Last week saw the final week of performances for the musical “Redwood” starring Idina Menzel. The musical saw a $200,000 boost at the box office. The show announced a May 18 closing after not receiving any nods at the annual Tony Award nominations announcement on May 1.
But the George Clooney play “Good Night, and Good Luck” continues to top the list on Broadway as it fell just short of the $4 million mark again last week. The top four shows in the Million Dollar Club topped $2 million at the box office.
Three of the top five grossing productions last week were plays with “wicked” and “The Lion King” holding their top five spots in the Million Dollar Club.
With a box office draw of $44.35 million last week and a near 20 percent increase over last year, it appears that Broadway has indeed recovered from the downturn of the Covid pandemic.
Million Dollar Club:
“Good Night, and Good Luck” – $3.96 million
“Othello” – $3.21 million
“Glengarry Glen Ross” – $2.42 million
“Wicked – $2.14 million
“The Lion King”
“Hamilton”
“Death Becomes Her”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Sunset Boulevard”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“The Outsiders”
“Just in Time”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical
“Aladdin”
“MJ The Musical”
“Gypsy”
“Oh, Mary!”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
There were 22 of the 40 productions in the 90 percent club last week with a whopping 10 of them reaching at least 100 percent occupancy; the top four exceeded 100 percent audience attendance.
The 90% Club:
“Just in Time”
“Good Night, and Good Luck”
“John Proctor is the Villain”
“Maybe Happy ending”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“Wicked”
“The Outsiders”
“Othello”
“Oh, Mary!”
“Glengarry Glen Ross”
“Hamilton”
“Operation Mincemeat”
“Purpose”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Death Becomes Her”
“The Lion King”
“& Juliet”
Stephen Sondheim’s “Old Friends”
“Aladdin”
“Hadestown”
“The Book of Mormon”