Death of a salesman It took in $1.8 million last week, its highest number yet, as the Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalfe revival gears up for the Tony Awards.
The show ran 100 percent, with an average ticket price of $153, and its tally increased to nearly $180,000. The revival played seven shows at the Winter Garden Theater the previous week, compared to eight shows last week.
This bucked an industry trend in which most shows saw a decline in grosses last week, in the post-Memorial Day hiatus, and ahead of the Tony Awards on June 7, which typically provides a boost to winning shows, as well as productions shown during broadcast television. The industry total was down 8 percent from the previous week.
Ragtime music It also bucked the trend, increasing its box office to $1.32 million, from $1.3 million the previous week, as did another revival. rocky horror show, Which raised its total by $90,000 to $1.1 million. Chess It also saw a slight increase to $1 million, as the musical revival announced a closing date of June 21.
Book of Mormon It returned to Broadway after a several-week closure due to a fire that broke out in the Eugene O’Neill Theater. It had a strong return from play at 86 percent capacity and brought in $649,547 across seven shows.
Everything is great It saw its revenue fall nearly $1.2 million from the highs set by Daniel Radcliffe last week on the solo show. The box office grossed $1.1 million when Mariska Hargitay took over the role at the Hudson Theater.
Celebrity biography Its capacity fell to 26% last week, its lowest yet, as the show brought in just $44,000 across seven performances at the Shubert Theater, again coming in as the lowest-grossing show on Broadway for the week. The average paid admission was $21.33.
The lion king It was the highest-grossing show at $2 million, followed by Hamilton In the amount of 1.9 million dollars, Death of a Salesman, MJ In the amount of 1.5 million dollars O Mary!, Starring Maya Rudolph, $1.4 million.
