Broadway Hits Withstand Summer Heat As Others Sweat It Out; ‘MJ’ Sets House Record
deadline.comBroadway’s heavy hitters withstood New York’s heatwave last week, with MJ, Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton selling out and Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Into The Woods, Moulin Rouge!, Six, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King and The Music Man coming very close.
In all, the 23 Broadway productions took in $27,682,655 during the week ending August 7, down about 6% from the previous week’s 24-show roster (gone was Company, which closed July 31).
Attendance of 212,341 was down about 5% from the previous week. Among the sell-outs, MJ set another house record at the Neil Simon Theatre – the show’s fourth – with a gross of $1,746,901.
Dear Evan Hansen took in $915,655, and Hamilton grossed $2,219,057. Filling at least 90% of their seats were Aladdin, Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Into The Woods (at 99% of capacity), Moulin Rouge!, Six (also at 99%), The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, The Music Man and Wicked.
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