Hello, Dolly! Breaks new record!

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:36pm

The new Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! starring Bette Midler just had its best week ever on the heels of its four Tony Award wins, including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical (Ms. Midler), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Gavin Creel), and Best Costume Design of a Musical (Santo Loquasto). Its gross of $2,297,057 over eight performances is now the highest gross in the history of the entire Shubert Organization. 

 

So when does it recoup?

Updated On: 6/19/17 at 03:36 PM

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:40pm

It probably already has recouped - just no official announcement has been made yet.  Word of mouth on "Hello, Dolly!" has been the best free advertising any Broadway show has ever seen.  They don't need to advertise it.  

[haterobics]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:43pm

Not very hard to beat your own 7 show per week record if you add an 8th show..

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:44pm

You are probably right.   But it depends on what business model they are using.   How much is Bette making?   And the creatives are all top in their field so they must have a cut.  And that supporting cast is not working for scale either.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:45pm

I doubt it has recouped yet - Rudin would have announced it because it would have been record time. The show is pretty expensive to run with a cast that size. It'll happen soon.

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:50pm

haterobics said: "Not very hard to beat your own 7 show per week record if you add an 8th show..

 

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It is the highest gross in the  entire history of Shubert organization.  The point has nothing to do with it beating its own record because it is now 8 shows a week.  All other shows are 8 shows a week.  

[Jarethan]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:51pm

I'll bet it will be around the end of the summer.  With Midler in it, and at what she is probably getting paid, I'll bet its breakeven is close to $1MM a week.  

When she leaves, there are not a lot of people who will command anywhere near her; so, at least the breakeven will be considerably lower when the grosses go down.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 4:12pm

Breaking records is pretty subjective: ticket prices (especially for this) are higher than ever, so not nearly as hard to break records.

 

[haterobics]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 4:15pm

SmokeyLady said: "It is the highest gross in the  entire history of Shubert organization.  The point has nothing to do with it beating its own record because it is now 8 shows a week.  All other shows are 8 shows a week."

Yes, but the 7-show-per-week Bette version already set the record as the highest grossing, so the only new information is they added another show which let them bring in additional money, and set a new record.

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 4:23pm

haterobics said: "SmokeyLady said: "It is the highest gross in the  entire history of Shubert organization.  The point has nothing to do with it beating its own record because it is now 8 shows a week.  All other shows are 8 shows a week."

Yes, but the 7-show-per-week Bette version already set the record as the highest grossing, so the only new information is they added another show which let them bring in additional money, and set a new record.

 

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And?  What is wrong with that?  Why be a Debbie downer?   I guess one could turn every win into a "it only happened because of this".  

[haterobics]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 4:30pm

SmokeyLady said: "And?  What is wrong with that?  Why be a Debbie downer?   I guess one could turn every win into a "it only happened because of this"."

I don't see how that is being a downer. The show already beat the Shubert record in its third week of previews.

And this is technically the third time they have subsequently beat that initial record.

If you want to celebrate it this time, have at it!

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 4:33pm

haterobics said: "SmokeyLady said: "And?  What is wrong with that?  Why be a Debbie downer?   I guess one could turn every win into a "it only happened because of this"."

I don't see how that is being a downer. The show already beat the Shubert record in its third week of previews.

And this is technically the third time they have subsequently beat that initial record.

If you want to celebrate it this time, have at it!

 

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Thanks!   

[Robbie2]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 7:15pm

SmokeyLady said: "You are probably right.   But it depends on what business model they are using.   How much is Bette making?   And the creatives are all top in their field so they must have a cut.  And that supporting cast is not working for scale either.

 

"Bette's making over a $100k a week plus a % of the grosses

 

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 7:18pm

Robbie2 said: "SmokeyLady said: "You are probably right.   But it depends on what business model they are using.   How much is Bette making?   And the creatives are all top in their field so they must have a cut.  And that supporting cast is not working for scale either.

 

"Bette's making over a $100k a week plus a % of the grosses

 

 

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Good for her.  

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 7:27pm

SmokeyLady said: "Robbie2 said: "SmokeyLady said: "You are probably right.   But it depends on what business model they are using.   How much is Bette making?   And the creatives are all top in their field so they must have a cut.  And that supporting cast is not working for scale either.

 

"Bette's making over a $100k a week plus a % of the grosses

 

 

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Good for her.  

 

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I'd guess and say Murphy's first show grossed around$250K. Not bad.