While the numbers were up again last week for Broadway, the Great White Way is still looking for those pre-pandemic numbers to appear; however, over half of the current 26 shows running were a part of the 90 percent capacity list and were in the million dollar club with three shows topping $2 million.

“The Lion King” continues to top all the charts, but there is one thing even this king hasn’t been able to break – the highest price ticket sales.  “Merrily We Roll Along” has an average ticket price of $250 with its highest priced tickets going for $650!  The Broadway average for ticket prices is $140.  Productions around Broadway brought in over $31 million last week with $2.5 million of that courtesy of “The Lion King”.  “Hamilton” and “Wicked” also topped the $2 million mark.

Although down from last year’s number, it should be noted that at this same time last year, there were nearly three dozen productions running.

Million Dollar Club members for December 19:
“The Lion King”
“Wicked”
“Hamilton”
“Merrily We Roll Along”
“Sweeney Todd”
“MJ The Musical”
“Aladdin “
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
“Back to the Future”
“The Book of Mormon”
“& Juliet”
“SIX: The Musical”
“Gutenberg! The Musical!”

“Hamilton” and “Merrily We Roll Along” had 100 percent capacity last week with 15 other productions reaching at least 90 percent capacity.

The 90 percent capacity list:
“Hamilton”
“Merrily We Roll Along”
“Wicked”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical
“Sweeney Todd”
“I Need That”
“Appropriate”
“Hadestown”
“SIX: The Musical”
“The Book of Mormon”
“The Lion King”
“Gutenberg! The Musical!”
“MJ The Musical”
“Aladdin”
“& Juliet”
“Wicked”
“Back to the Future”