Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/4/23

[Rob]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 7:40pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 6/4/2023 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 (% of capacity) was: BAD CINDERELLA (7.2%), GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (3.8%), A DOLL'S HOUSE (2.4%), THE LION KING (1.9%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (0.6%), WICKED (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME (-21.7%), LIFE OF PI (-15.2%), SUMMER, 1976 (-14.4%), FUNNY GIRL (-9.5%), CHICAGO (-8.9%), SIX (-8.8%), NEW YORK, NEW YORK (-8.5%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-7.6%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (-6%), CAMELOT (-5.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-5.3%), HADESTOWN (-5%), FAT HAM (-4.8%), SHUCKED (-4.8%), PARADE (-4.6%), LEOPOLDSTADT (-4.1%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (-3.6%), MJ THE MUSICAL (-3.5%), PETER PAN GOES WRONG (-3.4%), PRIMA FACIE (-3.2%), THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW (-2.8%), ALADDIN (-2%), THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (-2%), GREY HOUSE (-1.1%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.9%), HAMILTON (-0.8%), & JULIET (-0.3%),

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[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 7:45pm

Once Upon a One More Time's gross went up (slightly) but the audience numbers were down by 21%. Did one of their discounts expire? That would explain why fewer people came, but the ones who did paid more.

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 8:19pm

Its really wild how Bad Cinderalla couldnt give their tickets away. Just what a flop start to finish.

I wonder if Sydney Brustein is turning a profit. An interesting lesson in what sells out in downtown Bklyn cant sustain a commerical Bway run.

Also interesting to me how some shows keep their ticket prices high despite weak attendance--- lookin atchu Leopolstadt. Id see it again but not for $150 in a 1/3 empty theater.

Parade and Sweeny continue to impress me. Wow.

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 8:32pm

Not a great week in general. What the heck happened to Six? That's an all-time low for the show (not counting previews & COVID problem weeks). Some reversing of momentum for Shucked & SLIH too. Not a great look for NYNY or Camelot either.

[bear88]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 9:21pm

Is the week after Memorial Day usually this terrible?

Aside from the two hit plays, A Doll’s House and Prima Facie, & Juliet, Sweeney Todd, Parade and the usual long-runners, it was a lousy week. The ones that held up look impressive.

There are a few shows that may be running out of gas. Summer tourism might rescue them, though. The new musicals continue to struggle or, for this week, have lost their momentum.

[pethian]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 10:20pm

bear88 said: "Is the week after Memorial Day usually this terrible?"
 

 

I have the same question. I was under the impression that the period between Tony noms and Tony awards was good for business, especially for the shows that racked up multiple noms.

 

[Wick3]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 11:16pm

I'm guessing Tony nominated shows had to comp Tony voters (and their guests) who watched their shows last week?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 11:24pm

Wick3 said: "I'm guessing Tony nominated shows had to comp Tony voters (and their guests) who watched their shows last week?"

No, that shouldn't have anything to do with it. No more voters last week than in any other week leading up to the Tonys.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/6/23 at 11:27pm

PipingHotPiccolo said: "I wonder if Sydney Brustein is turning a profit. An interesting lesson in what sells out in downtown Bklyn cant sustain a commerical Bway run."

It most certainly isn't, with two big star salaries.

They probably hoped that the momentum from BAM would have helped it. But anyone who saw it at BAM probably wasn't too interested in going again, prices were high at BAM, and reviews didn't help it at all. If they had been able to give enough time for advertising, or if it had opened cold on Broadway not at BAM, its grosses would be on the level of PRIMA FACIE.

[JasonC3]

Posted: 6/7/23 at 3:51am

Only 60% of capacity sold isn't great, but Good Night Oscar has a very solid average ticket price, second only to Prima Facie. 

Sean Hayes is holding his own as a draw and/or the show being mentioned almost weekly in the Smartless podcast is giving it a boost.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 6/7/23 at 4:48pm

PipingHotPiccolo said: "Its really wild how Bad Cinderalla couldnt give their tickets away. Just what a flop start to finish.

I wonder if Sydney Brustein is turning a profit. An interesting lesson in what sells out in downtown Bklyn cant sustain a commerical Bway run.

Also interesting to me how some shows keep their ticket prices high despite weak attendance--- lookin atchu Leopolstadt. Id see it again but not for $150 in a 1/3 empty theater.
 


Oh if ONLY there were a place that one could purchase half-priced tickets!  Oh, wait...

https://www.tdf.org/discount-ticket-programs/tkts-by-tdf/tkts-live/

 

 

 

 

[BETTY22]

Posted: 6/7/23 at 4:52pm

I was so hoping Shucked had taken off - but this weeks number is very concerning. I wonder if 800,000 is going to be its high water mark.

 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 6/7/23 at 7:43pm

Wick3 said: "I'm guessing Tony nominated shows had to comp Tony voters (and their guests) who watched their shows last week?"

This week as well.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 6/7/23 at 8:37pm

I am hearing that either way Kimberly Akimbo is closing August 6th 

[bear88]

Posted: 6/7/23 at 9:10pm

Even if it wins Best Musical? I would be very surprised and concerned if that happens. While I didn’t like Kimberly Akimbo myself, I still want Broadway to be a place where original musicals can thrive if they win critical praise and industry awards, as this show has done.

An August closing of a Best Musical winner would be a very bad omen so I hope you’re wrong that it’s a done deal regardless of what happens on Sunday.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 6/7/23 at 9:13pm

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I am hearing that either way Kimberly Akimbo is closing August 6th"

I highly doubt that .but who knows..I would think it would get a box office boost when it wins the Tony and last through the end of the year at least!

[Jarethan]

Posted: 6/8/23 at 3:54am

Maybe they have some prescience that they are not going to win, with voters de icing they can help SLIH more than KA.  I liked KA more but could see their trying to help a big, splashy musical, even if it’s music is NSG.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/8/23 at 9:48am

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I am hearing that either way Kimberly Akimbo is closing August 6th"

Either way? Huh? The producer is very savvy so I highly doubt it. I suspect it will win and stay open and turn a profit. They know what they’re doing. 

[bdn223]

Posted: 6/8/23 at 10:04am

RippedMan said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I am hearing that either way Kimberly Akimbo is closing August 6th"

Either way? Huh? The producer is very savvy so I highly doubt it. I suspect it will win and stay open and turn a profit. They know what they’re doing."

I agree. I suspect they might have been told by the Shubert Org that if they don't win their stop clause will be enacted and have to be out of the theater on August 6th, just as I know Some Like It Hot has been told something similar. I don't know what date Some Like It Hot was told, but I do know they have not paid rent in months and have been told that the stop clause will be enacted if they do not win Best Musical. Some Like It Hot has lost an additional $2.5M since opening, while David Stone had planned on Kimberly Akimbo needing up to $2M in reserves, which they have yet to fully use. Now I am not saying that the August 6th date is false, but like I said I can't imagine it being set in stone. If Kimberly Akimbo wins Best Musical and then immediately announces its closing August 6th that looks terrible on the industry as a whole. 

Updated On: 6/8/23 at 10:04 AM

[dan94]

Posted: 6/8/23 at 10:36am

The only way I would think they'd be told "out 3 weeks before Labor Day regardless of Sunday" is if they had something already lined up on a time crunch.

Kelli O'Hara is busy in May making a DOWAR transfer impossible in the spring if they want to bring it in this season. Limited run DOWAR at the Booth in the fall? And get a new tenant for the spring?

Doesn't seem likely but that's the only scenario I can think of where that info would be possibly true.

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 6/8/23 at 10:45am

I really doubt a closing in August for the Best Musical winner. But I do think it's very likely for whichever one doesn't win.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 6/8/23 at 11:57am

bdn223 said: "RippedMan said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I am hearing that either way Kimberly Akimbo is closing August 6th"

Either way? Huh? The producer is very savvy so I highly doubt it. I suspect it will win and stay open and turn a profit. They know what they’re doing."

I agree. I suspect they might have been told by the Shubert Org that if they don't win their stop clause will be enacted and have to be out of the theater on August 6th, just as I knowSome Like It Hothas been told something similar. I don't know what dateSome Like It Hotwas told, but I do know they have not paid rent in months and have been told that the stop clause will be enacted if they do not win Best Musical.Some Like It Hothas lost an additional $2.5M since opening, while David Stone had planned onKimberly Akimbo needing up to $2M in reserves, which they have yet to fully use. Now I am not saying that the August 6th date is false, but like I said I can't imagine it being set in stone. IfKimberly Akimbowins Best Musical and then immediately announces its closing August 6th that looks terrible on the industry as a whole."

 

Since the Shuberts are the co-lead producers on SLIH, I'm pretty sure they did not issue themselves a warning that they may be kicked out.

 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/8/23 at 12:52pm

That's good to know about Kimberly having the $2m in reserve. I think everyone is hoping for a win and a modest run. 

I doubt Days of Wine will transfer anytime soon with O'hara being out for most of May unless that all gets shifted a couple months.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/8/23 at 2:37pm

At Monday nights added performance of Some Like It Hot;  we were greeted with signs saying that tonights performance was being filmed.  However;  we did not notice any cameras in the theater.  The audience seemed to be industry heavy.  We saw some recognizable faces.  But it was far from a full house.   We got our first row center mezzanine at TKTS at 5 pm.  We could hear the cast having a chat and cheering themselves on right  before the show started.    Loved the show.   But I do not see how this survives much longer unless they start getting more people in there.  

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/8/23 at 3:47pm

Monday and Sunday Night performances are always industry heavy since that’s the time most people can go if they’re also in a show. 
 

And it was prob just filming for the archives. I don’t see it hanging on much longer.