Pre-Tony Broadway Box Office Up 7% To $32M; ‘Strange Loop’ Fills 98% Of Seats
14.06.2022 - 22:13
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Though it’s too soon to say how Sunday’s Tony Awards will impact box office for the night’s winners and losers, figures for the week leading up to the ceremony show big gains for the multi-nominated (and eventual Best Musical winner) A Strange Loop. The Michael R. Jackson musical filled 98% of its available seats during the week ending June 12, a large gain over the previous week’s 89%.
With an average ticket price of $108, A Strange Loop grossed $676,316 for seven performances.
Overall, Broadway box office for the 31 production was up about 7% over the previous week, tallying $31,588,947. Total attendance was up 4% to 240,564.
Bucking the upward trend was Funny Girl, down by $61,332 to $1,116,695 with the Covid absence of star Beanie Feldstein. Attendance of 8,379 was about 86% of capacity, a noticeable dip from the 95% + level typical of the show.
Covid could take a toll on next week’s tally at The Music Man, with star Hugh Jackman out of the show this week due to a positive test following Sunday night’s Tony appearance. The musical revival, which, like Funny Girl was a non-presence in the awards roster, is Broadway’s biggest commercial hit of the season, grossing a massive $3,411,385 last week.
Take Me Out, which won the Tony for Best Revival of a Play, took in a whopping $717,420 during its final week, filling 99.6% of seats at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The revival, which also won a Tony for star Jesse Tyler Ferguson, ended its limited engagement on June 11.
Broadway watchers will certainly be tracking the box office performance of Paradise Square at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, a musical that’s been struggling commercially – last week’s gross was a small $263,147, with attendance at 60% of capacity – but a show that will