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Something Rotten!
Broadway
St. James Theatre Opened Apr 22, 2015Musical2014-2015 season1,709 seats582 wks running
The story
Something Rotten! is a musical comedy with a book by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick and music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Set in 1595, the story follows the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who struggle to find success in the theatrical world as they compete with the wild popularity of their contemporary William Shakespeare.
Read more on Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)How it's doing
Strength score
90/100
Houses are 74% full lately, selling about $792,390 a week, with sales trending up (+8.3%/week). Built from real ticket sales — not a profit guess.
Next week, we expect
$1,176,026
Likely somewhere between $902,174 and $1,449,879, based on the last 93 weeks.
What could move it
- Holiday week — Christmas / New Year week, New Year's Day
Closing-risk signal
0/100 · low
Current capacity: 97% · Recent trend: +1.8 pts/wk. A warning sign from empty-and-falling seats — not a prediction that it will close.
Box office (weekly grosses)
Weekly sales & how full
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Recent weeks
| Week ending | Sales | vs last wk | How full | Avg ticket | That week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2017 | $1,478,302 | up ▲ $815,494 | 97% | $102 | 🎉 Christmas / New Year week, Christmas Day |
| Dec 25, 2016 | $662,809 | down ▼ $54,963 | 68% | $91 | 🎉 Christmas / New Year week |
| Dec 18, 2016 | $717,772 | up ▲ $31,002 | 73% | $80 | ☔ 3 rainy days · ❄️ snow |
| Dec 11, 2016 | $686,770 | up ▲ $30,082 | 67% | $83 |
TKTS discounts
Not spotted on TKTS yet
This show has been full price on our watch — we'll log it the moment it hits the TKTS discount board, and start tracking how deep the cut goes.
At a glance
TheatreSt. James Theatre
Opening dateApr 22, 2015
CategoryBroadway
StatusClosed
Production details, synopsis, poster, and cast come from this show's Playbill page; weekly sales from the Broadway League report via Playbill; discount data from the public TKTS Live board. BoothHistory is an independent tracker, not affiliated with this production, the Broadway League, or TDF.