‘MJ’, ‘A Strange Loop’ & ‘Six’ Among Big Post-Tony Box Office Winners
deadline.comMJ and A Strange Loop saw Tony Award glory translate into box office surges in the week after the June 12 ceremony, with MJ leaping by $216,921 over the previous week’s take to a huge $1,660,978.
A Strange Loop grossed $845,313 for the week ending June 19, a jump of $168,998 over the previous week.Both shows were virtual sell-outs, with more than 99% of seats occupied in the week following their Tony wins (among their victories, A Strange Loop was named Best Musical, and MJ‘s Myles Frost was named Best Actor in a Leading Role/Musical.
Both productions gave impressive performances during the Tony broadcast, with Frost and Strange Loop‘s Jaquel Spivey delivering star-making network TV debuts.)Another big winner of the week: The musical Six, which took home Tonys for original score and costumes and, as importantly if not more so, delivered a rousing performance during the ceremony.
For its seven performances, the musical grossed $1,171,935, filling 99.5% of available seats.Other Tony winners saw less notable financial gains, with Company, named Best Musical Revival, posting a July 31 closing notice tonight after selling only 77% of available seats in the week after the awards.
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