Spring tourism and a plump roster of new productions filled lots of seats on Broadway last week, with attendance of 328,200 reflecting a solid 8% increase over the previous week. Total revenue for Week 47 (ending April 21) was even more impressive as the 36 productions took in $40,219,790, 16% greater than the…

With all of its new spring arrivals up and running, Broadway box office held about steady from the previous week, a good sign given that two fewer shows were on the boards during Week 46 (ending April 14). In all, the 36 productions took in $34,725,461, with attendance of 304,463 down a small 3.4% from the previous…

A Broadway crowded with new spring shows saw customers making tough choices last week, with a hefty slice of the 38 productions registering a slip in box office from the previous week. In all, Broadway grossed $35,291,616 during Week 45 (ending April 7), a 4% dip from the previous week.

Total attendance was 315,320, ab…

Has Broadway ever looked more Hollywood? Beetlejuice and Tootsie have joined a theatrical lineup that already includes Network, Pretty Woman and King Kong, to name a few of this season’s stage adaptations of Tinseltown classics — and judging by the latest arrivals’ box office performances, audiences show few signs of…

Broadway’s Temptations jukebox musical Ain’t Too Proud sang to the tune of $1 million-plus last week, joining the upper reaches of a generally on-key 35-show box office roster. In all, Broadway grossed $34,204,242, a 4% bump over the previous week’s take.

Attendance for the 35 productions during Week 43 (ending March 2…

Another slate of high-profile Broadway arrivals hit the street last week, with much anticipated productions like Burn This, Hillary and Clinton, What the Constitution Means to Me and Gary: A Sequel To Titus Andronicus adding both money to the till and words (so many words) to the district’s marquees.

In all, box office…

With recent arrivals Kiss Me, Kate, Be More Chill, Ain’t Too Proud and King Lear adding to the till, Broadway box office last week took an 11% hike over the previous week, hitting $30,252,790. Attendance was up a commensurate 10% to 271,052.

Though none of the newcomers could match the sheer dollar power of monsters li…

When Glenda Jackson’s King Lear and the new Temptations jukebox musical arrive on Broadway in the same week, the fledgling spring season has officially kicked into gear. Still, box office overall remained in cold-weather mode, dropping nearly 10% from the previous week to $27,159,271.

Attendance for the 31 productions…

Broadway box office held fairly steady for the theater season’s Week 39 (ending February 24), with most shows reporting some slippage. Total receipts for the 29 productions was $29.9 million, off a small 2% from the previous week. Attendance barely budged from the week prior, up less than a percentage point to…

Update, with amended Lyceum house record stats Be More Chill arrived on Broadway to a big welcome, beginning previews and breaking the seven-performance house record at the Lyceum Theatre with a gross of $738,384, a virtual sell-out with 98% of seats filled for those first seven previews.

The strong performance – the L…

Broadway had a slight rebound last week, warming up a tad from the previous week’s chilly winter numbers. In all, the 27 productions combined averaged a small 4% uptick, grossing $27,661,258 for Broadway’s Week 37 (ending Feb. 10).

Attendance was up about 5% to 249,720, a solid 93% of capacity. Average ticket price of…

With New York City temperatures hitting single digits, virtually every Broadway show saw at least some decline at the box office last week, and with two fewer productions on the boards than the previous week, total revenue took a 12% slide to $26.5 million.

Total attendance for the 27 productions during Week 36 of the…