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Mariska Hargitay, making her Broadway debut taking complete from Daniel Radcliffe arsenic nan prima of Every Brilliant Thing, proved rather nan tie successful her first week connected nan job: Attendance astatine nan Hudson Theatre was astatine 97% of capacity, and though past week’s gross of $1,135,322 was a sizeable driblet from nan erstwhile erstwhile Radcliffe said goodbye pinch record-setting $2M+ numbers, nan fig is comparable, moreover higher, than nan grosses of Radcliffe’s earliest weeks successful nan role.
Hargitay is pinch nan show done Sunday, July 5. Tracee Ellis Ross takes complete thereafter.
With this Sunday’s Tony Awards accelerated approaching, 3 large contenders were sell-outs for nan week ending May 31: Death of a Salesman, Ragtime and The Rocky Horror Show (grossing, respectively, $1,815,063, $1,321,199 and $1,111,880.) (Hamilton and Just In Time also were sell-outs.)
Nominees pinch attendance successful nan 90% aliases much capacity Becky Shaw ($494,075), Cats: The Jellicle Ball ($907,429), Fallen Angels ($661,226), Giant ($1,150,819), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone ($966,962) and The Lost Boys ($1,259,753). Proof, unopen retired from nan nominations, was astatine 94% of capacity astatine nan Booth, pinch a gross of $752,965.
Nominees pinch attendance beneath nan 90% people were Chess (88%, $1,012,984); Schmigadoon! (86%, $858,147); Titanique (82%, $791,394); The Balusters (79%, $326,322); and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) (76%, $595,537). The Fear of 13, pinch nominations for lighting and sound design, was astatine 72% and $550,743.
Some different notable numbers:
- Harry Potter and nan Cursed Child, pinch nan movie franchise’s Tom Felton connected vacation, dropped $116,990 from nan erstwhile week, landing astatine $1,041,377 and attendance astatine 88% of capacity. Felton returns to nan domiciled of Draco Malfoy tonight;
- The Book of Mormon returned to nan O’Neill Theatre past week aft being disconnected since nan large May 4 occurrence astatine nan venue. The show was astatine 86% of capacity for its first 7 return performances, grossing $649,547;
- Celebrity Autobiography took successful a astir apt unsustainable $44,153 for 7 performances (the Thursday evening capacity was canceled). Only 26% of seats were occupied for nan week astatine nan Shubert.
In all, nan 40 Broadway productions grossed $37,314,104 for nan week ending May 31, down astir 8% from nan erstwhile week and astir 17% from past twelvemonth astatine this time. Attendance was 320,908, down 5% from nan erstwhile week and 4% year-to-year.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For much container agency accusation visit the League’s website.
