Broadway’s ‘The Notebook’ Sells Out First Three Previews As Overall Box Office Gets Chilly
deadline.comWinter had a chilling effect on Broadway last week, with most shows reporting at least some downturn at the box office and overall receipts dropping nearly 10% from the previous week.
In all, box office for the 24 productions totaled $21,192,251 for the week ending February 11, with attendance of 187,573 down about 12% from the previous week.
Only a half-dozen shows bucked the downward trend, most notably Sweeney Todd, which on February 9 welcomed Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster as the permanent replacements for Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford (understudies had been filling in since the originals departed January 14).
Grosses for the Sondheim revival were up $402,763 for a $1,260,185 total. Joining the roster was The Notebook, just a few seats shy of selling out all of its first three previews at the Schoenfeld Theatre.
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