Holidaygoers were in the Broadway spirit last week, with total revenue for the 26 shows up a few percentage points from the previous week to $31,465,465, attendance holding steady at 225,585 and average ticket price at $139.48 .
Yet, while shows like We happily roll together, Sweeney Todd, The Lion King, Wicked, I need it and newcomer Suitable With seats full the week ending Dec. 17, Broadway’s holiday season isn’t as merry as last year, with overall sales down about 16% year-over-year. Attendance at this time was 18% down on the previous year, and this was in no small part due to the fact that there were fewer productions on stage – 26 compared to 34 last December.
Although the number of Broadway shows was down compared to last year, they reported decent numbers overall. 17 of the 26 productions filled more than 90% of their seats Hamilton, we happily roll together, Moulin Rouge!, I need it And Sweeney Todd sold out or just a hair’s breadth away. These were the top earners of the week The lion king ($2.5 million), Bad ($2.3 million), Bright ($1.9 million), Hamilton ($1.9 million) and Sweeney Todd ($1.8 million).
Suitablethe last Broadway production of the 2023 calendar year, which opened last night to enthusiastic audiences and huge box office success: the play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, produced by Second Stage and starring Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll and Michael Esper, brought in 513,670. the last week of previews US dollars. 99% of the seats in the Helen Hayes Theater are filled.
Some other newcomers don’t see the same draw: attendance at harmonyThe Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman musical only had 58% of Barrymore’s capacity, while How to dance in Ohio for Belasco it was 70%. The well-rated ones Lots of spam won about 77% of the seats in St. James filled (younger generations no longer quote the classics). Monty Python and the Holy Grail literally?), while the excellent Purlie wins was only 67% of the Music Box’s capacity.
So far in the season so far, Broadway has grossed $861,415,071, nearly matching last year’s level at this point, with total attendance of 6,938,314, also unchanged from last season.
All figures courtesy of the Broadway League. Visit the league’s website for a complete box office overview.
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