Broadway Ticket Sales Report
Week ending August 26, 2007
By Carol-Ann Rudy
TicketNews.com
What a difference a week makes! There are now just twenty-one productions on Broadway, with the last remaining play, The Year of Magical Thinking, closing this past weekend with an admirable increase in attendance of 11.8% over the previous reporting period. Of the twenty-one musicals, the top grossing five remain:
• Wicked $1,472,393 at 100% capacity
• The Lion King $1,303,298 at 100%
• Jersey Boys $1,181,381 at 100%
• Mary Poppins $1,065,650 at 90%
• The Color Purple $966,825 at 88%
The gross overall continues to be well up over the same time period in the previous season: $16,195,008 compared to $15,411,366. Attendance is up almost 10% over the previous season too. The lowest reported was The Drowsy Chaperone at 57% capacity, still a far cry from previously reported lows of the year in the mid-40% range. . .
The New York Musical Theatre Festival, a three-week celebration, begins Sept. 17th. According to the website, it is “the Sundance of musical theatre.” Tickets for the general public go on sale Sept. 1st. Check it out.
OPENINGS:
Edmond Rostand’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac starts previews Oct. 12 with an opening Nov. 1 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, starring Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner. It will be a limited 10-week engagement.
CLOSINGS:
The Year of Magical Thinking, Aug. 25th.
Broadway Gross Reports, August 26, 2007
All data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers
|
Production  |
Weekly Gross |
Total Atten. |
Prev. |
Perf. |
Total Capacity |
Avg. Ticket Price |
Atten. % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A Chorus Line |
$525,860 |
7,394 |
0 |
8 |
1,069 |
$71.12 |
86.5% |
|
Avenue Q |
$376,236 |
5,230 |
0 |
8 |
796 |
$71.94 |
82.1% |
|
Chicago |
$516,963 |
7,493 |
0 |
8 |
1,080 |
$68.99 |
86.7% |
|
Curtains |
$748,530 |
10,179 |
0 |
8 |
1,422 |
$73.54 |
89.5% |
|
Grease |
$818,991 |
8,634 |
0 |
8 |
1,072 |
$94.86 |
100.7% |
|
Hairspray |
$838,339 |
11,395 |
0 |
8 |
1,428 |
$73.57 |
99.7% |
|
Jersey Boys |
$1,181,381 |
9,856 |
0 |
8 |
1,222 |
$119.86 |
100.8% |
|
Legally Blonde |
$889,060 |
10,950 |
0 |
8 |
1,691 |
$81.19 |
80.9% |
|
Les Miserables |
$476,593 |
7,912 |
0 |
8 |
1,122 |
$60.24 |
88.1% |
|
Mamma Mia! |
$892,772 |
11,598 |
0 |
8 |
1,498 |
$76.98 |
96.8% |
|
Mary Poppins |
$1,065,650 |
13,024 |
0 |
8 |
1,791 |
$81.82 |
90.9% |
|
Rent |
$576,856 |
8,854 |
0 |
8 |
1,181 |
$65.15 |
93.7% |
|
Spamalot |
$776,856 |
10,603 |
0 |
8 |
1,441 |
$73.27 |
92.0% |
|
Spring Awakening |
$788,259 |
8,834 |
0 |
8 |
1,090 |
$89.23 |
101.3% |
|
The 25th…Bee |
$218,792 |
3,877 |
0 |
8 |
684 |
$56.43 |
70.9% |
|
The Color Purple |
$966,826 |
12,143 |
0 |
8 |
1,718 |
$79.62 |
88.4% |
|
The Drowsy Chaperone |
$444,149 |
7,426 |
0 |
8 |
1,611 |
$59.81 |
57.6% |
|
The Lion King |
$1,303,298 |
13,159 |
0 |
8 |
1,654 |
$99.04 |
99.4% |
|
The Phantom of the Opera |
$759,911 |
11,356 |
0 |
8 |
1,607 |
$66.92 |
88.3% |
|
The Year…Thinking |
$215,766 |
3,824 |
0 |
7 |
782 |
$56.42 |
69.9% |
|
Wicked |
$1,472,393 |
14,472 |
0 |
8 |
1,809 |
$101.74 |
100.0% |
|
Xanadu |
$341,527 |
4,096 |
0 |
8 |
594 |
$83.38 |
86.2% |
