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.
Broadway Ticket Sales Report Week ending January 28, 2007 By Carol-Ann Rudy Topping the list of high grossing productions this past week was Wicked—for the sixth straight week. It grossed $1,349,148 with almost 100% capacity. Following closely were Jersey Boys with $1,168,315 at 100% capacity and Mary Poppins with...
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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 week, at almost 100% capacity. Jersey Boys ranks second in gross with $1,172,292, a drop of $25,609 from last...
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by Stacey Willets TicketNews announces its weekly Top 10s and analysis for the week ending 1/21/07. TOP 10 EVENTS Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1 1 Chicago Bears 2 8 Super Bowl XLI 3 n/a Indianapolis Colts 4 n/a George Strait 5 4 Jersey Boys 6 3 Bob...
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By Carol-Ann Rudy With no stars and no theater advertised, Grease will open to previews on July 24 and debut August 16. The Brooks Atkinson Theatre appears to be the likely venue. The stars? The American public gets to choose who will be the new Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny...
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Report on Grosses Week of January 1st—7th, 2007 by Carol-Ann Rudy Every theatre saw a drop in grosses this post-holiday week, but Wicked is wowing them in the top dog position at $1,404,787, with Mary Poppins at $1,240,899, The Lion King at $1,222,828, and Jersey Boys at $1,196,388. Dr....
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Week of Dec. 25—31st, 2006 Broadway ended the year hitting high notes! The most recent grosses overall were $29,137,802. Every show posted increases in this last week. Top-ranked Wicked was still knocking them dead in Oz, at 100% capacity to the tune of $1,800,310—and the highest ticket price, $300.00....
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By Scott Timpano This is usually the time of year where a past success “makes its return to Broadway.” The new Duncan Sheik/Steven Sater musical Spring Awakening is a welcome addition to the usual winter suspects. An off-broadway success, “Spring Awakening” now calls the Eugene O’Neill Theatre home. The...
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By Christine Paluf “The Producers,” Mel Brooks’ successful, satirical look at Broadway, uses the medium to raise the question of what makes a play flop. Try as they did, the two main characters, aiming to create a true failure with their play so as to keep investors’ cash, were...
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