Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/16/19- Page 2
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/16/19
MannPhan24601
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/15
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/16/19
Posted: 6/18/19 at 9:48am
SJB was out at least for the Weds and Sunday
matinees last week. I was there Sunday and iy looked completely full and the audience didn't seem to care she was out and totally loved Dee. I even overheard some people at the SD gasping when the guard told them that they didn't see SJB.Maybe it will pick up when she comes back from vacation ?
#26Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/16/19
Posted: 6/18/19 at 11:33am
bear88 said: "RegardingAin't Too Proud, when is thelast time a biomusical was such a monster hit? Was Beautiful even this big a hit?"
Beautiful was never a massive monster smash, but it did SRO business for the 6 months following the Tony awards, but I think this mostly had to do with Jessie Mueller's star turn. Many forget how much of a draw she was for the production and grosses noticeably dropped after she left.
Motown was the last SRO monster Jukebox musical playing to nearly 100% capacity and gross potential for its first year. Unlike Ain't Too Proud, it was nearly universally panned by critics, so grosses tapered off after its first year. Add to that the show had a weekly nut of over $1M due to Barry Gordy double dipping for royalties for music and creative team credit, along with paying the other artists for their catalogs. It only dropped below $900K twice during its entire 2 year run, which say a lot for how expensive the production was. I honestly wonder if Ain't Too Proud will have similar problems since they are also licencing their music from Barry Gordy and Motown. Its also why despite running nearly 6 years Rock of Ages barely recouped its initial investment as they had different royalty rates for each song.
The advantage Jersey Boys and Beautiful have/had is that they dealt with song writing teams which are much more flexible for their song royalties instead of corporations.
#27Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/16/19
Posted: 6/18/19 at 1:01pm
bdn2223 said: "I honestly wonder if Ain't Too Proud will have similar problems since they are also licencing their music from Barry Gordy and Motown. Its also why despite running nearly 6 years Rock of Ages barely recouped its initial investment as they had different royalty rates for each song."
I've been told by someone who knows that if ATP sustains these numbers, it will recoup in well under a year. Good for them.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
#28Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/16/19
Posted: 6/18/19 at 7:53pm
RexInLights said: "Where did you see that SJB is on vacation? Is it for the entirety of this week?"
She is posting on Instagram from Cape Cod, so I assume she is not at the Neil Simon.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#29Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/16/19
Posted: 6/18/19 at 8:45pm
Motown recouped its $18mil investment.
It was also rumored at the time that the Nederlanders pushed for the closing of MOTOWN because Harvey Weinstein had been promised a house for FINDING NEVERLAND, and Nederlander's other suitable venues were booked for that season (Neil Simon with Last Ship, Palace with An American in Paris, Marquis with On Your Feet).
