Here are the top 10 Broadway shows last week, ranked by Revenue Per Seat, and with grosses to the right:Revenue Per Seat reflects the efficiency of a show’s marketing and the strength of its appeal, where Gross Sales reflects the effectiveness of the show as a money-making entity. Both are important to understand. To see how this compares to last week, click here.
Here are the top 10 Broadway shows last week, ranked by Revenue Per Seat, and with grosses to the right:Revenue Per Seat reflects the efficiency of a show’s marketing and the strength of its appeal, where Gross Sales reflects the effectiveness of the show as a money-making entity. Both are important to understand. To see how this compares to last week, click here.
Here are the top 10 Broadway shows last week, ranked by Revenue Per Seat, and with grosses to the right:Revenue Per Seat reflects the efficiency of a show’s marketing and the strength of its appeal, where Gross Sales reflects the effectiveness of the show as a money-making entity. Both are important to understand. To see how this compares to last week, click here.
That sounds a little harsh, but it’s essentially true. When it comes time to evaluate what they are willing to pay to see your show, ticket buyers do not care what you are spending to create that show.Cost is your problem. Price is theirs.This is a confusing subject for people, and my goal here is to help more live entertainment and arts marketers face reality as it is on the subject of price and costs. When someone produces an...
Here are the top 10 Broadway shows last week, ranked by Revenue Per Seat, and with grosses to the right:Revenue Per Seat reflects the efficiency of a show’s marketing and the strength of its appeal, where Gross Sales reflects the effectiveness of the show as a money-making entity. Both are important to understand. To see how this compares to last week, click here.
Each week we gather up a few stories worth a read (or second read). And now, in case you missed them ...TV and Broadway producers Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino sat down with Vulture's Denise Martin to give insight into their play Violet and the demise of Bunheads.Even if you're extremely careful with your ticket pricing you may be setting yourself up for failure just by doing the wrong math. Goldstar CEO Jim McCarthy shares why thinking in terms...
If you’re not careful about the way you evaluate the price at which you need to sell tickets in order to break even, you could be setting yourself up for some big losses.Here’s how a "break-even" price gets established a lot of the time: somebody, somewhere takes the total cost of delivering a show and divides it by the number of tickets they believe, based on experience, intuition data or whatever, they will likely sell.For example, the total costs...
Here are the top 10 Broadway shows last week, ranked by Revenue Per Seat, and with grosses to the right:Revenue Per Seat reflects the efficiency of a show’s marketing and the strength of its appeal, where Gross Sales reflects the effectiveness of the show as a money-making entity. Both are important to understand.
How do you increase the quality of your shows, improve community outreach and (hopefully) improve revenue while also cutting costs? If you're Lorne Campbell, Artistic Director for Northern Stage, you get very strategic. The Guardian recently ran a column from Lorne where he described their efforts and whether or not they're paying off. A bit of his strategy:"I became artistic director of Northern Stage in May 2013," Cambell said. "In this first year, the company and I have been...
The 2013-2014 Broadway season has just ended and the numbers are looking great. Broadway.com is reporting that shows grossed $1.27 billion during the period and total attendances reached 12.21 million. The reason for the more than 11 percent increase in grosses? A combination of more running weeks (the previous season was impacted by Hurricane Sandy), big shows like Aladdin and Les Miserables and big stars like Daniel Craig, Neil Patrick Harris and Denzel Washington.For the rest of the good...
