In "The Phantom of the Opera" Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Cooper Grodin stars as The Phantom with Julia Udine as Christine Daaé. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)
Audiences in the South can’t get enough of Broadway musicals. "The Phantom of the Opera’s" 16-show run at Fox Theatre in Atlanta grossed $4,153,185. Broadway Across America brought Andrew Lloyd Webber’s haunting melodies to 58,145 people for $30 to $150 a ticket from Oct. 22-Nov. 2. Jam Theatricals brought the satirically catchy tunes of "The Book of Mormon" to 16,147 people at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk, Va., over eight shows. With ticket prices ranging from $25 to $140, the Oct. 28-Nov. 2 run grossed $1,197,194. "Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella" didn’t miss the pumpkin coach with an eight-show run at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. Promoted in-house and by Broadway Across America, the Oct. 28-Nov. 2 performance grossed $954,270 thanks to a 14,277-attendance and tickets from $26 to $106.
After canceling the start of their six-stop Australian tour, the Rolling Stones did right by the people of Perth and added a show to their Perth Arena stop, performing on both Oct. 29 and Nov. 1 to a combined audience of 26,330 people. The Frontier Touring Company and AEG Live-promoted concert grossed $8,768,681 with tickets ranging from $85.83 to $503.26. The Rolling Stones next head to Allphones Arena in Sydney for a sold-out Nov. 12 show, then to Hope Estate in Hunter Valley on Nov. 15.
HOT TICKETS is a weekly summary of the top acts and ticket sales as reported to VT PULSE. Following are the top 20 concerts and events, the top 5 in each seating capacity category, which took place between Oct. 14-Nov. 11.
15,001 or More Seats | 10,001-15,000 Seats | 5,001-10,000 Seats | 5,000 or Fewer Seats |
1) The Rolling Stones 2) Katy Perry 3) Fleetwood Mac 4) Eagles 5) Miley Cyrus | 1) Paul McCartney 2) Cirque du Soleil Quidam 3) Mariah Carey 4) Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull 5) Cirque du Soleil Varekai | 1) Britney Spears 2) John Fogerty 3) Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton 4) Motley Crue 5) Gerardo Ortiz | 1) The Phantom Of The Opera 2) The Book of Mormon 3) Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella 4) Bob Dylan 5) Phish |
| The Weekly Hot Tickets chart is compiled by Daniel Gray. To submit reports, e-mail HotTickets@venuestoday.com or fax to (714) 378-0040. | |||