Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 8:36pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 1/6/2008 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.
broadwayboy1017
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#2re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 8:47pmouch for legally blonde. bad bad bad bad week for them
#2re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 8:48pmWelcome to January!
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pinoyonbroadway
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#3re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 8:53pmWow. Pretty bad week for a lot of shows.
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#5re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 9:05pmIs it wrong that I'm hoping for Rent's grosses to decline, even though I'm a fan? (Don't answer that.) It's run its course and then some.
FutureAladdinOnB'Way
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/07
#7re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 9:44pmsiamesedream - i feel the same way, it's just obvious that it's not in it's "hay day" anymore, and it either needs to be refreshed somehow, or it should close. But Grease should close first.
Luvinbroadway
Leading Actor Joined: 7/18/03
#8re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 9:44pm...and this includes part of Christmas week?!!!!! Poor Xanadu..... (-100,000?!!!)
#9re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 9:47pm
I really didn't think this week was that bad. "Legally Blonde" and "Xanadu" aren't looking very good though. And lord, almighty, "Grinch" was at like 55%? I know it's not really the Christmas season anymore, but good lord.
But RENT didn't drop too much! Woo hoo! I hope they are starting to rally a bit.
george95
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
#10re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 9:51pmREnt does not need to be closed! And the only refreshing it needs is maybe some less tired actors on stage. But do not do anything dumb like changing the set, lighting, blocking, orchestrations or anything like that! grrrrrrr!
#11re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 9:56pmI hate to say it, but I agree that Rent has run its course.
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george95
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
#12re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 10:00pmrent just needs some TLC it has not in any way run its course.......there is about to be a huge burst of 90's nostalgia in the country just watch and when it hits, RENT will be there to cash in.
memphreblues
Chorus Member Joined: 1/7/08
#14re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 10:03pm
If shows aren't doing too good (Legally Blonde, Xanadu, Rent, what have you), can they close them before the actors' contracts are up? Or do they NEED to wait, then announce a date? I've been wondering lately, but I'm usually not "involved" enough in Broadway to keep track of these things.
Not that I think these shows are closing. Just speaking generally. I do like to see Mamma Mia and Phantom doing so well after so long, but I guess that's to be expected.
Updated On: 1/7/08 at 10:03 PM
#15re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 10:13pmShows can definitely close before an actor's contract is up. The producers have to give proper notice (2 weeks I think) to the actor's though.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#16re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 10:20pm
Regardless of contracts, under Equity rules, a producer can close any show with one week's notice. And once a show closes, no actor (or musician or any one else) continues to get paid regardless of how long his contract was (his contract is void as of closing).
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Updated On: 1/7/08 at 10:20 PM
#17re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 10:24pmHow about a show that closes after a few days of previews a la CARRIE?
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memphreblues
Chorus Member Joined: 1/7/08
#18re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 10:25pmThanks for clearing that up for me, guys :)
#19re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 10:30pm78% for Legally Blonde? In that BARN of a giant theatre in January? Come on now. That's 13% UP from early December. Maybe you guys should think before posting.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#20re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 10:48pmYes, it's difficult to understand why anyone would be bemoaning the gross of Legally Blonde, especially while blithely ignoring the much more problematic gross of Curtains.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#21re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/7/08 at 10:52pmIf a producer closes a show with less than a week's notice, then I believe he has to pay an extra week's salary to the cast as a penalty.
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#22re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/8/08 at 1:11amWhen I saw this thread, I thought that I was going to look at the grosses and see dismal numbers for LB. The Palace is a huge theatre and it was at 78 percent...not a great week, but overall, not terrible, especially considering this week marks the start of the slow season for Broadway. Rent and Xanadu however....small theatres and they aren't filling them....
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#23re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/8/08 at 1:41am
Yeah, BLONDE did well over their nut, and better than most shows.
Untill SHREK or another show wants the Palace, they have a home.
elphaba.scares.me
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/04
#24re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/6/2008
Posted: 1/8/08 at 1:44am
i'm confused.
how did grease not noticeably drop in average ticket price OR attendance, and yet take such a huge dip in grosses?
HOW, I ASK YOU?
