TheatreScene: August 8 - 14

THE SHORT VERSION THIS WEEK!
WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WEEK:
August 8: Name-Droppers  (Answers below)
August 9: Broadway Jigsaw Puzzles
August 10: Why Catch Me Caught Me
August 11: 1951: 60 Years Ago on Broadway
August 12: REVIEW: RENT
August 13: The Oz-ification of Broadway

TOPS AND BOTTOMS: (August 1 - 7)

• Top Gross: Wicked ($1.88M)


• Top Attendance: The Book of Mormon (102.4%)


• Bottom Gross: Follies ($131K)


• Bottom Attendance: Hair (50.6%)


• $1M Club: The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Wicked, Mary Poppins, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying


• SRO Club: War Horse, The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Wicked, Anything Goes

NAME-DROPPERS ANSWERS:

1. I, g


2. C, j


3. H, K, D, d


4. A, f


5. L, h


6. E, B, a


7. M, i


8. F, c


9. G, b


10. J, e

BROADWAY VIDEO OF THE WEEK:



Some insight from one of Broadway's biggest composers, Marc Shaiman.

Jeff
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