paul's Broadway Musicals watch - October 2004

As far away from Broadway as most of us are, here is an update of what musicals are currently on The Great White Way.

One Musical opened in October
Brooklyn
New Musical by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson (Broadway debuts)
Directed by Jeff Calhoun (Big River 2003 revival; Grease 1994 revival)
Featuring:
Cleavant Derricks – Double Tony Winner: Best Actor in a Musical 1982 “Dreamgirls”; Best Featured Actor in a Musical 1986 “Big Deal”. TV - “Sliders”.
Kevin Anderson – Nominee 1999 Tony Best Featured Actor “Death of a Salesman”

Sixteen other Musicals still running:
Dracula (Original 2004 Broadway Production)
Bombay Dreams (2004 Broadway version of London Production)
Fiddler on the Roof (2004 Revival)
Wonderful Town (2003 Revival)
Wicked (Original 2003 Broadway Production)
Avenue Q (Transferred from Off-Broadway in 2003)
MovinÂ’ Out (Original 2002 Broadway Production)
Hairspray (Original 2002 Broadway Production)
Mamma Mia! (2001 Broadway version of London Production)
42nd Street (2001 Revival – Closes 2 Jan 05)
The Producers (Original 2001 Broadway Production)
The Lion King (Original 1997 Broadway Production)
Chicago (1996 Revival)
Rent (Transferred from Off-Broadway in 1996)
Beauty and the Beast (Original 1994 Broadway Production)
The Phantom of the Opera (1988 Broadway version of London Production)


One musical closed in October
The Frogs - Only had a limited engagement.


Top Three Shows by Attendance (last four weeks)
Wicked – 57888
The Lion King – 55416
The Producers – 49798

Top Three Shows by Capacity (last four weeks)
Wicked – 100%
Avenue Q – 99.7%
Mamma Mia! – 98.6%

Bottom Three Shows by Attendance (last four weeks)
Dracula – 19722
Avenue Q – 25395
Rent – 29685

Bottom Three Shows by Capacity (last four weeks)
Dracula – 59.9%
Bombay Dreams – 62.2%
Wonderful Town – 65.7%


Coming Up
Pacific Overtures (Revival / Broadway version of Tokyo Production)
La Cage Aux Folles (Revival)
Little Women (New Musical)
Good Vibrations (New Catalogue Musical)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (New Musical)
Monty PythonÂ’s Spamalot (New Musical)
All Shook Up (New Catalogue Musical)
The Wiz (Revival)
The Light in the Piazza (New Musical)
Sweet Charity (Revival)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Broadway version of London Production)