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Post by beth on Jan 3, 2018 4:07:48 GMT -5
If you're at all interested in what's happening on Broadway this year, click the link and inform yourself. Very good read with all kinds of things to write home about. 
Broadway Pulverizes Annual Box-Office Record, Hurdling $1.6 Billion
in-Manuel Miranda's unstoppable smash led the charge, with newer hits like 'Hello, Dolly!,' 'Dear Evan Hansen,' 'Come From Away' and 'Springsteen on Broadway' joining perennials to pump grosses for the year.
Broadway grosses hit another record high in 2017, with overall box office surpassing $1.5 billion for the first time, driven by premium pricing for such in-demand shows as Hamilton, Hello, Dolly! and Springsteen on Broadway.
Box office through Dec. 31 — a 53-week cycle in 2017, due to a variance in the calendar — soared to a massive $1.637 billion, according to figures released Tuesday by trade organization The Broadway League. That represents a substantial hike of $270 million from last year's already unprecedented high of $1.367 billion, which toppled the previous record of $1.362 billion in 2014.
Attendance for the calendar year also rose to a record total of 13.74 million, besting the previous high of 13.25 million in 2016. And the average ticket price climbed by $15 to $118, pushed by high-volume premium sales for a number of SRO productions. The final week of the year, ending Dec. 31, also hit a historic high for a seven-day frame of $50.4 million.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop historical juggernaut Hamilton led the field, raking in another $157.8 million for the year with 569,726 admissions and nudging the production's overall total just above the $300 million mark. That figure includes Broadway only, not the hefty additional revenues from the Chicago production, first U.S. tour and recently opened London run.
In a bid to outprice scalpers on the frenzied secondary market, producers of Hamilton jacked up premium tickets for the lucrative holiday week between Christmas and New Year to a record high of $1,150, which is up 15 percent from the show's unprecedented $998 top ticket for the same week in 2016. This marks the first time that premium seats sold directly by a production have hit four figures, bringing the show's box-office take for the final week of the year to a staggering $3.85 million.
Hamilton's annual total was up from $105.5 million in 2016, when it registered 558,977 admissions. With all the celebrated original principals now having moved on to other projects, the production's continuing box-office strength and ability to shift premium tickets at exorbitant prices offer definitive proof, if anyone still required it, that the show itself is the star.
the rest, with info about all the shows
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/broadway-pulverizes-annual-box-office-record-hurdling-16-billion-1070517
Broadway Pulverizes Annual Box-Office Record, Hurdling $1.6 Billion
in-Manuel Miranda's unstoppable smash led the charge, with newer hits like 'Hello, Dolly!,' 'Dear Evan Hansen,' 'Come From Away' and 'Springsteen on Broadway' joining perennials to pump grosses for the year.
Broadway grosses hit another record high in 2017, with overall box office surpassing $1.5 billion for the first time, driven by premium pricing for such in-demand shows as Hamilton, Hello, Dolly! and Springsteen on Broadway.
Box office through Dec. 31 — a 53-week cycle in 2017, due to a variance in the calendar — soared to a massive $1.637 billion, according to figures released Tuesday by trade organization The Broadway League. That represents a substantial hike of $270 million from last year's already unprecedented high of $1.367 billion, which toppled the previous record of $1.362 billion in 2014.
Attendance for the calendar year also rose to a record total of 13.74 million, besting the previous high of 13.25 million in 2016. And the average ticket price climbed by $15 to $118, pushed by high-volume premium sales for a number of SRO productions. The final week of the year, ending Dec. 31, also hit a historic high for a seven-day frame of $50.4 million.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop historical juggernaut Hamilton led the field, raking in another $157.8 million for the year with 569,726 admissions and nudging the production's overall total just above the $300 million mark. That figure includes Broadway only, not the hefty additional revenues from the Chicago production, first U.S. tour and recently opened London run.
In a bid to outprice scalpers on the frenzied secondary market, producers of Hamilton jacked up premium tickets for the lucrative holiday week between Christmas and New Year to a record high of $1,150, which is up 15 percent from the show's unprecedented $998 top ticket for the same week in 2016. This marks the first time that premium seats sold directly by a production have hit four figures, bringing the show's box-office take for the final week of the year to a staggering $3.85 million.
Hamilton's annual total was up from $105.5 million in 2016, when it registered 558,977 admissions. With all the celebrated original principals now having moved on to other projects, the production's continuing box-office strength and ability to shift premium tickets at exorbitant prices offer definitive proof, if anyone still required it, that the show itself is the star.
the rest, with info about all the shows
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/broadway-pulverizes-annual-box-office-record-hurdling-16-billion-1070517