Celebrities are expressing their heartbreak over the sudden death of Shonka Dukureh.
06.07.2022 - 17:53 / deadline.com
Following its sold-out Off Broadway Encores! run this past spring, the revival of Into The Woods continued drawing audiences in the first performances of its Broadway transfer, filling 94% of seats at the St. James Theatre and grossing a big $1,380,760.
The revival of the James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim classic, featuring a cast that includes Sara Bareilles, Brian D’Arcy James, Patina Miller, Phillipa Soo and Gavin Creel, which officially opens July 10, helped keep Broadway box office steady last week. In all, the 28 productions grossed a total $29,926,106, a tiny 2.8% slip from the previous week.
Attendance for the week ending July 3 was 238,943, a 4.2% increase from the previous week. Average ticket price dropped from $134 to $125 over the week.
Part of the overall b.o. dip can be attributed to a previously scheduled shortened week for Plaza Suite, the smash Neil Simon revival starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. The show played only six performances, with its $1,045,851 gross marking a drop of $551,884 from the previous, eight-performance week. Plaza Suite was a virtual sell-out for those six performances, of course.
Other notable figures for the week:
Productions that filled at least 95% of their seats were A Strange Loop, Aladdin, Hadestown, Hamilton (100.6%), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (99.5%), Into the Woods, Macbeth, MJ (100.1%), Moulin Rouge, Plaza Suite (99.9%), Six, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, The Music Man and Wicked.
At the lower end of the roster were several well-reviewed productions: Paradise Square (at 54%, with a $300,508 gross), POTUS (48%, $406,926) and The Minutes (58%, $193,650).
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $184,730,642, with total attendance of 1,429,224 at about
Celebrities are expressing their heartbreak over the sudden death of Shonka Dukureh.
Director Baz Luhrmann said he felt “truly blessed” to have had time with Shonka Dukureh, who starred in his Elvis biopic, before her sudden death at age 44.
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Elvis biopic, has died at the age of 44.Dukureh was found dead by police on Thursday (July 21) in her home in Nashville, after one of her two young children found her unresponsive and sought help from a neighbour, who called 911. According to police, there is no evidence of foul play.
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