Tony Winners Among Strongest Performers At Broadway Box Office; ‘Kimberly Akimbo’, ‘Parade’, ‘Shucked’ Near Sell-Outs
deadline.comWith the Tony Awards – and a seriously orange New York City sky – prompting some Broadway productions to reduce their playing schedules last week, total box office and attendance was down a bit, with the 33 shows taking in $30,961,479 for the week ending June 11.
In all, four productions – Kimberly Akimbo, New York, New York, Shucked and Summer, 1976 – had preplanned seven-performance schedules, while Camelot and Hamilton canceled their Wednesday performances due to the poor air quality conditions on June 7. (The June 11 matinee of Six was a Theater Development Fund Autism Friendly buyout performance.) While the box office impact of Sunday’s Tony Award victories for Kimberly Akimbo, Leopoldstadt and Parade, among others, as well as the various shows’ Tony broadcast performances, won’t be reflected on the box office charts until next week and later, most of the nominated productions reported strong numbers leading into the big night.
Best Musical winner Kimberly Akimbo, for example, filled 97% of seats at the Booth, grossing $526,175. Best Musical Revival Parade was at 95% of capacity at the Jacobs, grossing a hefty $1,059,730.
The year’s Tony-winning Best Play, Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, could stand to see most-needed improvement from the win: The drama, which has been losing box office steam after a strong start last fall, grossed $650,229 last week, with just 63% of seats filled at the Longacre.
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