With the plug pulled on its Saturday night, Broadway got zinged with a 10% tumble at the box office last week. While other factors entered the equation – there were three fewer shows on the boards than the previous week – the cancellation of 26 individual performances due to the Manhattan blackout no doubt took a…

With some considerable help from Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Broadway box office held steady during the Fourth of July holiday week, even with two fewer shows on board than the previous week. Down a small 5%, total receipts for the 33 productions tallied to $34,108,643 for Broadway’s Week 6 (ending July 7). A solid…

Two performances in and Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical is kicking up some significant bucks. With a whopping average ticket price of $237 — second only to the mighty $299 Hamilton — director Alex Timbers’ adaptation of the 2001 movie hit grossed an attention-getting $618,889 for two previews. Playing two…

Mel Brooks played to full houses during his two-night Broadway stand last week, adding $583,140 to Broadway’s overall pot of $36M for the week ending June 23. Brooks’ June 17-18 engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre had a total attendance of 2,967, 99.2% of capacity. The $583K figure marked 112% of potential, with…

While Gary and Hillary announced their Broadway leave-taking amidst the post-Tonys fallout, a greater number of productions saw their fortunes burnished in the afterglow of the nationwide trophy fest. To Kill a Mockingbird — notably not up for Best Play but grabbing some fine Tony airtime with Celia Keenan-Bolger’s…

The annual post-Tony shake-out of Broadway closings has yet to get underway, but the pre-scheduled departure of Network last week saw the Bryan Cranston starrer set a couple of records on its way out, contributing $1.1M to Broadway’s total weekly $35M gross for Week 2 of the season. In all, the tally for Week 2…

In the Tony Awards homestretch, Broadway productions slipped only a tad in the post-Memorial Day holiday week, with total box office for the 38 productions sliding a negligible 4% to $34,573,185. Attendance for the first week of the new Broadway season – the week ending June 2 – was off only 3% from the holiday take…

Box office for the 2018-19 Broadway season hit a big $1.829 billion, easily besting the second closest recent year-end tally (last year’s tally for an unusual 53-week season of $1.697 billion). Total attendance for the just-concluded 52-week season was 14,77 million, about 7% greater than last year’s 53-week tally of…

Broadway settled into its pre-Tony wait-and-see groove last week, with box office for most shows hovering just above, below or on par with the previous week. In all, the 37 productions took in $35.1 million for the 2018-19 season’s Week 51, a small 5% dip from the previous week. Total attendance was 310,574, a 2%…

No moping for Morrissey’s Broadway box office: The former Smith’s frontman grossed $1.9M for his seven-night residence at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, playing to near-capacity crowds. The strong showing was typical of a generally upbeat Week 50 on Broadway (ending May 12), with 38 productions taking in $36,855,347, an…

Hadestown and Tootsie joined Broadway’s million dollar club last week, each show posting box office totals above the $1M mark, even as Broadway overall slipped from the previous week’s spring-break bounce. Total box office for 36 productions was $34,151,624, about 11% lower than the previous week. Total attendance for…

Broadway settled back a bit last week, slipping about 5% to $38,151,116 from the previous week’s Easter-bumped receipts. Total attendance for the 36 shows during Week 48 (ending Sunday, April 28) was down a small 3% to 316,868. The week was a busy one (especially for critics), with the opening nights of the final four…