Broadway box office held steady last week, with total grosses of $30,789,627 showing a 4% increase over the previous week even with two fewer shows on the boards.
Of particular note, A Strange Loop and MJ have held on to their post-Tony Award strength: Both productions were among the roster’s full houses.A Strange Loop, which won the Tony for Best Musical, broke the Lyceum Theatre box office house record for a standard 8-performance week, taking $860,496 for the week ending June 26, a $15,183 bump over the stellar previous week.
MJ pocketed $1,681,671, a $20,693 jump.Other strong performers of the week were Six, playing a seven-performance week due to one non-Covid cancelation and still grossing $1,200,308 (attendance was at 100.3% of capacity), and The Music Man, with Hugh Jackman back from his Covid quarantine and receipts surging by more than $1.4 million to a total $3,234,018.In all, the 27 productions had a total attendance of 229,166, a tiny 1% drop from the previous week.
An average ticket price of $134.36 was about 6% higher than the previous week’s $127.01, keeping total box office steady.In addition to A Strange Loop, MJ and Six, shows that hit or exceeded the 98% capacity mark were Aladdin, Hadestown, Hamilton, Moulin Rouge!, Plaza Suite, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, The Music Man and Wicked.
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