Post by Admin on Nov 28, 2016 22:54:06 GMT -8
As usual, I could not fit the full title in. 
So here it is:
Broadway's Hit Show 'Hamilton' Explodes Past $3 Million in a Record Thanksgiving Week Despite Faux Boycott By Trump Stans
The boycott probably brought MORE attention to the play and got folks in the seats (like they weren't there already!).
My friend's older brother is in this play. Don't know what part he plays, but she flew out to see him in New York last week to see the play on Broadway and spend time with the fam! Everyone I have said this too is amazed because apparently it is really hard (and expensive) to get a seat!
So here it is:Broadway's Hit Show 'Hamilton' Explodes Past $3 Million in a Record Thanksgiving Week Despite Faux Boycott By Trump Stans
The annual bounty of Thanksgiving week gave the Broadway box office a record $35 million to be thankful for last week, with the hottest ticket on the street, “Hamilton,” blowing past the $3 million mark with an average price paid per ticket of more than $300.
“Hamilton” ($3,260,089) isn’t the first Broadway show to crack $3 million in one week — that distinction belongs to “Wicked,” which broke the barrier in 2013 — but “Hamilton” did it with just eight performances (rather than the nine shows that some titles play in holiday weeks) in a relatively intimate theater. With a premium ticket price ratcheted up to $998 (from $549) for the Turkey Day frame, average ticket price weighed in at a gobsmacking $303.21. These are best-yet tallies that come in the wake of all the attention “Hamilton” got from its recent visit by Mike Pence, but the explosion can’t be attributed to that controversy; the much-hyped show’s tickets for the week would have been snapped up at big-money prices long before that.
variety.com/2016/legit/news/hamilton-broadway-sales-thanksgiving-2016-1201927862/
“Hamilton” ($3,260,089) isn’t the first Broadway show to crack $3 million in one week — that distinction belongs to “Wicked,” which broke the barrier in 2013 — but “Hamilton” did it with just eight performances (rather than the nine shows that some titles play in holiday weeks) in a relatively intimate theater. With a premium ticket price ratcheted up to $998 (from $549) for the Turkey Day frame, average ticket price weighed in at a gobsmacking $303.21. These are best-yet tallies that come in the wake of all the attention “Hamilton” got from its recent visit by Mike Pence, but the explosion can’t be attributed to that controversy; the much-hyped show’s tickets for the week would have been snapped up at big-money prices long before that.
variety.com/2016/legit/news/hamilton-broadway-sales-thanksgiving-2016-1201927862/
The boycott probably brought MORE attention to the play and got folks in the seats (like they weren't there already!).
My friend's older brother is in this play. Don't know what part he plays, but she flew out to see him in New York last week to see the play on Broadway and spend time with the fam! Everyone I have said this too is amazed because apparently it is really hard (and expensive) to get a seat!
