4 weeks ago
Forget Tony play for a minute. Last week’s astir awesome Broadway container agency number was scored by nary different than nan two-year-old Oh, Mary!, freshened up for nan outpouring pinch nan presence of caller prima Maya Rudolph.
In her Broadway debut, Rudolph, arsenic nan title character, boosted nan play gross of Oh, Mary! to $1,540,980, a grounds for some nan accumulation and nan Lyceum Theatre. The single-performance return for Friday, May 1, was $199,935, different location record.
The Cole Escola drama was 1 of six productions (out of 40) to waste retired nan week ending May 3. Others included Chicago, pinch Mormon Wives prima Whitney Leavitt successful her last week arsenic nan musical’s prima pushing nan gross to $1,688,129; Every Brilliant Thing, pinch recently Tony-nominated prima Daniel Radcliffe counting down to his May 24 exit ($1,718,476); Harry Potter and nan Cursed Child, still soaring pinch large tie Tom Felton and nan roster’s apical earner astatine $2,290,728; Ragtime, different caller Tony nominee ($1,118,485); and Tony nominee The Rocky Horror Show ($830,253).
Among nan spring’s caller musicals, The Lost Boys was nan apical earner astatine $1,003,881 (with 4 heavy comped performances and attendance astatine 85% of nan Palace’s capacity).
Other caller arrivals reporting beardown aliases promising numbers were Cats: The Jellicle Ball ($935,627, 94%); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone ($942,474, 90%); Death of a Salesman ($1,463,786, 88%); Fallen Angels ($644,611, 97%); Becky Shaw ($462,643, 90%); Giant ($1,149,162 for 7 performances, 96%); and Proof ($911,572, 96%).
In nan 70%-80% of capacity scope – immoderate Tony noms mightiness thief boost numbers for adjacent week’s floor plan – were Schmigadoon! ($646,129, 75%); Titanique ($730,431, 79%); The Balusters ($295,799, 79%); Chess ($972,106, 75%); and The Fear of 13, astatine 80% of capacity and showing a troubling driblet of $65,569 from nan erstwhile week, landing astatine $717,935. Today’s major-category Tony snub for nan Adrien Brody-starring play could smart.
On nan different hand, 8 nominations, including Best Musical and starring philharmonic actor/actress, could springiness a much-needed boost to Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), which past week filled conscionable 69% of seats astatine nan Longacre for a gross of $506,589.
No specified dream for Beaches, snubbed wholly by Tony nominators this morning. Last week much than half of nan seats astatine nan Majestic went unoccupied (48% were filled) for a gross of $520,119.
Some of nan non-newcomers showed immoderate important declines past week, including Death Becomes Here (down $221,878); Stranger Things: The First Shadow (down $225,120) and Wicked (down $209,069). The latter, arsenic always, was still among nan week’s large earners pinch a gross of $1,202,405.
In all, nan 40 Broadway productions grossed $39,259,008 for nan week ending May 3, a driblet of 3% from nan erstwhile week and down astir 16% from past twelvemonth astatine this clip erstwhile summons prices erstwhile summons prices for Good Night, And Good Luck, Othello, Glengarry Glen Ross and The Picture of Dorian Gray soared.
Total attendance past week was 321,960, down 4% from nan erstwhile week and 7% year-to-year.
In nan 49th week of nan 2025-26 season, Broadway had grossed $1,793,556,665, up astir 5% complete past twelvemonth astatine this time, pinch full attendance of 13,603,156 up 2%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For much container agency accusation visit the League’s website.
