With six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald leading the cast as Rose, the starry revival is shaping up to be a major hit.
Water for Elephants, The Notebook, and Swept Away each saw steep increases at the box office as they near their final performances.
With 12 more shows for theatregoers to choose from, this year's Thanksgiving week grosses beat last year's by more than 33%.
The starry revival came within striking range of making The $1 Million Club with just three previews last week.
The Jamie Lloyd-directed revival dethroned The Lion King to become the second highest-grossing show on the Main Stem last week.
The upcoming movie release—plus its prolific marketing campaign—seem to be driving sales to the Broadway version, too.
Plus: Broadway's buzzy revival of Sunset Blvd. is shaping up to be the newest top five highest grossers mainstay.
Box office performance softened somewhat between fall holidays, but shows are still playing to mostly packed houses.
The Main Stem successfully avoided a post holiday-week slump and saw a cumulative increase in ticket sales last week.
The new Sam Gold-directed revival starring Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor had the second highest average ticket price on the Main Stem last week.
The Jamie Lloyd-directed revival is one of several new shows selling big as Broadway's fortunes are on the rise.
Cole Escola's campy comedy was the highest-grossing play on the boards last week, breaking the Lyceum Theatre box-office record for the seventh time.
A.I.—and Robert Downey Jr.—are selling big at the Vivian Beaumont.
The Oppenheimer film star and Academy Award winner is leading the new Ayad Akhtar play at Lincoln Center Theater.
Cole Escola's downtown cult favorite has become a big Broadway hit.
Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone lead the new play from Jen Silverman at the Booth Theatre.
The musical has been on a steady rise since this year's Tony Awards, and all lines are pointing up.
Plus, Oh, Mary! has broken the Lyceum house record with earnings placing it in The $1 Million Club.
Grosses for the 26 Broadway productions were up slightly for the week ending August 11.
The 2024 Best Musical Tony winner is rapidly becoming one of Broadway's best-performing shows.
The Best Musical Tony winner is really picking up steam.
Cole Escola's unhinged take on Mary Todd Lincoln has announced an extension.
The Alicia Keys musical didn't take the coveted Best Musical title at this year's Tony Awards, but it seems to be the season's best performing new musical.
The production's final week was the top grosser of its entire run by nearly half-a-million dollars.
Plus, the Tony-winning revival of Merrily We Roll Along is the top grosser on Broadway for the first time in its run.
The first post-Tony Awards grosses data is in, and several shows set box-office records.
An Enemy of the People broke the box office record at Circle in the Square in its penultimate week on the boards.
Seats are filled in the final week of grosses data before this weekend's Tony Awards.
The Alicia Keys musical is nominated for Best Musical at the 2024 Tony Awards.
Best Revival of a Musical nominees Cabaret and Merrily We Roll Along, plus Best Musical nominee Hell's Kitchen were all at the top of the list last week.
Last week's box-office data may indicate the impact of this year's Tony Award nominations.
The Tony-nominated revival was the second highest-grossing show on the boards last week in the first post-Tony nominations box-office data.
The now Tony-nominated revival of the John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff musical leads the chart with the highest average ticket price of the week.
The 1975 musical favorite has returned to Broadway at the Marquis Theatre, where a new revival opened April 17.
The Olivier-winning production of the John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff musical is becoming one of Broadway's hottest tickets.
Last week saw the highest cumulative take on Broadway since New Year's.
Of the 26 currently running Broadway productions, 21 played to over 90% capacity crowds for the week ending March 24.
The 25 currently running shows brought in $28 million last week, an increase of 14% from the week previous.
Donna McKechnie, Mary Kate Morrissey, Alexandra Socha, and more joined the cast March 5.
The Jeremy Strong-led revival began its run at Circle in the Square Theatre February 27.
Audiences are flocking to see Sarah Paulson in the Second Stage production, which is getting a commercial extension and transfer.
Grosses soared last week with an overall increase of more than 27% compared to the week prior.
The Book of Mormon stars Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad reunited to lead the comedy musical.
This week's numbers show the power of programs like Broadway Week, which offers half-off tickets to most shows on the Main Stem.
Also, Shucked closes up shop with the best-grossing week of its entire run.
Things got back to normal in 2024 following a big holiday bump.
With nine performances instead of the usual eight, it was an especially good week for a host of Broadway shows.
More than half of the currently running shows took in over $1 million at the box office.
More than half of Broadway's 26 shows made The $1 Million Club this week as tourists continue their descent on NYC.
The Main Stem is happily welcoming an influx of theatregoers looking for a holiday night out.
Performing at the annual holiday tradition appears to be a ticket seller.
Five shows joined The $2 Million Club last week, including newcomers Merrily We Roll Along and Sweeney Todd.
The Lion King and Merrily We Roll Along continue to dominate the boards.
Merrily We Roll Along broke the house record at the Hudson Theatre for the fourth time.
The David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical will play its final performance later this month.
The musical held a weekend-long celebration in anticipation of its October 30 anniversary.
The starry Merrily We Roll Along revival continues its box-office success, overtaking even Hamilton to be Broadway's second-highest grosser.
The Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez–led Sondheim revival is on the cusp of joining the elusive $2 Million Club.
The Sondheim revival continues to be a top grosser even when comping performances around opening.
Led by Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez, the Sondheim revival is Broadway's newest hot ticket.
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