The top 10 grossing shows from the week ending in 4/21/2024 include The Lion King, Wicked, Hamilton,  MJ the Musical, The Wiz, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Aladdin, Merrily We Roll Along, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. See some quick data points below. Number of Shows on Broadway: 36 Previous Week: 36 Total Gross: $34,650,614.34 Previous Week: $35,535,213.75 Total Attendance: 299,107 Previous Week: 292,028 Average Capacity: 9,078 (91.53%) Previous Week: 8,916 (90.98%) Average Paid Admission: $112.58 Previous Week: $118.39 Check out th ..read more

As this season winds down, I’m already hearing whispers in the wind of what’s coming next season. Some shows announced their NY plans.  Some are expected to announce.  And some are still rumors. But if things shake out the way some people are suggesting . . . next year could have a very interesting theme to it. And maybe, hopefully, it’s the theme that the public has been waiting for.  Because we need that public back and in a big, big way. Because all the marketing magic in the world won’t work unless the shows we produce are the shows audiences want . . .  nope . . . wil ..read more

The top 10 grossing shows from the week ending in 4/14/2024 include The Lion King, Hamilton, Wicked, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, MJ the Musical, Merrily We Roll Along, Aladdin, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and The Wiz. See some quick data points below. Number of Shows on Broadway: 36 Previous Week: 37 Total Gross: $35,535,213.75 Previous Week: $39,445,823.39 Total Attendance: 292,028 Previous Week: 305,211 Average Capacity: 8,916 (90.98%) Previous Week: 8,797 (93.74%) Average Paid Admission: $118.39 Previous Week: $123.93 Check out the individual ..read more

The history of pricing on Broadway: Way way back: One price for each section. Way back: Premium tickets for the best in the house. It first started with the Broadway Inner Circle on The Producers. $480 got you a private entrance and one of the best seats in the house. It was our first attempt to beat brokers at their own game. The now: Finally catching up with airlines, ticketing analysts suggest new prices daily. Prices flex up and down with demand. Unlike airlines, this work is manual. Variable Pricing is the reason why the $1 Million Dollar Club is no longer the cool club in town. Because ..read more

The top 10 grossing shows from the week ending in 4/7/2024 include The Lion King, Wicked, Hamilton, Aladdin, MJ the Musical, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Back to the Future: The Musical. See some quick data points below. Number of Shows on Broadway: 37 Previous Week: 32 Total Gross: $39,445,823.39 Previous Week: $37,095,505.27 Total Attendance: 305,211 Previous Week: 271,802 Average Capacity: 8,797 (93.74%) Previous Week: 8,768 (96.60%) Average Paid Admission: $123.93 Previous Wee ..read more

There’s more Tony nomination talk this year than ever before. Why? There are more people eligible for Tony nominations than almost ever before. There are 15 new musicals eligible. There are 6 revivals of musicals. 11 plays and 4 revivals of plays. Those Tony Nominators haven’t been home for a regular dinner time in months. (Being a Nominator feels like one of those jobs we all would want – but I feel for them. Seasons like this can’t be easy on their lives. And having to binge-watch all these shows in April has got to zap some of the joy out of seeing theater. So to the Nominators: thank you ..read more

The top 10 grossing shows from the week ending in 3/31/2024 include The Lion King, Wicked, Hamilton, Aladdin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, MJ the Musical, Merrily We Roll Along, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Back to the Future: The Musical. See some quick data points below. Number of Shows on Broadway: 32 Previous Week: 26 Total Gross: $37,095,505.27 Previous Week: $28,519,828.02 Total Attendance: 271,802 Previous Week: 229,911 Average Capacity: 8,768 (96.60%) Previous Week: 9,528 (92.79%) Average Paid Admission: $130.25 Previous Week: $1 ..read more

I’m going to tell you a secret.  I know three jokes.  (My wife would argue that two and a half don’t even qualify as jokes.)   When I speak about the theater, odds are you’re going to hear one of them.  One of my go-tos is this . . . “New York is the capital of the theater world . . . I don’t care what London says.” Ok, ok, it’s not funny-funny – but it usually elicits a few Broadway jingoistic titters.   The not-so-funny thing is . . . I haven’t been using that joke lately.  Because I’m getting nervous it isn’t as true as it used to be. More and more o ..read more

The top 10 grossing shows from the week ending in 3/24/2024 include The Lion King, Wicked, Hamilton, Merrily We Roll Along, MJ The Musical, Aladdin, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Back to the Future: The Musical. See some quick data points below. Number of Shows on Broadway: 26 Previous Week: 25 Total Gross: $28,519,828.02 Previous Week: $28,059,462.67 Total Attendance: 229,911 Previous Week: 219,954 Average Capacity: 9,528 (92.79%) Previous Week: 9,398 (93.78%) Average Paid Admission: $121.78 Previous Week: $1 ..read more

The top 10 grossing shows from the week ending in 3/17/2024 include The Lion King, Wicked, Hamilton, Merrily We Roll Along, MJ The Musical, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Aladdin, and Back to the Future: The Musical. See some quick data points below. Number of Shows on Broadway: 25 Previous Week: 24 Total Gross: $28,059,462.67 Previous Week: $24,545,773.98 Total Attendance: 219,954 Previous Week: 204,915 Average Capacity: 9,398 (93.78%) Previous Week: 9,384 (91.16%) Average Paid Admission: $126.66 Previous Week: $1 ..read more