Broadway Box Office Stays Even At $29.9M; ‘Into The Woods’ Scores A Big $1.3M
deadline.comFollowing its sold-out Off Broadway Encores! run this past spring, the revival of Into The Woods continued drawing audiences in the first performances of its Broadway transfer, filling 94% of seats at the St.
James Theatre and grossing a big $1,380,760.The revival of the James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim classic, featuring a cast that includes Sara Bareilles, Brian D’Arcy James, Patina Miller, Phillipa Soo and Gavin Creel, which officially opens July 10, helped keep Broadway box office steady last week.
In all, the 28 productions grossed a total $29,926,106, a tiny 2.8% slip from the previous week.Attendance for the week ending July 3 was 238,943, a 4.2% increase from the previous week.
Average ticket price dropped from $134 to $125 over the week.Part of the overall b.o. dip can be attributed to a previously scheduled shortened week for Plaza Suite, the smash Neil Simon revival starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.
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