Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
#1Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 3:30pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/12/2012 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.
Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.
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Up for the week by attendance was: WAR HORSE (11.3%), GHOST (10.2%), SISTER ACT (8.6%), ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS (6.2%), EVITA (4.9%), JERSEY BOYS (4.6%), CHICAGO (4.3%), END OF THE RAINBOW (3.5%), MARY POPPINS (3.0%), PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (2.4%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (2.3%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (0.8%),
Down for the week by attendance was: MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH (-18.7%), BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL (-11.7%), PORGY AND BESS (-3.4%), WICKED (-1.9%), GORE VIDAL'S THE BEST MAN (-1.2%), THE LION KING (-1.1%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-1.0%), CLYBOURNE PARK (-0.8%), ROCK OF AGES (-0.6%), MAMMA MIA! (-0.5%), NEWSIES (-0.2%), ONCE (-0.1%),
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Updated On: 8/13/12 at 03:30 PM
#2Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 3:39pmWow...good increase for "Chicago"! from RC in Austin, TExas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
JakePinckes
Chorus Member Joined: 7/10/12
#2Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 4:14pmWow! Mary Poppins beat Newsies.. Good for them!
PlayItAgain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/11
#3Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 4:23pm^ poppins has 5000 extra seats to sell a week...
tphiliboy152
Featured Actor Joined: 6/14/12
#4Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 4:30pm
^Poppins also offers discounted tickets through playbill.com and TKTS while that is rare for Newsies to do.
Also glad to see that Sister Act is doing better business in their final weeks on Broadway!
Updated On: 8/13/12 at 04:30 PM
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#5Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 4:31pmBring it On's attendance as down, but dollars were up, but percentage of gross doesn't seem encouraging for their extension. I speculated that the extension meant they had a good pre-sale for the fall - maybe when schools get in session and all the cheerleading teams come to see the show? But, maybe not.
#6Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 4:33pmWas Ricky Martin on vacation this week? Is that why the Evita grosses were down?
#7Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 4:56pmanyone know why both The Lion King & Wicked were able to do 9 shows (again) this week. They both did 9 shows three weeks ago. is this allowed by equity??
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#8Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 5:04pmThey had to get special permission from the unions.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#9Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 6:48pmI too am confused why GET IT ON is extending with those numbers?
#10Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 6:54pm
"Was Ricky Martin on vacation this week? Is that why the Evita grosses were down?"
yes he was
#11Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 7:05pm
When you think about it Bring It On is probably making a small but nice profit
1) the show has a very basic set
2) How much can it cost for cheerleading outfits
3) the entire cast is being paid minimums
4)Limited Orchestra
Remember its a tour stop, not a sit down production. Bring it On is not trying to recoup, its just trying to hit its nut. The tour is resuming come January
It should be compared to the Hair Summer of Love rather than the forthcoming Jeckyl and Hyde tour where Broadway is the final stop, and its clear that they want the run to become open ended.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#12Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 7:31pmThey wear cheerleading outfits the whole time?
#13Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 7:37pmNo but still its a contemporary show so its now Beauty and the Beast, or even H2$...meaning most if not all the shows costumes are likly machine washable and have very little wear and tear.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#14Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 7:46pmI think the gymnastics and all would cause great wear and lots of tear. stinky too.
#15Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 8:36pm
Yes but realise unlike Newsies rags, H2$'s suits, Wicked's avant garde, Evita's commoners, Follies showgirls outfits,....
A cheerleading uniform is designed to do all the flips, lifts, and moves they do on stage with little if any wear and tear. A university may go through one set of them once every 1-4 years depeneding on whether or not they are personalized....they are POLYESTER for Pete's sake, not designed for comfort, rather for efficiency.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#16Updated Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/12/12
Posted: 8/13/12 at 9:36pm
yes, but cheerleaders cheer once or twice a week not 8 times with 2 show days. and poly really smells.
And I'm sure they are specially made for the show not off the rack.
What a discussion.
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