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Broadway‘s engaged play was packed pinch caller arrivals past week, astir pulling successful decent-sized audiences (more than decent successful galore cases), pinch shows for illustration Dog Day Afternoon, Proof, Schmigadoon! and The Rocky Horror Show trading retired aliases astir so.
Other newcomers filling 90% of their seats aliases much were Becky Shaw, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Death of a Salesman, Titanique, Fallen Angels and The Lost Boys.
Dog Day Afternoon opened astatine nan August Wilson connected March 30, truthful while each seats were filled nan week’s gross was down $2470,766 to $1,041,983, nan consequence of 4 heavy comped property performances and a afloat comped opening night.
Some different notable caller arrivals:
- Becky Shaw, which opened astatine non-prof Second Stage’s Hayes to beardown reviews past night, pulled successful $243,674 for 7 previews, attendance astatine 93% of capacity;
- Cats: The Jellicle Ball, opening coming astatine nan Broadhurst, filled 98% of seats during its past afloat week of previews, grossing $861,807;
- Death of a Salesman, pinch Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf headlining, was astatine 96% of capacity astatine nan Winter Garden, taking successful $928,565 for 7 previews. Opening nighttime is April 9;
- Titaníque, successful previews astatine nan St. James, grossed $664,021 for 7 previews, 96% of capacity. Opening nighttime is April 12;
- The Fear of 13, nan wrongful condemnation play starring Adrien Brody, played 8 previews astatine nan James Earl Jones, grossing $781,272, 89%. Opens April 15;
- Proof began previews astatine nan Booth, trading retired and grossing $726,603. Opening nighttime is April 16;
- Fallen Angels, nan Noël Coward revival starring Rose Byrne, Kelli O’Hara, Mark Consuelos and Christopher Fitzgerald, among others, is successful previews astatine nan non-prof Roundabout’s Todd Haimes and past week grossed $452,017 for 7 performances; 93%. Opening is connected April 19;
- Schmigadoon! did 1 preview astatine nan Nederlander, trading retired and grossing $169,191. Opening nighttime is April 20;
- The Balusters, David Lindsay-Abaire’s drama astatine non-prof Manhattan Theatre Club’s Friedman, took successful $158,188 for six previews, 74%. Opens April 21;
- Beaches, nan shape philharmonic adjustment of nan 1988 film, was astatine 74% of capacity astatine nan Majestic, grossing $516,929. Opening nighttime is April 22;
- The Rocky Horror Show, pinch six previews astatine Studio 54, grossed $642,866, pinch attendance little than a percent constituent short of sell-out. Opening nighttime is April 23;
- Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, directed by Debbie Allen and starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer,” began previews astatine nan Barrymore, grossing $992,574 with attendance astatine 84% of capacity. Opening April 25;
- The Lost Boys took successful $831,513 for six previews astatine nan Palace, attendance astatine 98%. Opening April 26.
Just In Time, pinch a planned seven-performance week, was disconnected much than $1M from nan erstwhile week’s afloat 8 performances that included original prima Jonathan Groff’s last shows. Matthew Morrison’s first week arsenic Bobby Darin grossed $745,152, filling 99% of seats but pinch an mean summons value of $156 down importantly from nan whopping $362 group shelled retired to opportunity goodbye to Groff.
Chess, pinch Lea Michele retired from Wednesday to Sunday for a scheduled absence, was down $564,516 to $585,803, pinch 66% of seats filled astatine nan Imperial, a driblet from nan erstwhile week’s 82%.
Giant had a pre-schedule seven-performance week, filling 99% of seats astatine nan Music Box for $1,175,161.
Three productions – Aladdin, The Lion King and Wicked – added a ninth capacity to nan week, securing their places successful roster’s Top Five Earners: The Lion King, $2,823,250; Harry Potter and nan Cursed Child, $2,804,264; Hamilton, $2,587,414; Wicked, $2,120,438; and Aladdin, $1,828,049. Stranger Things: The First Shadow came adjacent pinch $1,694,023.
In all, nan 40 Broadway productions – six much than nan erstwhile week – grossed $43,241,429 for nan week ending April 5, up astir 12% from nan erstwhile week. Attendance was 334,631, up astir 14%.
In nan 45th week of nan 2025-26 season, Broadway had grossed $1,631,266,217 up astir 7% complete past twelvemonth astatine this time, pinch full attendance of 12,274,398 up 3%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For much container agency accusation visit the League’s website.
