Shmegadon!, Ragtimehe giant It experienced the biggest immediate bump for the Tonys, with Shmegadon!winner of Best Musical, took nearly $180,000 to $1.1 million last week.
This marks the highest gross to date for the musical, which also jumped from 88% to 96%, and the average ticket price increased from $10 to $127. Ragtime musicwhich won the Best Musical Revival Tony at the June 7 ceremony, jumped $130,000 from the previous week, bringing its total to $1.4 million.
giantwhich saw its star John Lithgow take home the trophy, saw its gross increase by nearly $300,000 from the previous week, reaching nearly $1.4 million, its highest total to date. The play, which ends its run on June 28, also increased the number of performances to eight last week from seven the previous week. rocky horror show, Which didn’t pick up any awards at the Tonys, but did well, seeing an increase of $80,000 to $1 million.
Chess It also saw a big jump ahead of its final performance on June 21, with box office increasing nearly $280,000 to $1.36 million and capacity increasing to nearly 97 percent from 87 percent.
But the biggest increase in the week is due to long-running feuds Book of Mormonwhich broke the house record at the Eugene O’Neill Theater last week during its 15th anniversary celebration (and subsequently after a fire in the theater). The musical grossed $2.24 million for eight performances last week, up $1.5 million from the previous week, as original cast members, including Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells and creators Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, made big appearances from the show. The average ticket price also jumped, rising to $264.93 from $98.63 the week before, and the show was also the highest-grossing in the industry.
Celebrity biographywhich recorded declining attendance and an average ticket price of less than $40 for its entire run, announced that it will give its final show at the Shubert Theater on June 21. Last week, the show, which features a rotating reading of biographies, grossed just over $81,000 with an average ticket price of $33.85.
