"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own."
-- Ethel Merman
The grosses are out for the week ending 12/25/2011 and we've got them all right here in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.
Up for the week was: GODSPELL (23.7%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (16.1%), PRIVATE LIVES (15.6%), RELATIVELY SPEAKING (13.5%), MAMMA MIA! (11.4%), How to Succeed IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (8.0%), CHICAGO (7.8%), WICKED (5.0%), CHINGLISH (4.2%), MARY POPPINS (3.4%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (2.2%), BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL (1.5%), THE LION KING (0.5%), Hugh Jackman, BACK ON BROADWAY (0.1%),
Down for the week was: PORGY AND BESS (-21.8%), ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (-21.0%), LYSISTRATA JONES (-16.8%), FOLLIES (-12.2%), SEMINAR (-11.9%), AN EVENING WITH Patti LuPone AND Mandy Patinkin (-11.4%), OTHER DESERT CITIES (-10.6%), BONNIE AND CLYDE (-10.2%), SISTER ACT (-9.4%), ANYTHING GOES (-7.2%), The Addams Family (-7.1%), THE ROAD TO MECCA (-7.1%), JERSEY BOYS (-5.2%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (-2.2%), STICK FLY (-2.0%), MEMPHIS (-1.3%), ROCK OF AGES (-1.2%), THE MOUNTAINTOP (-0.2%),
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 After 20-odd years singing, dancing and acting in dinner theatres, summer stocks and the ever-popular audience participation murder mysteries (try improvising with audiences after they?ve had two hours of open bar), Michael Dale segued his theatrical ambitions into playwriting. The buildings which once housed the 5 Off-Off Broadway plays he penned have all been destroyed or turned into a Starbucks, but his name remains the answer to the trivia question, "Who wrote the official play of Babe Ruth's 100th Birthday?" He served as Artistic Director for The Play's The Thing Theatre Company, helping to bring free live theatre to underserved communities, and dabbled a bit in stage managing and in directing cabaret shows before answering the call (it was an email, actually) to become BroadwayWorld.com's first Chief Theatre Critic. While not attending shows Michael can be seen at Citi Field pleading for the Mets to stop imploding. Likes: Strong book musicals and ambitious new works. Dislikes: Unprepared celebrities making their stage acting debuts by starring on Broadway and weak bullpens. |
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