The revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, with Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford in previews at the Lunt-Fontanne, is firmly in Broadway’s $1 million club, with receipts for the week ending March 5 at a bloody good $1,526,254.
And that’s just for six performances. The Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical filled every seat at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, with a solid average ticket price of $169.81, a slight slip from the previous week.
Opening night is March 26. Sweeney‘s weekly take was a healthy contribution to Broadway’s overall box office for the week, with the 24 shows grossing a total $25,163,054, holding fairly steady from the previous week.
Same for the total attendance of 202,944. Some other recent arrivals on the Broadway stage also fared well, some more than others: Funny Girl was back to full strength with a $1,807,392 gross, up $873,665 from the previous week when star Lea Michele was on a pre-planned vacation.
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