By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on November 26, 2014 12:13 PM
The Week Ending November 23, 2014 Was An Overall Slow Week On Broadway, But The Following Week Improved. Honeymoon In Vegas Was Off To A Slow Start.
New Show: “Honeymoon In Vegas”
On November 18, 2014, Honeymoon in Vegas began previews at the Nederlander Theatre. With music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Bridges of Madison County), a book by Andrew Bergman, and based off the motion picture of the same name, this musical is directed by Gary Griffin and choreographed by Denis Jones.
The musical stars Tony Danza, Rob McClure, Brynn O’Malley, and Matthew Saldivar. In its first week of previews, it played seven performances and brought in a preliminary weekly gross of $366,136.
Heavy Discounting In Opening Week
This is really not that spectacular, given that the show has the potential of bringing in $983,218, so that represented only 37.24% of the show’s gross potential. With a top ticket price of $233.00, the average paid admission was $69.24, demonstrating a heavy amount of discounting.
It is a shame that a maestro composer such as Jason Robert Brown has time and again resorted to working on movie to musical adaptations, which are meant to be commercial but don’t even succeed in that regard.
An Overall Slow Week For Broadway
In the week ending November 23, 2014, the entire Broadway community saw an overall increase in gross sales of $261,421. That is barely a move at all, but on an individual sow basis, all but 13 saw a decrease in sales.
Other than Honeymoon in Vegas, which began previews and thus increased from zero, the highest increase was seen by The Lion King, which brought in $1,711,467, representing an increase of $183,478 from the week prior.
Slight Increases For Big Name Shows
Increases were also seen by The River, Cabaret, Wicked, Cinderella, and Aladdin. Still, these increases were slight in comparison with their potential grosses. The following week, which included the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, ended up being much stronger.
However, this week was a slow gearing up for the impending holidays, which are sure to make a difference in the otherwise slow winter season. As tourists flock to New York, these numbers will be sure to increase.
The following are the Broadway ticket sales numbers for the week ending November 23, 2014:
| Show | GrossGross | Total Attn | %Cap | AvgPdAdm |
| A DELICATE BALANCE | $745,933 | 6,356 | 99.06% | $117.36 |
| A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER | $775,336 | 6,939 | 95.63% | $111.74 |
| ALADDIN | $1,372,657 | 13,737 | 99.66% | $99.92 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $1,279,198 | 7,974 | 97.15% | $160.42 |
| CABARET | $816,760 | 6,701 | 93.80% | $121.89 |
| CHICAGO | $419,363 | 5,339 | 61.79% | $78.55 |
| CINDERELLA | $680,334 | 8,934 | 63.78% | $76.15 |
| DISGRACED | $433,598 | 5,212 | 70.97% | $83.19 |
| HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH | $548,527 | 5,590 | 79.30% | $98.13 |
| HONEYMOON IN VEGAS | $366,136 | 5,288 | 65.29% | $69.24 |
| IF/THEN | $502,191 | 7,168 | 68.34% | $70.06 |
| IT’S ONLY A PLAY | $1,342,409 | 8,417 | 98.42% | $159.49 |
| JERSEY BOYS | $727,159 | 7,132 | 72.60% | $101.96 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $1,100,608 | 10,077 | 88.46% | $109.22 |
| LES MISÉRABLES | $617,818 | 7,960 | 70.62% | $77.62 |
| LOVE LETTERS | $411,765 | 4,764 | 63.72% | $86.43 |
| MAMMA MIA! | $491,950 | 6,236 | 66.85% | $78.89 |
| MATILDA | $764,003 | 8,418 | 73.48% | $90.76 |
| MOTOWN THE MUSICAL | $981,245 | 10,303 | 85.46% | $95.24 |
| ON THE TOWN | $795,604 | 9,912 | 66.12% | $80.27 |
| ONCE | $425,226 | 5,383 | 63.54% | $78.99 |
| PIPPIN | $367,437 | 4,997 | 63.09% | $73.53 |
| ROCK OF AGES | $296,522 | 3,533 | 75.75% | $83.93 |
| SIDE SHOW | $419,203 | 7,397 | 70.96% | $56.67 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,579,606 | 8,742 | 102.51% | $180.69 |
| THE COUNTRY HOUSE | $146,741 | 3,439 | 66.13% | $42.67 |
| THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME | $903,389 | 7,980 | 97.99% | $113.21 |
| THE ELEPHANT MAN | $938,509 | 6,211 | 100.31% | $151.10 |
| THE LAST SHIP | $497,208 | 7,222 | 66.92% | $68.85 |
| THE LION KING | $1,711,467 | 13,503 | 99.29% | $126.75 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $676,699 | 8,266 | 64.38% | $81.87 |
| THE REAL THING | $475,879 | 5,441 | 91.91% | $87.46 |
| THE RIVER | $882,153 | 5,621 | 100.95% | $156.94 |
| THIS IS OUR YOUTH | $287,243 | 4,533 | 53.40% | $63.37 |
| WICKED | $1,452,509 | 12,670 | 87.55% | $114.64 |
| YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU | $467,067 | 5,057 | 58.91% | $92.36 |
| Totals: | $26,699,450 | 262,452 | 79.00% | $98.32 |
