Broadway Box Office: Week 8: 07.16 - 07.22.12

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Week #8 of the 2012 - 2013 Season

July 16 - 22; 28 Productions

It is interesting to watch the top 8 shows jockey for position each week - especially the mystifying continued appeal of Rock of Ages.  Usually the determining factor of where they end up has to do the minuscule (relatively) ups and downs of B.O. take.  This week, it was a little more exciting to contemplate since for the first time in weeks, The Book of Mormon did NOT have the highest attendance; that honor went to Harvey, which help propel it into the top 10.  But being that it is a subscription/non-profit situation, Harvey had a considerably lower average ticket price, which will likely keep it from ever going much higher in the countdown.  The big gainers of the week were The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia! (both big with summer tourists) and the farewell week of Angela Lansbury, who left Gore Vidal's The Best Man.  The final week of A Streetcar Named Desire closed on an up note, gaining 5 spots on the chart.  The biggest losers of the week were Bring It On: The Musical which had excellent attendance, but suffered from a very low average ticket price.  But consider that the show already has a low top ticket at $75.00, and that many are being comped for reviewers and other press.  It is too early to fear the Leap of Faith syndrome!  The other big droppers were perennial re-bounder Chicago and Tony winner Clybourne Park, which appears to be running out of steam and fast.  The bottom 3 shows, Ghost: The Musical, Fela! and End of the Rainbow remain unchanged.

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RANK THIS WEEK	SHOW TITLE	SHOW TYPE	THEATRE	RANK LAST WEEK	UP/ DOWN
1	The Book of Mormon	Musical	Eugene O'Neill	1	Same
2	Disney's The Lion King	Musical	Minskoff	2	Same
3	Disney's Newsies	Musical	Nederlander	5	+2
4 tie	Once	Musical	Bernard B. Jacobs	3	-1
4 tie	Wicked	Musical	Gershwin	4	Same
6	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	Musical	Foxwoods	5	-1
7	Rock of Ages	Musical	Helen Hayes	7	Same
8	Jersey Boys	Musical	August Wilson	8	Same
9	Harvey	Play Revival	Studio 54	12	+3
10	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	Majestic	17	+7
11	Mamma Mia!	Musical	Winter Garden	15	+4
12	One Man, Two Guvnors	Play	Music Box	11	-1
13	Evita	Musical Revival	Marquis	9	-4
14	Mary Poppins	Musical	New Amsterdam	14	Same
15	Gore Vidal's The Best Man	Play Revival	Gerald Schoenfeld	21	+6
16	Chicago	Musical Revival	Ambassador	10	-6
17	A Streetcar Named Desire	Play Revival	Broadhurst	22	+5
18	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Musical	Imperial	15	-3
19	Bring It On: The Musical	Musical	St. James	13	-6
20	Peter and the Starcatcher	Play	Brooks Atkinson	18	-2
21 tie	War Horse	Play	Vivian Beaumont	19	-2
21 tie	Memphis	Musical	Shubert	24	-3
23 tie	The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess	Musical Revival	Richard Rodgers	25	+2
23 tie	Sister Act	Musical	Broadway	22	-1
25	Clybourne Park	Play	Walter Kerr	19	-6
26	Ghost: The Musical	Musical	Lunt-Fontanne	26	Same
27	Fela!	Musical Revival	Al Hirschfeld	27	Same
28	End of the Rainbow	Play	Belasco	28	Same

SRO: Harvey, The Book of Mormon, Newsies, The Lion King

$100+ Avg. Ticket: Wicked, The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Rock of Ages, Once, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Newsies, Jersey Boys, Evita

$2M Club: Wicked, The Lion King

$1M Club: Evita, Mary Poppins, Newsies, Once, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, The Book of Mormon, The Phantom of the Opera

Jeff

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