Broadway continued its 2022 rebound last week, with 92% of available seats filled and box office receipts climbing 5% over the previous week to $23,004,259.Total attendance for the 19 Broadway productions during the week ending Feb.
27 was 177,701, a 3% increase over the previous week. The average ticket price was a robust $129.The $23M total tally for the 19 shows bested the previous week’s $21M, becoming the highest figure since the $26M take of the final week in December, when premium holiday seats provided a boost.
The 92%-seats-filled figure shows a big improvement over the measly 60%-ish numbers of the Omicron surge weeks in early January.Season to date, Broadway has grossed $499,775,353, with total attendance of 4,036,885 at about 81% of capacity.Productions reporting performances on Broadway during the week ending Feb.
27 were Aladdin; The Book of Mormon; Chicago; Come From Away; Company; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Dear Evan Hansen; Hadestown; Hamilton; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; The Lion King; MJ; Moulin Rouge!
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