Mother Nature took over Broadway last week with a major snowstorm that has ravished the nation. With the bad weather keeping people at home, just nine of the 31 shows made it into the Million Dollar Club; but despite nearly a foot of snow in New York City, fans still flocked to see Tom Felton and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”. The show brought in over $2 million last week.
Last week was also the launch of the bi-annual Broadway Week program which allows theater fans to purchase two tickets for the price of one for many of the shows. Broadway Week will run through February 12.
Despite the lower box office receipts last week; overall, Broadway is running ahead of last year’s numbers.
The Million Dollar Club:
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – $2.12 million
“Hamilton”
“Wicked”
“Mamma Mia!”
“Chess”
“Just in Time”
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
“The Lion King”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
While 17 of the 31 shows made it into the 90% Club last week for having at least 90% audience capacity; “Just in Time” is the only show that had a 100% audience capacity with 101.74%.
The 90% Club:
“Just in Time”
“Ragtime”
“Hamilton”
“Operation Mincemeat
“Wicked”
“Hadestown”
“Oh, Mary!”
“Oedipus”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“The Lion King”
“Marjorie Prime”
“Mamma Mia!”
“Bug”
“Chess”
“Hell’s Kitchen”