Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway Debut ‘McNeal’ Sells Out First Previews, Joining SROs ‘Oh, Mary!’, ‘The Outsiders’ & ‘The Roommate’- Broadway Box Office
deadline.comThe Broadway debut of Robert Downey Jr. got off to an excellent start last week, with McNeal selling out all four previews at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater and grossing a whopping $746,230.
Ayad Akhtar’s play, directed by Bartlett Sher, staged its first preview last Thursday, September 5, and stars Downey as a revered but perpetual Pulitzer runner-up author who develops what the synopsis tells us is “an unhealthy fascination” with Artificial Intelligence.
The production also stars Brittany Bellizeare, Rafi Gavron, Melora Hardin, Andrea Martin, Ruthie Ann Miles, and Saisha Talwar, and opens Monday, September 30.
The production’s strong box office last week – average ticket price was $170.37, an especially impressive number for the subscription-heavy Lincoln Center Theater – put the new play on the same turf as the week’s other sell-outs: The Roommate, starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone, at the Booth ($463,880 for 7 previews); Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola’s runaway smash at the Lyceum ($1,105,635, the show’s fifth house record); ; and The Outsiders, the spring’s hit musical at the Jacobs ($1,307,392).
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