It was another big week for Broadway with the six shows topping $2 million and the top two of them topping $3 million. And nearly all of the 36 shows running had at leas 90 percent audience capacity.
Thanks to Hollywood stars George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Kieran Culkin business is booming on Broadway.
It was also a big week for “Cabaret” with theatre fans flocked to the show to see the final performances of Adam Lambert and Auli’I Cravalho before Orville Peck and Eva Noblezada take over the roles.
With Broadway spring in full swing, the box office draw for the final week of March was over $43 million with around 30 percent of the revenue coming from plays!
Million Dollar Club:
“Good Night, and Good Luck” – $3.3 million
“Othello” – $3.16 million
“Wicked” – $2.56 million
“Hamilton” – $2.12 million
“The Lion King” – $2.11 million
“Glengarry Glen Ross – $2.1 million
“Cabaret”
“The Outsiders”
“Gypsy”
“Aladdin”
“MJ The Musical”
“The Great Gatsby”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Hell’s Kitchen”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”’
“Oh, Mary!”
“Sunset Boulevard”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”
“& Juliet”
Eleven of the 29 shows in the 90 percent club had at least 100 percent capacity with the top two topping that 100 percent mark.
The 90% Club:
“The Outsiders”
“Good Night, and Good Luck”
“John Proctor is the Villain”
“Hamilton”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”
“Glengarry Glen Ross”
“Hadestown”
“Wicked”
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
“Othello”
“Floyd Collins”
“Cabaret”
Stephen Sondheim’s “Old Friends”
“The Last Five Years
“Operation Mincemeat”
“& Juliet”
“The Great Gatsby”
“Oh, Mary!”
“The Lion King”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“Aladdin”
“Purpose”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“The Book of Mormon”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
“SIX: The Musical”
“BOOP! The Musical”