Kiss Broadway Goodbye
Broadway Ticket Sales Report: Week ending April 29th, 2007 By Carol-Ann Rudy TicketNews.com Kiss Broadway goodbye — “Prelude To a Kiss” did just that on Sunday, April 29. It was…
Broadway
Broadway consists of the 40 professional theaters scattered across New York City’s Theatre District, including the Ambassador, Imperial, Majestic, and Shubert Theatres, among others. Collectively, the theaters are quoted to bring in over $900 million dollars a year. Theatre in New York got its foot-hold during the mid-to-late 1700s, at which time The Park, The Bowery, and The Astor Place Theatres were established. Originally focusing on the works of Shakespeare, Broadway moved in the musical direction during the mid-1800s with productions of “The Black Crook,” and the Gilbert and Sullivan “H.M.S. Pinafore,” among others. Actors on Broadway make a big distinction between their profession on what they call the “legitimate stage,” and other more variety oriented acts like vaudeville and burlesque.
Current masterpieces to hit Broadway for the 2009-2010 season include “Chicago,” “South Pacific,” “Wicked,” “Hair,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “The Lion King,” and “Jersey Boys,” to name a few.
Hot Week For Broadway Ticket Sales
Week ending April 15th, 2007 By Carol-Ann Rudy It was hot again on Broadway this past week regardless of the weather, with total grosses of $21,398,054, down a tad from…
Broadway Braces Itself as NY Contemplates Deregulating Scalping
YAHOO — Everyone has seen those shady characters hawking ducats a safe distance from Broadway theatres. And a sizable percentage of theatergoers has resorted to what’s known in professional circles…
Broadway Ticket Sales Report
Week ending April 15th, 2007 By Carol-Ann Rudy TicketNews.com Eighteen productions posted audiences at 90% or over capacity–and seven of those at 100%. The gross receipts nearly matched last week’s…
A Bonus Week on Broadway
Broadway Ticket Sales Report Week ending April 8th, 2007 By Carol-Ann Rudy This has been a bonus week on Broadway, if the total gross receipts are any measure: $22,927,790, a…
Upset ‘Grease’ fans want their Broadway ticket money back
Reality Tv World Despite being chosen by America to play the leads of Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko in this summer’s Broadway Grease revival that has already eclipsed $9 million…
Are Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman headed to Broadway?
According to Roger Friedman of Fox News, negotiations are in the works for Leonardo DiCaprio to star this fall in a Broadway revival of “The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel.”…
Weekly Broadway Ticket Sales Report
By Carol-Ann Rudy Week of March 5 – March 11, 2007 There’s a healthy thaw in the winter air on Broadway this past week, and a nice increase in total…
Ticket News Weekly Broadway Report
Broadway Ticket Sales Report Week ending February 11, 2007 By Carol-Ann Rudy No surprises this week as Wicked kicks it up with the highest ticket sales: $1,307,183 and 98% capacity,…
Broadway Grosses Lower Than Last Week
Broadway Ticket Sales Report Week ending January 21, 2007 By Carol-Ann Rudy TicketNews.com Once again, Wicked is leading the pack this week with $1,365,614, a drop of $42,423 from last…