Spring has definitely sprung on Broadway with a full house of 40 shows on the Great White Way and some of the newest shows are already packing the house with Standing Room Only crowds. The box office is up over 10 % from the previous week.
Last year Broadway set a new record at the box office; with less than two months remaining in the season, the numbers are above even those of last year.
Seventeen of the 40 shows currently running made it into the Million Dollar Club this week with the top four topping the $2 million mark.
The Million Dollar Club:
“The Lion King” – $2.82 million
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – $2.8 million
“Hamilton” – $2.59 million
“Wicked” – $2.12 million
“Aladdin”
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
“MJ The Musical”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Every Brilliant Thing”
“The Outsiders”
“The Great Gtasby”
“Chicago”
“Giant”
“Ragtime”
“Dog Day Afternoon”
“Hadestown”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
All but eight of the 40 shows made it into the 90% Club with the top eight shows reaching audience capacities of at least 100%!
“The Outsiders” – 101.28%
“Hamilton” – 100.95%
“Hadestown” – 100.89%
“Dog Day Afternoon” – 100.79%
“Schmigadoon!” -100.34%
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – 100%
”Proof” – 100%
“Ragtime” – 100%
“The Rocky Horror Show”
“Every Brilliant Thing”
“Giant”
“Operation Mincemeat”
“Just In Time”
“The Great Gatsby”
“The Lost Boys”
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“The Book of Mormon”
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
“Aladdin”
“Wicked”
“Titanique”
“Chicago”
“Death of a Salesman”
“& Juliet”
“The Lion King”
“MJ The Musical”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Becky Shaw”
“Fallen Angels”
“SIX: The Musical”