GYPSY, 42ND STREET, RENT. Scary bad boxoffice. — Page 2

I would say I hope that Gypsy closes soon. But my grudge is against Bernadette, not the show. I know Anna in the Tropics has been struggling, though I hate to admit it. I don't know if it's already scheduled to close yet, but I think Movin Out will be next.

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January is a slow month everywhere in NYC and the recent weather hasn't helped matters. Most of the large convention hotels are below 50% occupancy. Convention biz picks up in February. When that happens theatre biz picks up. See the correlation. Shows like GYPSY, 42nd Street, Rent and others depend on convention and tourist business at this point in their runs. They will most likely be open at least through the summer tourist season. Bernadette Peters has box-office draw which is why even in the cold month of January it does good weekend business with tourists who come in Friday-Sunday. And the thing about Broadway, a show can lose a hundred thousand dollars one week and then be up two hundred thousand the next week.

Elphie, I don't know, but Mamma Mia! strikes me as the type of show that will almost always do well, even during the generally slow winter season. It seems like it's sold out pretty often, probably because it's a show that's appealing to almost anybody. I also that because of that, it will run for a pretty long time.

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I was reading through the first page of this thread just now. Elphie, here's a code for Wonderful Town (from broadwaybox.com)


http://broadwaybox.com/shows/Wonderful_Town_349.asp?s=22

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