Local 1 Strike

Hey has anyone bothered to look at the weekly grosses per theater that is reported to playbill.com I mean really for a company like Jujamcyn -Theater August Wilson formally the Virginia Theater- Jersey Boys grossed $1,272,077.00 for the week of October 8-14, or look at Subert Theater -Shubert Organization-Spamalot grossed $712,888.00 for that week as well. I mean really how much money do they have to make. Also what happens if Broadway goes dark those shows that happen to be sold out for a while say a year or two and hey I'm on bus trip from say Allentown PA are they going to not only give me ticket for a year from now are they going to pay my bus fare as well or for the whole group in general I mean the average bus trip group is about 50 people. Unions need to stick together Lead on Local 1 just remember your other Brother and Sister Unions.

ummm...sure...?!

yeah, NEW THING: paragraphs...!

Well that's rude...I mean, really.

I think it's important for the original poster to understand the difference between Gross, Net, Profit and Costs.

Just because a show grosses (insert figure here) doesn't mean the producers are making anywhere close to that neighborhood.

And there are exceptions to every rule, but a vast majority of shows that make it to Broadway close at a loss.

Now there can be (and has) been a debate on how producers could keep shows open longer and perhaps make their money back. But that's an entirely different matter...

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