Even before the Tony nominations came, new music emerged Lost Boys It had its highest grossing week to date, grossing $1 million last week at the Palace Theater.
Capacity is down slightly to 85 percent, but it’s still promising for the musical, which leads Tuesday’s Tony nominations along with the new musical. Shmegadon! while Shmegadon! Playing in a much smaller theater, and thus with less gross potential, the show opened 75 percent last week and grossed $646,129. Both may get more boosts from the Tonys and press blitzes moving forward.
Other top Tony Award contenders include: Death of a salesman It’s still selling fairly strongly, hitting $1.7 million last week and playing at 88 percent capacity, as is Ragtime musicwhich brought in $1.1 million last week and played at 99 percent capacity, even after being open since the fall. Cats: Jellicle Ball It still had a strong 94 percent attendance, even with total earnings down slightly to $935,627.
everything is great, The Daniel Radcliffe-starring film remains the highest average ticket price on Broadway, with its average admission coming in at just under $218 last week. Radcliffe was nominated for a Tony Award and the play also received a nomination for Best Revival of a Play.
In the meantimeBeaches, a new musical It was running at just 47 percent capacity last week, the lowest capacity yet for the show since previews began on March 27. The show’s total gross rose slightly last week to $520,119, but after being excluded from the Tony nominations, it will be difficult to keep the show open.
On the other hand, despite being excluded from the Tony nominations, guidestarring Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri, remains very popular among theatergoers. The show ran at 96 percent capacity last week and grossed $911,572, with an average ticket price of $154.
Fear 13starring Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson, didn’t do well either with capacity down to 80 percent and grosses falling slightly to just under $718,000 at the James Earl Jones Theater. The play received nominations for the Sound and Lighting Award, but missed nominations for Best Play.
Outside of the Tony family, Maya Rudolph took on the lead role in the film Oh Mary! Last week, it broke two box office records at the Lyceum Theater. The play grossed $199,935.00 on Friday, May 1, a new record for any single performance at the house, and a total of $1,540,979 for the week, an all-time record for both the show and the Lyceum Theater.
Finished by Megan Thee Stallion Moulin Rouge! Early, playing its final show on May 1, grossed revenue on a high final note, with 99 percent capacity at the Al Hirschfeld Theater and a total of $1.69 million, higher than the previous two weeks but lower than its debut week, which brought in $1.7 million.
