With spring…at least on the calendar…in full swing, Broadway is also in full swing with a packed house of 40 plays and musicals for theater fans from which to choose.
While only 17 of those 40 shows made it in the Million Dollar Club – “Good Night, and Good Luck” set a new record with a box office draw of $3.78 million! There were a total of five shows in the Million Dollar Club that topped the $2 million mark last week.
In total, Broadway shows brought in “44.16 million last week with a total of 90 percent of the seats filled with audience members.
Million Dollar Club:
“Good Night, and Good Luck” – $3.78
“Othello” – $3.12
“Wicked” – $2.46
“Glengarry Glen Ross” – $2.21
“The Lion King” – $2.09
“Hamilton”
“Aladdin”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”
“The Outsiders”
“MJ The Musical”
“Gypsy”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Moulin Rouge!: The Musical”
“Oh, Mary!”
“The Great Gatsby”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
“Sunset Bouevard”
Twenty-eight of the 40 shows running on Broadway made it into the 90 percent club last week with the top seven bringing in at least 100 percent capacity – the top three had over 101 percent capacity.
The 90% Club:
“John Proctor is the Villain”
“Good Night, and Good Luck”
“The Outsiders”
“Just in Time”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”
“Wicked”
“Dead Outlaw”
“Glengarry Glen Ross”
“Oh, Mary!”
“Othello”
“Hamilton”
“The Lion King”
“Operation Mincemeat”
“Pirates! The Penzance Musical”
“Aladdin”
“Hadestown”
“The Last Five Years”
“& Juliet”
“Smash”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“The Great Gatsby”
“Death Becomes Her”
“The Book of Mormon”
“Purpose”
“Cabaret”