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Broadway Newcomers Fill Seats: ‘A Doll’s House’, ‘Sweeney Todd’, ‘Parade’, ‘Life Of Pi’ & ‘Shucked’ Report Strong Attendance

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A raft of Broadway’s recent arrivals led by Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street helped push the industry’s total box office last week to $28,638,821, up 13.8% from the previous week.

Total attendance was up commensurately to 229,771. Sweeney Todd, starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, contributed a whopping $1.8 million to the kitty, selling out its seven previews at the Lunt-Fontanne for the week ending March 12.

The Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical had a healthy average ticket price of $172.18. Opening night is March 26. Another strong performer last week was A Doll’s House, the critically acclaimed Ibsen revival starring Jessica Chastain.

The play, which opened March 9, took in $728,913, filling 97% of seats at the Hudson. Parade, with only seven preview performances (the Saturday night show was canceled due to a technical malfunction) was at $861,707 – a drop of $52,803 no doubt reflecting the loss of the sold-out weekend preview – with 95% of seats filled at the Jacobs.

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