broadway grosses questions

I know that although Hot Feet hasn't officially posted a closing yet, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" has always booked the Hilton Theatre for a opening in mid november, so it is obvious that the producers, and the theatre owners know the end is near. Also "the producers" has been in and out of the sixties for the last few months.

Updated On: 7/10/06 at 11:37 PM

Probably not now...but at this rate it's not going to be the long runner people thought it would be...we'll have to see what time gives us.

---

80s is fine. I would be gratefully to have Wedding Singer at around 85%. 80s means that they are still making money. Unless their Sunset Blvd, as long as their in the upper arena of numbers, they'll be making a profit. And I'd say the Producers probably has a year or so left in it at the least. They've made a movie out of it, so why would you want to see the exact same thing that you've already seen with the exact same songs but with lesser known people?

Yeah, I was suprised when Drowsy broke a million. Now that was impressive. I remember back when they first announced to open at the Marquis theater, and everyone - including me - thought that they wouldn't be able to sell the theater, but we were wrong. I think they're doing healthy. It's a small show, so I think even slipping into the 70s probably wouldn't hurt them in the least. I mean look at Hot Feet, they're in the 30s and still running. It's not like they ever even broke the 60s.

Do they plan on attempting to tour the show? If so, that might be why?

Don't forget, SWEENEY TODD has a relatively low break-even and having paid off its production costs back in Feb has probably built upa nice little reserve. Still those numbers seem awfully low for a show that has gotten such strong reviews, but thats always been the case. Theatre fans and critics love it.

---