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Billy Crystal’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Scores Big In Final Week As Broadway Box Office Climbs

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Broadway gave Billy Crystal a fine send-off last week, with the star’s Mr. Saturday Night musical grossing more than $1 million during its final week of performances.

That number – $1,014,614, to be precise – is a big jump over the show’s weekly box office takes in recent months. About 98% of seats at the Nederlander Theatre were filled for Crystal’s goodbye week.Overall, Broadway box office for 21 shows was up about 8% for the week ending Sept.

4, likely due to Labor Day Holiday tourists and some last-chancers hoping to see shows like Mr. Saturday Night before the onslaught of new fall arrivals.In all, the 21 productions grossed a total of $25,329,740, with attendance of 194,473 reflecting a 5% bump over the previous week.Another especially impressive performer was MJ, with the Michael Jackson musical breaking its own house record (for the fifth time) at the Neil Simon Theatre by grossing $1,762,559.

The musical filled all of its seats.Funny Girl showed marked improvement in the final week of performances by Julie Benko as Fanny Brice (the revival took in $659,874, an improvement of $86,728 over the previous week).

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