Week ending April 15th, 2007
By Carol-Ann Rudy
TicketNews.com
Eighteen productions posted audiences at 90% or over capacity–and seven of those at 100%. The gross receipts nearly matched last week’s ticket sales, at $22,462,313 with a total attendance of 299,749.
In the money again was “Wicked” with $1,487,336 followed by “The Lion King” with $1,197,233, “Mary Poppins” with $1,189,025, “The Color Purple” with $1,183,723, and “Jersey Boys” with $1,164,098, all at about 100% capacity.
Six other big ticket moneymakers were “Mamma Mia” with $962,522, “Spamalot” with $906,522, “Beauty and the Beast” with $886,825, “The Drowsy Chaperone” with $876,508, “Curtains” with $843,064, and “The Phantom of the Opera” with $836,022….
The high ticket sales price was $351.50 for “Jersey Boys” and the low was $86.25 for the lowest price seat at “Prelude to a Kiss.”
There were a total of nine plays and twenty-seven musicals on Broadway.
There were a few openings this past week: “Lovemusik” is in previews at the Biltmore, “Deuce” is in previews at the Music Box, and “110 In The Shade” is in previews at Studio 54.
On the shy end was “Company,” $250,250 at just under 47% capacity, “Talk Radio,” $249,050 at 46.5%, and “Journey’s End,” $171,376 at 44% capacity.
The numbers for “The Coast of Utopia” were combined: “Part 1 – Voyage,” two performances; “Part 2 – Shipwreck,” three performances; and “Part 3 – Salvage,” two performances in the past week.
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Hi Carol Ann,
Thanks for the information about the top Broadway events. My daughter read about Legally Blonde being on Broadway and already has purchased tickets to attend. If all the fans of the movie attend the Broadway production, expect sell-out crowds for a while:-)
Joan