The producers of Cry-Baby hoped to equal the success of Waters' long-running hit Hairspray, but the new musical never caught fire at the box office in spite of edging out several big-budget shows for Tony recognition. It grossed $276,245 of a potential $1,243,000 at the 1,600 seat Marquis Theatre for the week ending June 15 and played to 64.42% of capacity. Javerbaum and Schlesinger's Tony-nominated score has not yet been preserved on an original cast album.
Cry-Baby may not have connected on the Broadway stage, but maybe it will have a shot when it goes on tour.
BTW hopefully with the failures of Cry-Baby and Young Frankenstein, Broadway will take note and stop turning movies into musicals!
