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Robert Downey Jr. Broadway Debut ‘McNeal’ Sells Out Another Week; ‘The Roommate’ Slips $122G With Two Covid-Canceled Performances
Broadway added a couple shows and a 7% bump in receipts last week, with a roster of recent arrivals like McNeal, Yellow Face and The Roommate drawing considerable interest.
Most shows saw an uptick in box office and solid business for the week ending September 15. McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr…
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By Greg Evans
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Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway Debut ‘McNeal’ Sells Out First Previews, Joining SROs ‘Oh, Mary!’, ‘The Outsiders’ & ‘The Roommate’- Broadway Box Office
The Broadway debut of Robert Downey Jr. got off to an excellent start last week, with McNeal selling out all four previews at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater and grossing a whopping $746,230.
Ayad Akhtar’s play, directed by Bartlett Sher, staged its first preview last Thursday, September 5…
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By Greg Evans
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‘The Roommate’ With Patti LuPone & Mia Farrow Sells Out First Weekend – Broadway Box Office
Broadway turned out to see favorites Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow for the first weekend of The Roommate, the new Jen Silverman play at the Booth. In its first weekend of previews, The Roommate played to over 100% of the Booth’s capacity, grossing $315,873 for four previews.
Previews began August 29…
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By Greg Evans
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‘The Outsiders’, ‘Stereophonic’ & ‘Oh, Mary!’ Sell Out As Other Shows Wilt With Summer Doldrums And Kid Freebies – Broadway Box Office
Broadway continued its downward trend during these dog days of summer leading up to the fall season, with last week’s total grosses of $25,343,599 down about 10% from the previous week.
The drop no doubt reflects at least some impact from the summer edition of Kids’ Night on Broadway in which 19 of…
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By Greg Evans
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Mighty ‘The Wiz’ Skips Away With Hefty $2M In Weekly Ticket Sales – Broadway Box Office
Broadway seemed to take a breath last week before as it eyes the fall season, with box office for the second full week of August dipping about 9% from the previous week.
In all, the 25 shows grossed $28,132,262 for the week ending August 18. Though down from the previous week, when Illinoise was…
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By Greg Evans
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Astonishing Success Of ‘Oh, Mary!’ And ‘The Outsiders’ Swells Broadway Box Office
Oh, Mary!, a sleeper hit if ever there was one, and The Outsiders, a musical so popular that more than 200 people bought tickets last week knowing they wouldn’t get an actual seat, are continuing what can only be described as blazing hot summers.
Consider Oh, Mary!, writer/actor Cole Escola’s campy…
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By Greg Evans
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Broadway Withstands NYC’s Summer Heat As Ticket Buyers Fill 96% Of Available Seats
Broadway business held steady last week as New York City heads into the hottest dog days of summer. For the week ending July 28, a full 23 of the 25 Broadway productions filled at least 90% of their seats, with eight of those selling out completely.
In all, the 25 shows last week grossed $31,287,760,…
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By Greg Evans
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‘Oh, Mary!’, ‘The Outsiders’, ‘Stereophonic’, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Sizzle With Sell Out Summer Weeks – Broadway Box Office
New York’s July heat wave is doing nothing to wilt the prospects of some recent Broadway arrivals, with four spring-summer arrivals filling each and every seat at their respective venues last week: Oh, Mary!, The Outsiders, Stereophonic and Hell’s Kitchen were sell-outs for the week ending July…
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By Greg Evans
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‘Merrily’ Goes Out On A High, ‘Mary’ Arrives Big – Broadway Box Office
Merrily We Roll Along, the Tony-winning mega-hit musical revival starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, went out on a very high note last week, selling out with a $2,766,127 weekly gross that the production hails as the biggest ever for a Stephen Sondheim musical on Broadway…
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By Greg Evans
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‘The Outsiders’, ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Set More House Records As Broadway Settles Into Summer
Broadway continued settling in to its post-Tonys summer last week, with box office for most shows slipping at least a bit from the previous week and the total roster trimmed to 30 from 32.
In all, receipts for the 30 productions totaled $34,783,390, down about 7% from the previous week (one of the…
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By Greg Evans
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Tonys Work Their Magic On Broadway With Box Office Bounding For ‘Enemy Of The People’, ‘Merrily We Roll Along’, ‘Stereophonic’, ‘The Outsiders’
A double-digit slip in the Nielsen ratings notwithstanding, the Tony Awards worked their magic at the box office, with this year’s winners, contenders and show-stealers reporting big increases in attendance and receipts.
Just a few examples: An Enemy of the People, Merrily We Roll Along and Stereophon…
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By Greg Evans
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Julie Taymor & Niece Danya Taymor Direct Nearly 10% Of Broadway’s Total Box Office; ‘The Lion King’ And ‘The Outsiders’ Gross A Combined $3.2M
For those keeping track of such things, nearly 10% – or $3,239,838 – of Broadway’s total $36.8 million box office last week was earned by productions directed by Taymors: The Lion King‘s Julie Taymor and her niece, The Outsiders director Danya Taymor.
And that’s before The Outsiders‘ big Tony-winning…
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By Greg Evans
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