...

Firstly, it IS definitely a terribly written article.

Secondly, I think it`s awesome that HAIR came back to Broadway for a stint during it`s tour (IMO it could have lasted longer on Broadway originally if the OBRC had not transferred to London for its flop run). Pretty rare for a touring prod. of a departed show to land back on a Broadway stage (In THIS particular context with THIS show. I know some out there will nit-pick about the fact in general). The St. James was not the best house.

But I don`t think it`s fair to consider it a bad move or a flop. Maybe from a financial standpoint for Jujamcyn. But HAIR`s limited return did give 10-12 company members their Bway debut, and audience members who love the show got another chance to experience it, share it with someone, and some just discovered it. In that sense, I think it`s pretty
fan-freakin-tastic!

That article is daft
So Spider Man has to make 1.2 million a week and yet is constantly way over that since 2.0 started and they are putting down as a loser?

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