“Romeo and Juliet” held its last on Sunday and closed the run with its highest numbers of the entire run. And the production announced that they have recouped their entire $7 million investment to put on the show.
The Shakespearean production sold out every week but one and played to the youngest overall audience in Broadway history.
The play “All In: Comedy About Love” also finished out its run last week; but its success has producers talking about another run next summer.
There is just one new show in the production lineup – “Operation Nincemeat” – but presented only one performance last week.
Overall, Broadway brought in over $30 million last week; up over 14 percent despite the attendance being down slightly.
“Wicked” continued it winning ways as the only show that brought in over $2 million last week. “Hamilton”, “The Lion King”, “The Outsiders”, and “All In: Comedy About Love” rounded out the top five.
There were 18 of the 28 shows in the million dollar club last week.
The Million Dollar Club:
“Wicked”
“Hamilton”
“The Lion King”
“The Outsiders”
“All In: Comedy About Love”
“Romeo and Juliet”
“Gypsy”
“MJ The Musical”
“The Great Gatsby”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Sunset Boulevard”
“Aladdin”
“Hell’s Kitchen”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
“Cabaret”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“& Juliet”
“The Book of Mormon”
In the 90 percent club 18 shows made the list with five shows having at least 100 percent capacity. In its final week of performances, “Romeo and Juliet” had an audience capacity of over 103 percent.
The 90% Club:
“Romeo and Juliet”
“The Outsiders”
“All In: Comedy About Love”
“Operation Mincemeat”
“Wicked”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Redwood”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“Hadestown”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“& Juliet”
“The Lion King”
“Aladdin”
“The Book of Mormon”
“English”
“Hamilton”
“The Great Gatsby”
“MJ The Musical”