Air-conditioned Broadway held its personal as New York City plunged ever deeper right into a sizzling summer season final week, with complete field workplace receipts maintaining regular at $31,520,593, a tiny improve of two% over the earlier week.
Total attendance for the 30 Broadway productions was 257,204, in keeping with the earlier week however up almost 15% over the identical interval final season.
A trio of reveals ending their runs final week – the week ending July 23 – noticed field workplace climb even greater as last-chancers snapped up tickets. Camelot took in $780,457, a lift of $189,142 over the earlier week, with attendance at 96% of the Vivian Beaumont’s capability. Life of Pi closed its run on a powerful word, grossing $585,043 ($75,517 over the earlier week), with 93% of the Schoenfeld’s seats occupied. And Peter Pan Goes Wrong, struggling in latest weeks after a powerful begin within the spring, was up by $102,412 to $550,082. Still, the favored West End farce crammed solely 75% of seats in its closing week at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore.
A roster of latest arrivals continued to draw audiences, with the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love filling almost each seat on the Broadway Theatre, even when receipts have been down a tad (to $760,065) what with opening week comps and press seats.
Back To The Future: The Musical, in previews on the Winter Garden, appears to have the making of the summer season’s breakout hit, grossing $1,376,420 for the week and enjoying to near-capacity audiences. The adaptation of the traditional Michael J. Fox movie comedy opens August 3.
The Cottage performed seven previews on the Hayes, filling 94% of seats and grossing $292,887 with a modest $76 common ticket worth. The Sandy Rustin comedy, directed by Jason Alexander and starring Eric McCormack, Laura Bell Bundy, Lilli Cooper and Alex Moffat, opened to tepid critiques July 24.
Good Night, Oscar, starring McCormack’s former Will & Grace castmate Sean Hayes, had its finest week since starting performances in April, grossing $833,274, with attendance on the Belasco at 85% of capability. The engagement ends August 27.
Parade, the hit musical revival starring Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond that closes Sunday, August 6, had a terrific week, grossing $1,295,630. That’s an 8-performance home report for the Jacobs, and the manufacturing is on observe to proceed apace in its closing two weeks.
Beating all of them was The Lion King, nonetheless roaring after 25 years with a gross of $2,469,996.
Nineteen of the 30 reveals have been at 90% of capability or extra, with Hadestown, Hamilton, Here Lies Love, Parade and Sweeney Todd promoting out.
Considerably much less stellar have been A Beautiful Noise (with attendance at 59% of capability) and Once Upon a One More Time (52%). New York, New York and Grey House have each posted closing notices for July 30, with the previous filling 69% of its seats final week and the latter at 80%.
Season up to now, Broadway has grossed $286,926,863 with complete attendance of two,351,883 at 88% of capability.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For full field workplace listings, go to the League’s web site.
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