The Broadway box office rises slightly to $ 31 million as the big spring list leaves some seats empty

Nearly all 36 shows were sold out last week, and the Broadway box office was up a modest 7% from the previous week, for a total of $ 31,199,660, while the 249,219 attendees dropped 3%.

The attendance rate represents around 76% of available seats, indicating that the recently crowded composition may have narrowed the audience a bit. Only eight shows reached best-seller status during the week ending May 8, the week before the Tony Award nominations were announced, including the usual top of the charts: The Music Man, The Lion King, Sei, Plaza Suite, Moulin Rouge !, Macbeth, Hadestown Y funny Girl. Hamilton, Aladdin, Emj Y Book of Mormon He performed well and occupied at least 90% of his seats.

The vast majority of the shows, even some of the spring’s most reviewed shows, played a few empty seats: in the 60% to 70% capacity range. Strange Loop, American Buffalo, Beetle Juice, Birthday Candles, Come, Company, Dear Evan Hansen, Paradise Square, Minutes, Mrs. Dubtefire, Opera Phantom, Tina Y Bad, alone together Harry Potter and the Curse of the Child, as I have learned to use, take me Y Chicago (With a limited stake with Pamela Anderson) it reached 80% or more.

it was the toughest fight hangersIncome $ 252,543 with only 41% of seats filled; For black girls who have thought about suicide / when the rainbow is enough ($ 159,093, 39%); POTUS ($ 380,674, 49%); the skin of our teeth ($ 174,481, 39%); A girl from a northern country. ($ 274,782, 52%); And after announcing the early closure of the shows last week, little Prince ($ 330,668, 53%).

Mr. Saturday night Only five shows were played last week after star Billy Crystal canceled the May 5 show due to a non-Covid illness. The comedy received $ 565,412 for five shows, filling 68% of the seats.

Yesterday’s Tony Award nomination could boost sales Strange loop, take me out, company And at least a few others will benefit from more nominations, although sales figures traditionally come in June, after the award winners were revealed. Time will show us.

Despite the heterogeneity in ticket sales from one show to another, the overall figure is not much below the pre-pandemic level: with the same products, 36, at the box office which ended on May 6, 2019., the total box office was of $ 34,151,624. 9% more than last week. Last week’s attendance was around 16% lower than in 2019, when 297,097 people showed up.

To date, Broadway has generated $ 781,715,077, with 82% of its attendance capacity of 6,225,582.

There were 36 products reported on Broadway last week Aladdin; American buffalo; cockroach juice; Birthday candles; Book of Mormon; Chicago; come from afar; Deal; Dear Evan Hansen; For black girls who have thought about suicide / when the rainbow is enough; funny Girl; A girl from a northern country; Chief town; Hamilton; hangers; Harry Potter and the Curse; How I learned to drive; Lion King; Little Prince; MJ; Წუთები; Moulin Rouge! Mr. Saturday night; Mrs Dutfair; A man of music; Piazza del Paradiso; ᲝPerry’s Ghost; Plaza Suite; I COULD; Six; The skin of our teeth; strange cycle; Pick me up; თინა; Y Bad.

All data courtesy of the Broadway League.