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The last batch of Broadway‘s outpouring 2026 arrivals opened past week, and while property previews and opening nighttime comps took their toll connected immoderate of nan week’s grosses, a clearer image of nan season’s stronger newcomers began to emerge. The Rocky Horror Show was among nan pack’s leaders, and Beaches was, well, not.
The Rocky Horror Show starring Luke Evans opened to beardown reviews connected April 23 astatine Studio 54, filling 99.6% of seats astatine grossing $813,707. Looks for illustration non-prof Roundabout has a deed connected its hands.
Two openers were astatine 90% of capacity for nan week: Manhattan Theatre Club’s The Balusters astatine nan Friedman opened to bully notices and a $268,997 gross for nan subscription-based non-prof. The Lost Boys besides did well pinch critics – aliases astir of them, anyhow – and sold 90% of disposable seats astatine nan Palace for a gross of $897,362 (that fig is down $61,175 from nan erstwhile week, reflecting nan heavy comped performances – attendance was really up).
Schmigadoon! opened April 20 astatine nan Nederlander, pinch paid attendance astatine astir 85% of capacity and a play gross of $621,609. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone opened astatine nan Barrymore to fantabulous reviews, pinch nan opening week’s gross of $580,113 down $249,006 owed to 1 less capacity and tons of comps. Expect to get a amended consciousness of some shows’ assemblage entreaty successful adjacent week’s chart.
The critically lambasted Beaches philharmonic opened astatine nan Majestic connected April 22, filling only 65% of seats for nan week and grossing an unsustainable $476,871. Only existent dream for a summertime tally astatine this constituent lies pinch adjacent week’s Tony nominations.
Some different numbers for nan week ending April 26:
- Cats: The Jellicle Ball had its champion week yet astatine nan Broadhurst, grossing a hefty $1,010,779;
- Dog Day Afternoon continued its beardown tally astatine nan August Wilson pinch a $1,034,680 gross;
- Fallen Angels, different excellent Roundabout entry, was astatine 96% of capacity astatine nan Todd Haimes, grossing $598,456, a jump of $165,291 from nan erstwhile week, nary uncertainty astatine slightest partially owed to captious praise.
- Also successful nan 95%-of-capacity attendance scope were Giant, $1,197,363; Hadestown, $848,980;
Just successful Time, starring Jeremy Jordan, $880,111; Operation Mincemeat, $756,303; Proof, $976,808; and The Lion King, $1,886,387.
Moulin Rouge! had different large week astatine nan Hirschfeld, grossing $1,638,650, further impervious if immoderate was needed of prima Megan Thee Stallion’s container agency appeal. All nan much logic for producers to beryllium arsenic disappointed arsenic Megan’s fans successful nan star’s determination to leave nan show 2 weeks earlier than expected. Still nary logic springiness for nan abrupt departure; she’ll play her last capacity this Friday, May 1.
Sell-outs for nan week, successful summation to Rocky Horror, were Chicago, Every Brilliant Thing, Harry Potter and nan Cursed Child and Ragtime. Stranger Things: The First Shadow grossed $1,003,369 but hovered astir nan 76% capacity mark, indicating that nan glow from nan TV series’ finale is opening to dim a bit.
In all, nan 40 Broadway productions grossed $40,365,196, a mini summation of astir 3% complete nan erstwhile week, but down a important 21% from past twelvemonth astatine this clip erstwhile summons prices soared pinch nan presence of starry productions for illustration Good Night, And Good Luck, Othello, Glengarry Glen Ross and The Picture of Dorian Gray. The mean paid admittance past week was $120.47, down $21.91 from past twelvemonth astatine this time.
Total attendance past week was 335,070, up 2% from nan erstwhile week but down 6% year-to-year.
In nan 48th week of nan 2025-26 season, Broadway had grossed $1,754,297,657, up astir 5% complete past twelvemonth astatine this time, pinch full attendance of 13,281,196 up 2%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For much container agency accusation visit the League’s website.
