By zestybuzz 
Broadway gave the impression to be shedding a little bit of winter weight final week because the trade gears up for a busy March and busier April. With two fewer exhibits on the roster in the course of the week ending February 23 – gone have been heavy hitters Romeo + Juliet and All In: Comedy About Love – complete grosses of $27,930,129 have been off 13.23% from the earlier week.
Complete attendance for the 26 productions was 231,705, off about 5% from the earlier week. The discrepancy between the grosses and attendance share drops displays a decrease common ticket value final week – $120.54 – than the $132.29 of the earlier week which included the tourist-friendly Presidents Day Weekend.
Two latest arrivals are off to promising begins. Buena Vista Social Membership started previews on the Schoenfeld, promoting out all three performances for a $447,171 take. The musical opens on March 19.
One other previewing present is Operation Mincemeat, promoting out its seven performances on the Golden for a $666,648 gross. Opening night time is March 20.
In its closing week, A Fantastic World: The Louis Armstrong Musical noticed a rise of $137,943 in ticket gross sales, with last-chancers contributing to the whole take of $677,797.
Another noteworthy numbers: Oh, Mary! was down $43,164 to $731,908, with attendance on the Lyceum at 87% of capability. Producers of the present introduced in the present day that creator Cole Escola and others within the authentic forged will return to the present in April. Anticipate these attendance figures to leap.
Additionally of observe, Redwood, the brand new musical starring Idina Menzel, was down a not-huge $34,168 to $954,628, however attendance of 89% of the Nederlander’s capability went within the fallacious path – the earlier week’s determine was 97%.
With Audra McDonald out for 5 performances of Gypsy final week as a consequence of a dying within the household, the musical took a $599,058 dive to $877,294, filling 58% of seats on the Majestic (in comparison with 85% the earlier week).
Promote-outs for the week have been & Juliet (99.5%), Buena Vista Social Membership, Hamilton, Operation Mincemeat, The Outsiders and Depraved, whereas exhibits with attendance of 90% capability or extra have been Aladdin, Cabaret on the Equipment Kat Membership, Loss of life Turns into Her, English, Hadestown, Perhaps Comfortable Ending, MJ, Six, The Ebook of Mormon and The Nice Gatsby.
Prime earner of the week was, as soon as once more, Depraved, with a $2,561,492 gross. Runner up was The Lion King, with $1,946,530.
Season so far, Broadway, within the fortieth week of the 2024-25 season, has grossed $1,352,245,368, up about 18% over final 12 months right now, with complete attendance of 10,604,685 up 17%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For full field workplace go to the League’s web site.