Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 3:04pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 2/26/2012 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.
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 5:21pm
"Chicago" is holding its own. Sometimes, this show reminds me of Cher. It's been around for a while and is a survivor. from Roman in Austin, Texas (visiting NYC from March 10-13, 2012)
seeing: (maybe) Other Desert Cities, Chicago, Chicago, Chicago and the first preview of Evita.
"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)
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 6:07pm
a lot of these shows are going to be in for a rude awakening when Ghost, Leap of faith, Peter and the star catchers, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Once, and nice work if you can get it open.
Sister act, Godspell,and prsicilla have been floating under a lucky star that there haven't been the usual amount of musicals on broadway this past winter. I think they are about to get slaughtered as there will be 5 BIG musicals about to open looking at roughly the same demographic they have been selling to. Good Luck.
Updated On: 2/27/12 at 06:07 PM
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 6:48pm^ here's hoping Once has some long legs on Broadway!
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 6:53pm^same here. a few Tony awards would really be nice, too.
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.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
PlayItAgain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/11
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 9:36pm
@massofmen why so negative?
Also apparently Death of a Salesman broke the barrymore house record.... really? it wasn't even 100% sold out last week....
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 10:38pm
How to Succeed FINALLY picked back up some. Anyone have a guess as to the running costs of the show right now? My guess is that this is the first week of the Jonas run that the show has turned a profit, and still only a small 20,000 or so one...
And good week for Anything Goes and Phantom. Chicago lost a bit of steam. But really aside from Venus, Sister Act, and Shatner, it was a pretty good week.
The question would be: How much will the producers let Sister Act run in the hole before it finally closes? And God Spell still isn't doing all that great, I would doubt that it will make it through the summer.
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 10:59pmi dont' think you should confuse negative with factual.
PlayItAgain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/11
HBP
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/05
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 11:24pmgreat jump for anything goes. did anything special happen this week? i know sutton isn't leaving until march...
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/27/12 at 11:38pmNice to see 'Mary Poppins' and 'Mamma Mia' have some good weeks.
chrisampm2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/26/07
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/28/12 at 12:20am
Booth0882,
I'm trying to understand your logic. You're saying it's a good week for Anything Goes and a marginally profitable one for How to Succeed. But How to Succeed made 100K more than Anything Goes. You think it costs that much more to run How to Succeed?
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/28/12 at 12:46amWell, the hirschfeld holds about 400 more patrons than the Sondheim, so presumably the show was budgeted accordingly. The Sondheim is about 28% smaller than the hirscfeld, with similarly priced tickets (H2$ actually has tickets priced a hair higher, and has premium seats about 50$ higher). How to Succeed also has a slightly larger cast than Anything Goes (not including swings and standby's: 29 to 26). That would be my rational.
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/28/12 at 12:54amAlso with Nick Jonas, you can assume he's being paid significantly more than Sutton Foster is. Add that to what @Booth0882 said, and you can see why H2$ would cost more
chrisampm2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/26/07
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/28/12 at 2:33amThe size of the house has relatively little to do with running costs. The productions themselves seem about the same size. I doubt three extra cast members, including the salary diff btw Jonas and Foster, cost 100K. Even if it did, why would the stat for one deserve a thumbs up and for the other merit a meh? If Jonas can keep that gross where it is, I imagine the producers will be happy.
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/28/12 at 1:04pm
I am always happy to see PHANTOM pull in roughly $1 million a week after 25 years and 10,000 plus perfromances! 
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alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26
Posted: 2/29/12 at 7:43amWell, you must be one of the few here that feel that way.
