Broadway Box Office Steady At $34M With All 35 Shows Up And Running; ‘Funny Girl’ Scores $1.2M
deadline.comBroadway box office held steady last week as the production roster reached its full, 35-show season maximum: Though some productions remained in previews, everything that’s going to open before the end of the season was up and running, with no Covid cancelations or postponements.In all, the 35 productions grossed a total $34,204,820, with attendance at 267,796 for the week ending April 24.
Both of those figures were just about dead-even with the previous week’s tallies, with one additional show on the roster – Paradise Square returned after some Covid cancelations – and a slate of opening nights causing small dips due to press and opening night comps.With an overall average ticket price of $128, the 35 productions combined filled about 84% of available seats, just a tad short of the previous week’s percentage (87%).The following productions had opening nights last week:In addition to Funny Girl, productions filling all their seats included Hadestown ($1,013,272), Hamilton ($2,445,193), Macbeth ($1,285,183), Plaza Suite ($1,684,725) and The Music Man ($3,464,388).
Three shows had average ticket prices topping $200: The Music Man ($285); Hamilton ($230); and Plaza Suite ($218).Take Me Out, the well-reviewed Second Stage production at the Helen Hayes Theater, took a noticeable box office jump of nearly $27,000 to $424,287, filling 91% of its seats.
Mr. Saturday Night, the musical comedy starring Billy Crystal, took in a solid $770,229 during its final full week of previews (the show opens tomorrow night), with 90% of seats filled.At the other end of the box office spectrum, The Little Prince did its high-flying act to sparsely populated houses (attendance was at 28% of capacity), and Lincoln Center Theater’s The Skin of Our
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