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The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Broadway
John Golden Theatre Opened Mar 10, 2002Play2001-2002 season800 seats1267 wks running
The story
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? is a full-length play written in 2000 by Edward Albee which opened on Broadway in 2002. It won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play transferred to London in 2004 and received nominations for Best Play at the 2005 Oliver Awards and the 2005 Critic's Choice Awards.
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Strength score
66/100
Houses are 71.3% full lately, selling about $240,825 a week, with sales trending up (+0.7%/week). Built from real ticket sales — not a profit guess.
Next week, we expect
$254,132
Likely somewhere between $163,974 and $344,289, based on the last 43 weeks.
What could move it
- Holiday week — Christmas / New Year week
Closing-risk signal
32/100 · moderate
Current capacity: 63% · Recent trend: -0.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2002 | $216,967 | down ▼ $62,000 | 63% | $53 | ☔ 3 rainy days |
| Dec 8, 2002 | $278,967 | up ▲ $27,767 | 78% | $56 | ❄️ snow · 🥶 cold (26°F) |
| Dec 1, 2002 | $251,200 | up ▲ $25,055 | 72% | $54 | 🎉 Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving week |
| Nov 24, 2002 | $226,145 | down ▼ $20,036 | 66% | $54 |
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
TheatreJohn Golden Theatre
Opening dateMar 10, 2002
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.