‘Back To The Future’ Musical Revs Up Broadway Box Office With Four-Show Take Of $1M
deadline.comBack To The Future: The Musical landed on Broadway last week in overdrive: The stage adaptation starring Casey Likes and Roger Bart scored a dizzying $1,035,256 for just four preview performances, filling 98% of seats at the Winter Garden.
The musical, which opens August 3, features a book by Bob Gale and new music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard – with additional songs from the film including “The Power of Love” and “Johnny B.
Goode.” Direction is by John Rando, who did the same for the hit London production. The million-dollar-tally was a solid contribution to Broadway’s total box office receipts for the week ending July 2.
In all, the 33 Broadway productions grossed $33,509,406, holding steady from the previous week. Same for attendance of 272,766, with 89% of available seats filled and the average ticket price at $122.85.
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