Broadway Box Office Climbs 19% To $26.6M; ‘The Music Man’ Takes $3.4M As Industry Resumes Detailed Weekly Reports

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All but six of the current 22 Broadway productions filled more than 90% of their available seats last week, and most of the ones that didn’t hit that mark came close, according to the first detailed box office figures released this season by the Broadway League.In all, the 22 shows grossed a total of $26,656,904 during the week ending March 20, a 19% jump over the previous week’s $22M tally.

Total paid attendance of 196,036 was a 16% increase over the previous week’s 168,999, and indicates that about 92% of total available seats were filled.For the first time since Broadway returned from the Covid pandemic shutdown last September, the League – the trade organization representing theater owners and producers – released box office data for each of the 22 productions.

The League had been releasing only combined numbers for all productions due to the impact of Covid on playing schedules and other statistics.This week’s box office report indicates that most Broadway shows are doing more than solid business as spring arrives, with Hadestown, Hamilton, Plaza Suite, Six, The Music Man and Wicked posting sell-out attendance.

Aladdin, America Utopia, Birthday Candles, Company, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, MJ, Moulin Rouge!, Paradise Square,The Book of Mormon and The Lion King posted attendance figures in excess of 90% of capacity, while Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Take Me Out (a subscriber-heavy production of the nonprofit Second Stage Theater company) and The Phantom of the Opera hovered around the 80% to 90% range.