‘An Enemy Of The People’, ‘The Notebook’, ‘The Outsiders’ & Other Broadway Newcomers Draw Crowds As Box Office Bounces Into Spring
deadline.comBroadway‘s insanely busy spring doesn’t really kick into full gear until next month when 14 new shows have their official openings, but with March as a sort of sign of things to come – five shows have opened or will soon this month – box office was strong last week.
In all, the 25 productions grossed $28,059,463 during the week ending March 17, a bump of 14% over the previous week, with attendance of 219,954 at a solid 94% of capacity. (Still, both grosses and attendance are down more than 15% from last year at this time when 29 shows were on the boards.) Recent arrivals on the list found a welcoming Broadway.
Some of the notable entries: One more entry to note: Spamalot, which closes April 7 after weeks of inexplicably lackluster attendance, saw a jump of $190,178 over the previous week, to $862,505.
Attendance at the St. James was up as well, no doubt with some last-chancers,but still just a should-be-better 83% of capacity.
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