Broadway‘s busy season was packed with recent arrivals last week, most pulling in decent-sized audiences (more than decent in many cases), with shows like Dog Day Afternoon, Proof, Schmigadoon! and The Rocky Horror Show selling out or nearly so.
Other newcomers filling 90% of their seats or more were Becky Shaw, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Death of a Salesman, Titanique, Fallen Angels and The Lost Boys.
Dog Day Afternoon opened at the August Wilson on March 30, so while all seats were filled the week’s gross was down $2470,766 to $1,041,983, the result of four heavily comped press performances and a fully comped opening night.
Some other notable recent arrivals:
- Becky Shaw, which opened at non-prof Second Stage’s Hayes to strong reviews last night, pulled in $243,674 for seven previews, attendance at 93% of capacity;
- Cats: The Jellicle Ball, opening tonight at the Broadhurst, filled 98% of seats during its last full week of previews, grossing $861,807;
- Death of a Salesman, with Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf headlining, was at 96% of capacity at the Winter Garden, taking in $928,565 for seven previews. Opening night is April 9;
- Titaníque, in previews at the St. James, grossed $664,021 for seven previews, 96% of capacity. Opening night is April 12;
- The Fear of 13, the wrongful conviction drama starring Adrien Brody, played eight previews at the James Earl Jones, grossing $781,272, 89%. Opens April 15;
- Proof began previews at the Booth, selling out and grossing $726,603. Opening night is April 16;
- Fallen Angels, the Noël Coward revival starring Rose Byrne, Kelli O’Hara, Mark Consuelos and Christopher Fitzgerald, among others, is in previews at the non-prof Roundabout’s Todd Haimes and last week grossed $452,017 for seven performances; 93%. Opening is on April 19;
- Schmigadoon! did one preview at the Nederlander, selling out and grossing $169,191. Opening night is April 20;
- The Balusters, David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy at non-prof Manhattan Theatre Club’s Friedman, took in $158,188 for six previews, 74%. Opens April 21;
- Beaches, the stage musical adaptation of the 1988 film, was at 74% of capacity at the Majestic, grossing $516,929. Opening night is April 22;
- The Rocky Horror Show, with six previews at Studio 54, grossed $642,866, with attendance less than a percentage point short of sell-out. Opening night is April 23;
- Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, directed by Debbie Allen and starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer,” began previews at the Barrymore, grossing $992,574 with attendance at 84% of capacity. Opening April 25;
- The Lost Boys took in $831,513 for six previews at the Palace, attendance at 98%. Opening April 26.
Just In Time, with a planned seven-performance week, was off more than $1M from the previous week’s full eight performances that included original star Jonathan Groff’s final shows. Matthew Morrison’s first week as Bobby Darin grossed $745,152, filling 99% of seats but with an average ticket price of $156 down significantly from the whopping $362 people shelled out to say goodbye to Groff.
Chess, with Lea Michele out from Wednesday to Sunday for a scheduled absence, was down $564,516 to $585,803, with 66% of seats filled at the Imperial, a drop from the previous week’s 82%.
Giant had a pre-schedule seven-performance week, filling 99% of seats at the Music Box for $1,175,161.
Three productions – Aladdin, The Lion King and Wicked – added a ninth performance to the week, securing their places in roster’s Top Five Earners: The Lion King, $2,823,250; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, $2,804,264; Hamilton, $2,587,414; Wicked, $2,120,438; and Aladdin, $1,828,049. Stranger Things: The First Shadow came close with $1,694,023.
In all, the 40 Broadway productions – six more than the previous week – grossed $43,241,429 for the week ending April 5, up about 12% from the previous week. Attendance was 334,631, up about 14%.
In the 45th week of the 2025-26 season, Broadway had grossed $1,631,266,217 up about 7% over last year at this time, with total attendance of 12,274,398 up 3%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For more box office information visit the League’s website.
