The Great Society
Broadway
Drama
The Great Society
Broadway
Drama
Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan will return to Broadway with the second of his two exhilarating dramas celebrating Lyndon B. Johnson’s legacy: The Great Society. Director Bill Rauch (All The Way) reunites with Schenkkan after directing the premiere of The Great Society at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2014 and Seattle Rep in 2015. This new play is the companion piece to Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning All The Way, depicting the tumultuous times that led to the conclusion of the Johnson presidency in 1968.
Capturing Johnson’s passionate and aggressive attempts to build a great society for all, The Great Society follows his epic triumph in a landslide election to the agonizing decision not to run for re-election just three years later. It was an era that would define history forever: the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the destruction of Vietnam, and the creation of some of the greatest social programs America has ever known—and one man was at the center of it all: LBJ.
SCHEDULE:
October 14 - 26 - Monday @7pm, Tuesday @7pm, Wednesday @1pm and 7pm, Thursday @7pm, Friday @8pm, Saturday @2pm and 8pm
October 28 - November 3 - Tuesday @7pm, Wednesday @1pm and 7pm, Thursday @7pm, Friday @8pm, Saturday @2pm and 8pm, Sunday @1pm
Capturing Johnson’s passionate and aggressive attempts to build a great society for all, The Great Society follows his epic triumph in a landslide election to the agonizing decision not to run for re-election just three years later. It was an era that would define history forever: the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the destruction of Vietnam, and the creation of some of the greatest social programs America has ever known—and one man was at the center of it all: LBJ.
SCHEDULE:
October 14 - 26 - Monday @7pm, Tuesday @7pm, Wednesday @1pm and 7pm, Thursday @7pm, Friday @8pm, Saturday @2pm and 8pm
October 28 - November 3 - Tuesday @7pm, Wednesday @1pm and 7pm, Thursday @7pm, Friday @8pm, Saturday @2pm and 8pm, Sunday @1pm
- Running Time: 2 hours and 45 minutes
- Playwright: Robert Schenkkan
People (190)
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President Lyndon Baines Johnson
(Original)
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
(Original)
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Hubert Humphrey
(Original)
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Dr. James Z. Appel
(Original)Richard J. Daley
(Original)General Earle Wheeler
(Original)
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Robert F. Kennedy
(Original)
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President Lyndon Baines Johnson
(Original)
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
(Original)
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Hubert Humphrey
(Original)
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Dr. James Z. Appel
(Original)Richard J. Daley
(Original)General Earle Wheeler
(Original)
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Robert F. Kennedy
(Original)
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Playwright
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Director
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Scenic Design
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Costume Design
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Lighting Design
Pro Info
Inside The Playbill
QUICK STATS
(as of Oct 13, 2019)
Total Current Gross: $2,134,182
Highest Weekly Gross: $413,429 (Week Ending Sep 15, 2019)
Average Ticket Price: $70.98
Average % Capacity: 69.79%
Grosses
| Week Ending | Week Number | This Week Gross Potential Gross | Diff $ | Avg Ticket Top Ticket | Seats Sold Seats in Theatre | Perfs Previews | % Cap This Week | Diff % cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2019 | 20 | $394,327.00 $1,188,000.00 | $11,542.50 | $75.21 $225.00 | 5243 1060 | 8 0 | 61.83% | -5.09% |
| Oct 6, 2019 | 19 | $382,784.50 $1,188,000.00 | -$28,703.50 | $67.45 $225.00 | 5675 1060 | 8 0 | 66.92% | -6.33% |
| Sep 29, 2019 | 18 | $411,488.00 $1,188,000.00 | $7,487.50 | $66.24 $225.00 | 6212 1060 | 0 8 | 73.25% | 8.54% |
| Sep 22, 2019 | 17 | $404,000.50 $1,188,000.00 | -$9,429.00 | $73.63 $225.00 | 5487 1060 | 0 8 | 64.71% | -5.29% |
Shows That Opened That Season: 2019-2020
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