Broadway

“The Lion King musical has grossed over eleven billion dollars in total revenue in its run, which I think makes it the single highest grossing entertainment product in history, in any medium, film, music, TV, video games, other Broadway shows.”

“And this thing, Oh Mary, I think it's been live for June of 24 it came out. And it's been making a million dollars a week. So it's doing quite well. And it started off with about four million dollars in funding to get going.”

“Top five highest grossing Broadway musicals of all time. You have number one, Lion King, grossed over two billion, and just the ticket sales. Wicked, 1.7 billion. Phantom of the Opera, 1.3. Hamilton, which is newer, already crossed a billion. And of course, ou…”

“That thing has made, that play has made more money than the film. Really? Billions of dollars. The play between the touring companies, everything else, it's made, I think, almost ten billion dollars.”

“The cost of financing a play or a musical in the West, London, the West End, could be four times less than financing on Broadway.”

“It's making us, certainly at this point at Access, Access Entertainment, much more cautious about what we invest in on Broadway.”

“I knew I'd sold the book to a publisher, Broadway, before I As I was applying, and I think that helped differentiate me as well. And then I used the advance to pay for business school, which I needed to pay for.”