Two of the fall Broadway season’s buzzy new musicals – A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical and Some Like It Hot – began previews last week, both doing solid business in their first, partial weeks.
A Beautiful Noise pulled in an impressive $845,074 for five performances, filling 88% of seats at the Broadhurst with an average ticket price of $166.
The show opens December 4. Over at the Shubert Theatre, Some Like It Hot, the musical adaptation of the 1959 classic film comedy, took in $539,593 for 6 performances, filling 82% of seats at the venue with a $76 average ticket.
Opening night is Dec. 11. In all, Broadway’s 32 shows grossed in $29,813,739, a boost of 9% from the previous week. Attendance was up about 8% to 246,013.
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