Hedwig and The Angry Inch is now Jobsite Theater’s best-selling show of all time in terms of both total number of tickets sold and total box office receipts, and the show still has 7 more performances through Sep. 15 to widen the current margin.
Hedwig And The Angry Inch – final 2 weeks! from Jobsite Theater on Vimeo.
This is certainly a great start to our 20th Anniversary Season. As you may remember our critically-acclaimed production of Annie Baker’s The Flick that opened last season was marred by multiple cancellations and general public apathy in the lead-up to and aftermath of Hurricane Irma, a loss we spent the rest of the season trying to recover from while dealing with several other financial disasters like the state cutting 94% of arts funding for the 18-19 season.
We cracked our top 3 twice earlier in 2018 with The Tempest and then 1984, but neither could claim the #2 spot. Our 2013 production of Hedwig sits at #6 all-time.
The former best-seller was a 2001 production of Dracula, which seemed impossible to beat due to the fact that show ran for 6 straight weeks (we currently run for 4 with the possibility of a 5th week should sales warrant it) and had 6 performances a week (we currently max out at 5 due to union regulations).
Hedwig is the first show that Jobsite has been the sole producer of to break $40,000 in sales and it is expected to cross $50,000 by the time it closes on Sat., Sep. 15 with a special late-night show that also features a pre-show concert with guest singers.
Jobsite’s Current Top 10 Best-selling Shows:
- Hedwig and The Angry Inch (2018)
- Dracula (2001)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (2014)
- 1984 (2018)
- The Tempest (2018)
- Twelfth Night (2015)
- Hedwig and The Angry Inch (2013)
- Macbeth (2013)
- Picasso at the Lapin Agile (2009)
- The 39 Steps (2012)
