Box office for most Broadway shows last week wilted a bit as June’s Tony glow gave way to plain old New York summer heat, though a couple newcomers were among the handful bucking the downward trend, one very impressively so.
In its second week of previews, Back To The Future: The Musical grossed a whopping $1,222,731 for just six previews, filling 99% of seats at the Winter Garden.
The stage adaptation of the Michael J. Fox comedy classic starring Casey Likes and Roger Bart opens August 3. Another recent arrival, Alex Edelman’s Just For Us also made some dollar gains, if on a smaller scale.
The well-reviewed one-man show took in $348,998 for the week ending July 9, nearly $20,000 more than the previous week even with attendance down a tad.
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