I go to the theater quite a bit, hopefully I see one show a month at least.
The Lion King
Little Mermaid
Mary Poppins
Legally Blonde
Young Frankenstein
Spamalot
Hairspray
Phantom of the Opera - currently longest running show in it's
Footloose
Cry Baby
Xanadu
Shrek The Musical - recently announced
They all have their roots in movies being the original material.
The Disney shows all gross over $1M each every week.
What have they done lately? They rake in almost $20M every week alone just in NYC Broadway ticket sales. That doesn't include how much money is made from tourism, hotels, restaurants, taxis. Then there is the labor, the stagehands, orchestra, actors, ushers, they make money and pay taxes.
This is why the stagehand strike at the end of last year was so disasterous.
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