Young Frankenstein/ broadway grosses question.

[James885]

Posted: 3/15/08 at 1:54pm

I know that the producers of Young Frankenstein chose not to report their weekly grosses. I'm curious, have there been any other shows in the past that, for whatever reason, decided not to report their grosses?

The reason I ask is cause I read a blog the mentioned YF, and the author made a point of saying that he didn't approve of the producers breaking the Broadway tradition of reporting grosses. He made it seem like it was taboo, which seemed kind of weird to me.

[broadwayrocks2]

Posted: 3/15/08 at 3:09pm

Yes it is taboo . You don't change the rules of the boys club.. There are a few marketing errors with regards to this show.. First not posting pissed of all the other producers .Then he mentioned the 400 dollar seats before the show even previewed which got all the critics (especially riedel)hot to bash the show.. Apparently nothing compares to the producers(never saw the show but everyone keeps refering to it).Lastly everyoe thinks the show is sold out all the time but its not tues and weds have been lite . No one knows this though because they don't post.. If they had posted someone could look at the numbers and saY hay there only at 75%.i think i could get tickets..remember this is just my opinion .Joe schmo..I will say ive seen it a few times and it is worth seeing. Lastly i would never pay over normal price for any broadway show no matter how good it is..

[waltero]

Posted: 3/15/08 at 3:19pm

IMHO, the reason they aren't posting is because they aren't selling. Bad news on grosses leads to declining interest amongnst the avid theatre goers. They only want to see what is considered the "in" show so that they can brag to their friends that they saw it.

I just went to see it last Friday night and there were plenty of empty seats. I was shocked. The reason being is because the show is terrific.

I was able to get 4 tickets in the mezzanine - Row B for $150 on EBay which is clearly below face. The same seller was selling quite a few seats for under face at a number of other performances. Bad for him, good for me.

[James885]

Posted: 3/15/08 at 3:41pm

Interesting. Before the whole to-do with YF, I thought that producers were required by some rule or law to report their grosses. I had no idea that it was more of a tradition.

[localonedude]

Posted: 3/15/08 at 9:52pm

HILTON MATH the hilton has 1800 + seats even if there is 300 empty seats a show. Thats still 1500 seats at aroud 110 a seat thats still a lot of money X's 8 shows especially in feb/march.simple math!!

[rayoflight104]

Posted: 3/15/08 at 10:05pm

Have there been any reports on how this show was advertised and the amount of money that was spent for advertising just for YF? Do any other shows compare in anyway to the amount that was spent?