The build-up to Christmas is being very beneficiant with Broadway. In some circumstances, very, very beneficiant. Among essentially the most spectacular field workplace developments final week was the welcome given to All In: Comedy About Love, primarily based on the brief tales of author Simon Rich, learn reside by such performers as, initially, John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Richard Kind (the forged adjustments every week).
For the week ending December 15, All In grossed $1,046,514 for 5 previews. The Hudson Theatre was bought out for the week with a hefty common ticket value of $216.22.
Also doing its greatest to impress the vacation gods was Elf, becoming a member of the rarified $2 million membership with a gross of $2,033,784, with 94% of seats on the large Marquis occupied.
Other reveals grossing $2M or extra have been the usuals: Hamilton ($2,177,119), The Lion King ($2,497,970), and tireless frontrunner Wicked ($2,878,086). Two productions teetered on the $2M brink: Gypsy ($1,818,235, with press comps holding the quantity down); and Sunset Blvd. ($1,900,669).
Solidly on the $1M+ turf have been: & Juliet, Aladdin, All In: Comedy About Love, Back To The Future, Cabaret At The Kit Kat Club, Death Becomes Her, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hell’s Kitchen, MJ, Moulin Rouge!, Oh, Mary!, Suffs, The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby, The Notebook and The Outsiders.
Sell-outs for the week have been All In: Comedy About Love, Death Becomes Her, Hadestown, Hamilton, Oh, Mary!, Romeo + Juliet, Suffs, The Notebook, The Outsiders and Wicked. Topping 95% have been & Juliet, Aladdin, Chicago, Gypsy, Hell’s Kitchen, Moulin Rouge!, Stereophonic, Sunset Blvd., The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby and The Lion King.
A pair numbers of be aware: Swept Away, which lately gave itself a smart two-week extension (to December 29) after posting an early closing, crammed 99% of seats on the Longacre. And the wonderful Maybe Happy Ending, after initially struggling to search out its viewers, was at 95% of capability on the Belasco final week, with a really glad gross of $764,022.
Cult of Love, which opened to usually strong opinions on December 12, crammed 91% of seats on the Hayes, grossing $315,283 for 2 previews and 5 common performances.
Another latest arrival, the so-dubbed vaccine comedy Eureka Day, was in previews final week on the Friedman, filling 85% of seats and grossing $230,425. The constructive opinions that adopted its December 16 opening ought to spur some field workplace features in coming weeks.
Two reveals closed final week: The Notebook, filling the Schoenfeld with last-chancers and grossing a hefty $1,094,299, and The Roommate, grossing $501,497 with attendance at 87% of capability (up from 77% the earlier week).
Not sharing within the vacation love have been Left on Tenth and The Hills of California, with attendance leaving their respective venues almost half empty.
In all, the 36 Broadway productions on the boards final week grossed $43,720,381, with attendance at 314,951, each figures greater than 38% higher than final 12 months presently. Average ticket value was $138.82, about $3 higher than final 12 months.
Season to this point, Broadway, within the thirtieth week of the 2024-25 season, has grossed $992,182,392, up about 15% over final 12 months presently, with complete attendance of 7,971,644 additionally up about 15%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For full field workplace listings, go to the League’s web site.
