Breaking News Quentin Tarantino Digs Deep On 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' As He Fears "Dark Night Of The Soul" For Filmmakers: Q&A Read the full story
Box Office ‘West Side Story’ Breaks $1M In First Week On Broadway; ‘A Christmas Carol’ Sets House Record Well, that was fast: Director Ivo van Hove’s West Side Story joined Broadway’s Million Dollar Club after only six previews, grossing $1,254,440 in its first week of performances. The musical revival, with all-new choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, filled all seats at the Broadway Theatre for the week ending… By Greg Evans Dec 16, 2019 1:37 pm Print 2 Comments Read the full story
Box Office Broadway Bounces For Thanksgiving; ‘Tina’, ‘Beetlejuice’ Set House Records, David Byrne Joins Million Dollar Club Broadway’s Thanksgiving Weekend was a trip to bountiful, with Tina and Beetlejuice breaking house records, David Byrne joining the Million Dollar Club and total box office for the 35 productions soaring a big 30% over the previous week. In all, Broadway grossed $41,687,333, strong if not quite matching last… By Greg Evans Dec 2, 2019 2:36 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story
Box Office Broadway Box Office Flat In Pre-Holiday Week; David Byrne, Tina Turner Musical Buck Trend Broadway box office mostly held steady last week, even as many shows might not have overmuch to cheer about during the pre-holiday week. In all, the 35 productions took in $32,015,929, down just 2% from the previous week’s 36-production roster. Total attendance for the week ending Nov. 24 was 278,056, off about 4%… By Greg Evans Nov 25, 2019 1:15 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story
Box Office ‘Tina’ Takes Best-Ever $1.5M; Overall Broadway Box Office Slips At $32M Broadway box office took a step back last week, with most shows reporting receipt drops from the prior week (which included Veterans Day Weekend, perhaps boosting tourist money). In all, the 36 Broadway productions grossed $32,819,621 for the week ending Nov. 17, about 7% down from the previous week. Attendance… By Greg Evans Nov 18, 2019 1:19 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story
Box Office ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Swallows $1.1M In First Full Week; Broadway’s Total Box Office At $35M Jagged Little Pill , the Alanis Morissette musical that’s not about Alanis Morissette, joined the Million Dollar Club in its first full week on the Broadway grosses chart, taking in $1,107,845 for eight previews for the week ending Nov. 10. The Jagged take no doubt helped Broadway’s overall total, which jumped about… By Greg Evans Nov 11, 2019 1:28 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story
Business ‘Mockingbird’ Breaks Own Record As Original Cast Departs; ‘Tina’, Alanis Morissette Rock Broadway B.O. A record-setting farewell performance of T o Kill a Mockingbird ‘s original Jeff Daniels-fronted cast, along with three rockers — Tina Turner, Alanis Morissette and David Byrne — brought in a combined $4,584,598 at the box office, a hefty slice of Broadway’s 34-production total gross of $31,122,601 for the week ending… By Greg Evans Nov 4, 2019 2:57 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story
Business Broadway B.O.: Carole King Musical Ends On High Note; ‘Tina’ Settles In Same Way Shows based on two grande dames of rock might have passed the baton one to the other on Broadway last week, with Carole King’s Beautiful ? exiting after a long, glorious run at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, while Tina : The Tina Turner Musical -settled in to what promises to be a lucrative stay at the Lunt-Fontanne… By Greg Evans Oct 28, 2019 1:34 pm Print 2 Comments Read the full story
Box Office ‘Tina’, ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Rock Broadway; Total Box Office Hits $35M Declarations of “She’s Got Legs” might be premature, but Broadway’s Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is already strutting to $1M+ at the weekly box office, becoming one of the season’s most promising productions. In its second week of previews, Tina was a sell-out at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, grossing $1,386,360 for… By Greg Evans Oct 21, 2019 1:59 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story
Business Broadway Box Office Climbs To $35M; ‘Mockingbird’, ‘Moulin’ Set Records As ‘Tina’ Arrives With Broadway’s fall wave of new productions mostly still finding their seats last week, several of the more established – recently established, but established – smashes kept doing what they do, selling out and breaking records. To Kill a Mockingbird , Moulin Rouge! and Hadestown raked it in, helping Broadway’s… By Greg Evans Oct 15, 2019 1:57 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story
Business ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Begins A Lively Dance With New York; Broadway Fall Roster Grosses $30M David Byrne brought a touch of his wild, wild life to Broadway last week (feel free to come up with your own Talking Heads reference), playing the first three previews of his American Utopia at the Hudson Theatre, nearly selling out and scoring one of the strongest average ticket prices among the recent raft of theater… By Greg Evans Oct 7, 2019 2:19 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story
Box Office Lin-Manuel Miranda Co-Creation ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ Hits Beat Of $609K; Broadway B.O. Steady At $30M Broadway tiptoed another step into the fall season last week, with a hefty batch of newcomers mostly toting less than hefty bags of box office receipts. Total box office for all Broadway productions were up a wispy 2% over the previous week, tallying $29,894,777. Total attendance was 260,498, just 2% more than the… By Greg Evans Sep 30, 2019 1:51 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story
Box Office Broadway Fall Season Underway With New Shows; $29M Box Office Stuck In Summer Broadway ’s fall season kicked into gear last week, with no fewer than eight new shows in previews, including three that just began performances. Overall box office, alas, was pretty much stuck in the summer doldrums, with total receipts of $29,320,908 up a measly 1% over the previous week – and that’s with three… By Greg Evans Sep 23, 2019 2:08 pm Print 0 Comments Read the full story