The Mother’s Day weekend seemed to have little effect on Broadway’s gross ticket sales for the week ending May 13, with an increase of just $28,000 over the previous week. According to figures posted by The Broadway League, ticket sales for the Great White Way’s 38 productions totaled $25.2 million with an increase among 15 shows. [...]
Gross ticket sales for the Great White Way were down 3.3 percent through the week ending May 6 with the sales for several productions taking a dramatic turn following 2012 Tony Award nominations. According to figures posted by The Broadway League, Broadway gross ticket sales totaled $25.2 million compared to $26.1 million the previous week. Twenty-four [...]
The daisies are pushing through the dirt and amazing theatre is popping up all over New York City. Whether you’re looking for a contemporary comedy, a historical insight, or a revisited favorite, the Off-Broadway scene has the best acts going! Now Running: Psycho Therapy - Couples therapy for three is back by popular demand at The [...]
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Broadway gross ticket sales increased dramatically for the week ending April 8, with sales up $4 million (17.5%) from the previous week, mostly due to Easter weekend earnings. Gross ticket sales for the Great White Way totaled just under $28 million, according to figures posted by The Broadway League. Not counting the five new productions that [...]
Spring is finally here and those bitterly cold winter days are history. Why not celebrate by reading on a sunny park bench? And why not pick up a book that has a second life in theater? Show Boat Often called the First American Musical, this show by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II started as a novel of the same name [...]
The mere mention of Valentine’s Day is bound to elicit a slew of mixed, and often strong, responses from those reading this blog. You’re either painfully aware of your perpetual single-dom or you’re blissfully coupled and eager to spend the day showering your main squeeze with affection and meaningful trinkets. Whether Cupid’s bow has struck you this [...]
They say rules are made to be broken and it seems that the same goes for New Year’s resolutions. Let’s be real — how many times have you started off a new year with a list of lofty aspirations? Go to the gym 5 times a week. Lose 20 pounds. Quit whatever vice it is [...]
The holidays are over and amidst the dismantling of twinkling decorations and the once vibrant holiday markets closing up shop, many Manhattanites are fighting the onslaught of the winter blues. As the days get shorter and the nights get chillier, keep those cold weather doldrums at bay with one of the must-see new shows heating [...]
Two of Broadway’s top-selling shows, “Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway” and “The Book of Mormon,” are employing a dynamic ticket pricing model similar to that used by airlines, hotels and professional sports teams. Under a dynamic pricing model, the face value of a ticket fluctuates with demand and varies in accordance with a number of [...]