Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 3:14pm
Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/14/2019 in BroadwayWorld'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.
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Up for the week by attendance was: THE CHER SHOW (8.4%), KING KONG (8%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (7.6%), BURN THIS (6.3%), TOOTSIE (3%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2.7%), BEAUTIFUL (2.6%), THE PROM (2.6%), CHICAGO (1.9%), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (0.8%), OKLAHOMA! (0.7%), MEAN GIRLS (0.6%), COME FROM AWAY (0.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.1%), MOULIN ROUGE! (0.1%), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (0.1%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance was: BE MORE CHILL (-9.5%), THE LION KING (-5.6%), FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (-4.9%), FROZEN (-1%), BEETLEJUICE (-0.6%), WAITRESS (-0.5%), HADESTOWN (-0.1%),
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#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 3:17pm
That's a nice little increase for The Cher Show, but it would have been more obviously if that one show hadn't cancelled. Moulin Rouge is getting great grosses.
"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)
Updated On: 7/15/19 at 03:17 PM
schubox
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/16
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 3:31pm
Obvious statement, but I assume the power outage is going to mean everyone is down
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 3:35pm
1. Yes I noticed the "sponsorship" of the grosses last week. SMDH
2. Yes, Saturday power outage is the reason nearly every show is listed as having performed only 7x.
Sheesh - even with only SIX perfs Hadestown is 5th for grosses! But then look at the average price paid for Chappelle - just one spot done with FOUR shows.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 3:52pm
The relatively poor attendance for 'Tootsie' is still a bit surprising. It opened less than 3 months ago, got some decent reviews, was nominated for 11 Tonys and won for lead actor. 'Pretty Woman', which opened last fall, got trounced in reviews and received 0 Tony nominations is still doing more business. I haven't seen either and don't intend to, but 'Tootsie' is a known commodity, which is why it was musicalized, but that fact doesn't seem to have helped it one bit.
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 4:07pm
AADA81 said: "The relatively poor attendance for 'Tootsie' is still a bit surprising. It opened less than 3 months ago, got some decent reviews, was nominated for 11 Tonys and won for lead actor. 'Pretty Woman', which opened last fall, got trounced in reviews and received 0 Tony nominations is still doing more business. I haven't seen either and don't intend to, but 'Tootsie' is a known commodity, which is why it was musicalized, but that fact doesn't seem to have helped it one bit."
That is one way to think about it, but two things really effect those two shows, theatre size and PW's closing/leads leaving.The Marquis has around 400 more seats than the Nederlander, which makes it slightly easier to fill. That plus it announcing the leads leaving (and later the closing of the show) is giving people more of a push to see the show. There are probably other problems that may cause Tootsie to not stay long, but compared to Pretty Woman, those are the biggest problems I can see.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 4:15pm
Nominations seldom make any difference, and the only Tony that seems to make any substantial difference is Best Musical.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 4:41pm
DoTheDood said: "AADA81 said: "The relatively poor attendance for 'Tootsie' is still a bit surprising. It opened less than 3 months ago, got some decent reviews, was nominated for 11 Tonys and won for lead actor. 'Pretty Woman', which opened last fall, got trounced in reviews and received 0 Tony nominations is still doing more business. I haven't seen either and don't intend to, but 'Tootsie' is a known commodity, which is why it was musicalized, but that fact doesn't seem to have helped it one bit."
That is one way to think about it, but two things really effect those two shows, theatre size and PW's closing/leads leaving.The Marquis has around 400 more seats than theNederlander, which makes it slightly easier to fill. That plus it announcing the leads leaving (and later the closing of the show) is giving people more of a push to see the show. There are probably other problems that may cause Tootsie to not stay long, but compared to Pretty Woman, those are the biggest problems I can see."
Good points, definitely; same with dramamama611. I would have expected more out of 'Tootsie', but I guess people aren't all that interested.
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 4:57pmHard to judge these grosses considering the cancelled Saturday evening performance. Have to look at capacity and average ticket. Shows lost their (likely) highest ticket performance and highest attended performance.
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.
Jason Shatz
Chorus Member Joined: 6/24/13
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 5:35pm
Toot, toot, TOOTSIE, goodbye...
Updated On: 7/15/19 at 05:35 PM
BritCrit
Leading Actor Joined: 5/15/18
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 5:40pm
dramamama611 said: "Nominations seldom make any difference, and the only Tony that seems to make any substantial difference is Best Musical."
Catch Me if You Can was the last musical to win Best Actor without winning a Best Musical award, and that didn’t last very long....
I feel like there are two things which have really made things harder for Tootsie - the sexual harassment/assault scandals which tarnished Dustin Hoffman’s image (his attempts at claiming that working on Tootsie changed him for the better REALLY didn’t help) and the issues affecting a premise like this in the age of #TimesUp and Trans Rights...
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 5:46pm
TheSassySam said: "Grosses are now sponsored?"
I'm not seeing this. Can someone describe?
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 5:48pm
It's gone now, but the original post said sponsored by The Book of Mormon lol.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
FactsAreFacts
Swing Joined: 5/8/18
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 5:52pm
it's still there, and if I'm not mistaken, I think the grosses have been all BoM banners for a long time already.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Grosses-Week-Ending-71419-20190715
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 6:03pm
if it bothers you, access it this way...
https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm
There are so many ads on this site, I can't imagine why this would be an issue. At least it's not a page blocking one (yet).
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 7:54pm
BritCrit said: "dramamama611 said: "Nominations seldom make any difference, and the only Tony that seems to make any substantial difference is Best Musical."
Catch Me if You Can was the last musical to win Best Actor without winning a Best Musical award, and that didn’t last very long....
I feel like there are two things which have really made things harder for Tootsie - the sexual harassment/assault scandals which tarnishedDustin Hoffman’s image(his attempts at claiming that working on Tootsie changed him for the better REALLY didn’t help) and the issues affecting a premiselike this in the age of #TimesUp and Trans Rights..."
Ooh, that last point is a great one. I never even thought of that but I think it's possibly the strongest reason for Toosie's weak showing.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 8:07pm
Jason Shatz said: "Toot, toot, TOOTSIE, goodbye..."
"Kiss me, Tootsie, and then...
Do it over again..."
Maybe in a better version?
Impossible2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/31/18
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/15/19 at 8:22pm
OAADA81 said: "BritCrit said: "dramamama611 said: "Nominations seldom make any difference, and the only Tony that seems to make any substantial difference is Best Musical."
Catch Me if You Can was the last musical to win Best Actor without winning a Best Musical award, and that didn’t last very long....
I feel like there are two things which have really made things harder for Tootsie - the sexual harassment/assault scandals which tarnishedDustin Hoffman’s image(his attempts at claiming that working on Tootsie changed him for the better REALLY didn’t help) and the issues affecting a premiselike this in the age of #TimesUp and Trans Rights..."
Ooh, that last point is a great one. I never even thought of that but I think it's possibly the strongest reason for Toosie's weak showing."
Oh bollox x
The fact is Tootsie was always one of those movies that won heaps of awards and everyone who was anyone “loved” at the time. But even though it did pretty well, the general public really didn’t like it all that much. I was shocked when they announced it. Clearly they never got the memo.
Pretty Woman was always much more beloved by the average Joe, which is why even though it is terrible more people are willing to give it a chance x
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/16/19 at 12:28am
BritCrit said: "dramamama611 said: "Nominations seldom make any difference, and the only Tony that seems to make any substantial difference is Best Musical."
Catch Me if You Can was the last musical to win Best Actor without winning a Best Musical award, and that didn’t last very long....
I feel like there are two things which have really made things harder for Tootsie - the sexual harassment/assault scandals which tarnishedDustin Hoffman’s image(his attempts at claiming that working on Tootsie changed him for the better REALLY didn’t help) and the issues affecting a premiselike this in the age of #TimesUp and Trans Rights..."
I think it is more about the fact that it has a rotten score, lousy direction and choreography, and that its number on the Tony's was flat, just like it is in the show. Surprisingly, I enjoyed the show very much when there was no singing and dancing.
bear88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/26/16
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/16/19 at 2:43am
What's interesting about Tootsie is that it got very good reviews and a strong start. I enjoyed it well enough, despite its sitcom style, forgettable songs (save one) and weak climax. I don't think Dustin Hoffman or tweets saying the show is transphobic is what is doing it in.
Word of mouth is killing the show, which surprises me a little because I did think it was funny. But it's a dated musical, an adaptation of a 37-year-old film that doesn't give its lead performer an actual character arc.
Beetlejuice, meanwhile, is plugging away despite pretty mixed reviews. I don't think it will end up being a hit either, and I wonder how it will do after the summer, but it's holding up better now.
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/16/19 at 4:35am
Well we certainly got off the grosses quite quickly there but 'I' think the leading man in Tootsie is badly cast. You need a REAL comedian, and a STAR who is not so pretty up there like..???? Black or white-doesn't matter but black would be brilliant. I would want that stage ripped apart not limping along with some amusing banter interspersed with dull songs.
Raven4
Swing Joined: 7/12/19
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/16/19 at 4:52am
bear88 said: ".But it's a dated musical, an adaptation of a 37-year-old film that doesn't give its lead performer an actual character arc.
Beetlejuice, meanwhile, is plugging away despite pretty mixed reviews. I don't think it will end up being a hit either, and I wonder how it will do after the summer, but it's holding up better now."
Speaking as a tourist here, I don't feel attracted to see Tootsie at all. Not only does the whole "man in woman's clothes" thing feel incredibly dated, the picture of Santino Fontana alone in that frumpy dated wig puts me off. I can't even bring myself to muster an interest in the cast recording.
Beetlejuice seems to have much more potential and looks far more interesting and funny. Given I have one slot left in my upcoming New York trip and it's very unlikely that I'll win the Moulin Rouge lottery, Beetlejuice will definitely be my second choice while Tootsie isn't even on the list.
BritCrit
Leading Actor Joined: 5/15/18
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/16/19 at 8:24am
SweetLips22 said: "Well we certainly got off the grosses quite quickly there but 'I' think the leading man in Tootsie is badly cast. You need a REAL comedian, and a STAR who is not so pretty up there like..???? Black or white-doesn't matter but black would be brilliant. I would want that stage ripped apart not limping along with some amusing banter interspersed with dull songs."
I really like Santino Fontana, and am pleased to see him headlining a major Broadway production (and winning a Tony for it!) However, whilst his ability at singing in male and female voices is certainly interesting, it’s not really worth paying Broadway prices for, and (as pointed out before) Fontana’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend fanbase has little interest in the old-fashioned “laughtrack” style of comedy which inspired this production...
I agree that future productions of Tootsie should consider stunt casting a comedian, or someone whose comedy experience is more suited to the sitcom style of this musical. The West End version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels cast sitcom star Robert Lindsay and comedian Rufus Hound in the lead roles, and I can imagine the producers doing something similar when (or if) Tootsie arrives in the U.K.
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/14/19
Posted: 7/16/19 at 11:24am
Impossible2 said: "OAADA81 said: "BritCrit said: "dramamama611 said: "Nominations seldom make any difference, and the only Tony that seems to make any substantial difference is Best Musical."
Catch Me if You Can was the last musical to win Best Actor without winning a Best Musical award, and that didn’t last very long....
I feel like there are two things which have really made things harder for Tootsie - the sexual harassment/assault scandals which tarnishedDustin Hoffman’s image(his attempts at claiming that working on Tootsie changed him for the better REALLY didn’t help) and the issues affecting a premiselike this in the age of #TimesUp and Trans Rights..."
Ooh, that last point is a great one. I never even thought of that but I think it's possibly the strongest reason for Toosie's weak showing."
Oh bollox x
The factis Tootsie was always one of those movies that won heaps of awards and everyone who was anyone “loved” at the time. But even though it did pretty well,the general public really didn’t like it all that much. I was shocked when they announced it. Clearly they never got the memo.
Pretty Woman was always much more beloved by the average Joe, which is why even though it is terrible more people are willing to give it a chance x"
You must live in a parallel universe. The movie Tootsie was a monster hit when it was released. I think the difference between the two is that Tootsie is 40 years old, emphasizing comedy, and is a lousy musical, whereas Pretty Woman was a bigger hot and emphasized romance, with a lot of good comedy, and also was made into a lousy musical. Pretty Woman also had IMO one or two of the most loved scenes in movies, and people remember them with great fondness. They wanted to recapture those moments.
in the final analysis, with either show, word of mouth was ultimately going to kill them, just as huge lousy shows with huge stars have failed in the past, once the advances ran out. Word of mouth eventually takes over.
