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Twenty-One on Broadway
Broadway Ticket Sales Report
Week ending August 26, 2007
By Carol-Ann Rudy
TicketNews.com
What a difference a week makes! There are now just twenty-one productions on Broadway, with the last remaining play, The Year of Magical Thinking, closing this past weekend with an admirable increase in attendance of 11.8% over the previous reporting period. Of the twenty-one musicals, the top grossing five remain:
• Wicked $1,472,393 at 100% capacity
• The Lion King $1,303,298 at 100%
• Jersey Boys $1,181,381 at 100%
• Mary Poppins $1,065,650 at 90%
• The Color Purple $966,825 at 88%
The gross overall continues to be well up over the same time period in the previous season: $16,195,008 compared to $15,411,366. Attendance is up almost 10% over the previous season too. The lowest reported was The Drowsy Chaperone at 57% capacity, still a far cry from previously reported lows of the year in the mid-40% range. . .
The New York Musical Theatre Festival, a three-week celebration, begins Sept. 17th. According to the website, it is “the Sundance of musical theatre.” Tickets for the general public go on sale Sept. 1st. Check it out.
OPENINGS:
Edmond Rostand’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac starts previews Oct. 12 with an opening Nov. 1 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, starring Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner. It will be a limited 10-week engagement.
CLOSINGS:
The Year of Magical Thinking, Aug. 25th.
Broadway Gross Reports, August 26, 2007
All data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers
Production | Weekly Gross | Total Atten. | Prev. | Perf. | Total Capacity | Avg. Ticket Price | Atten. % |
A Chorus Line | $525,860 | 7,394 | 0 | 8 | 1,069 | $71.12 | 86.5% |
Avenue Q | $376,236 | 5,230 | 0 | 8 | 796 | $71.94 | 82.1% |
Chicago | $516,963 | 7,493 | 0 | 8 | 1,080 | $68.99 | 86.7% |
Curtains | $748,530 | 10,179 | 0 | 8 | 1,422 | $73.54 | 89.5% |
Grease | $818,991 | 8,634 | 0 | 8 | 1,072 | $94.86 | 100.7% |
Hairspray | $838,339 | 11,395 | 0 | 8 | 1,428 | $73.57 | 99.7% |
Jersey Boys | $1,181,381 | 9,856 | 0 | 8 | 1,222 | $119.86 | 100.8% |
Legally Blonde | $889,060 | 10,950 | 0 | 8 | 1,691 | $81.19 | 80.9% |
Les Miserables | $476,593 | 7,912 | 0 | 8 | 1,122 | $60.24 | 88.1% |
Mamma Mia! | $892,772 | 11,598 | 0 | 8 | 1,498 | $76.98 | 96.8% |
Mary Poppins | $1,065,650 | 13,024 | 0 | 8 | 1,791 | $81.82 | 90.9% |
Rent | $576,856 | 8,854 | 0 | 8 | 1,181 | $65.15 | 93.7% |
Spamalot | $776,856 | 10,603 | 0 | 8 | 1,441 | $73.27 | 92.0% |
Spring Awakening | $788,259 | 8,834 | 0 | 8 | 1,090 | $89.23 | 101.3% |
The 25th…Bee | $218,792 | 3,877 | 0 | 8 | 684 | $56.43 | 70.9% |
The Color Purple | $966,826 | 12,143 | 0 | 8 | 1,718 | $79.62 | 88.4% |
The Drowsy Chaperone | $444,149 | 7,426 | 0 | 8 | 1,611 | $59.81 | 57.6% |
The Lion King | $1,303,298 | 13,159 | 0 | 8 | 1,654 | $99.04 | 99.4% |
The Phantom of the Opera | $759,911 | 11,356 | 0 | 8 | 1,607 | $66.92 | 88.3% |
The Year…Thinking | $215,766 | 3,824 | 0 | 7 | 782 | $56.42 | 69.9% |
Wicked | $1,472,393 | 14,472 | 0 | 8 | 1,809 | $101.74 | 100.0% |
Xanadu | $341,527 | 4,096 | 0 | 8 | 594 | $83.38 | 86.2% |
