Tuner traffic gone with vacationers

Broadway's The month of january slide ongoing in Week 33 (Jan. 9-15), with particularly dramatic drops one of the tuners most just a few tourist biz. But even while vacationers went home, playgoers switched to make the most of a less-crowded Occasions Square atmosphere and winter ticket deals.Numerous non-musicals saw a sales uptick, using the greatest increase reported at "The Mountaintop" ($636,651), the Martin Luther King Junior. tale that likely also achieved positive results in the MLK holiday weekend. "Relatively Speaking" ($359,460), "Stick Fly" ($303,386) and "Chinglish" ($222,233) were among individuals to log gains.Numerous tuners, meanwhile, saw their B.O. fall, with "Mary Poppins" ($790,802) shedding a lot more than $250,000 and "The Phantom from the Opera" ($779,751) and "Chicago" ($481,836) lower by a lot more than $100,000 each.Among musicals, among the sturdiest showings from the frame what food was in "Porgy and Bess" ($853,017), even though a few days incorporated the production's heavily comped opening evening in addition to some press previews.Even though modified version from the Gershwin musical has stirred debate among purists, and gained reviews which were all around the map, sales to date have proven solid, particularly for any production opening at the time from the annual winter slump.Meanwhile, both "Follies" ($878,826) and "On the Obvious Day You Can Observe Forever" ($627,972) rose, with momentum likely supplied by the imminent closing of every.The lack of lately shuttered tuners "Billy Elliot" and "Lysistrata Johnson" led towards the Broadway cume's overall decline, as did a hefty drop at "War Equine" ($613,711), due to a reduced performance week at this show.Total Rialto sales slid around $3 million to $20.9 million for that 29 shows around the boards. Attendance deflated by around 20,000 to 229,469, or 81% from the Street's overall capacity.The 20 musicals made $17,359,006 for 83.1% from the Broadway total, with attendance of 182,538 as well as an average compensated admission of $95.10.The nine plays made $3,542,340 for 16.9% from the Broadway total, with attendance of 46,931 as well as an average compensated admission of $75.48. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com