‘Virtually Well-known’ Proves Common, ‘Leopoldstadt’ Tops $1M -Broadway Field Workplace – Deadline

Broadway field workplace held regular at $28,621,480 final week as a slate of latest productions started or continued previews (Virtually Well-known and Kimberly Akimbo stuffed greater than 90% of their seats), MJ and Leopoldstadt set home information and The Phantom of the Opera was as soon as once more standing room solely because the long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical heads towards its Feb. 18 closing.

Complete attendance for the 27 Broadway exhibits was 225,731 for the week ending Oct. 16, a barely perceptible improve of 1.5% over the earlier week.

Among the many most up-to-date arrivals, Virtually Well-known, the musical adaptation of the 2000 movie in previews forward of a Nov. 13 opening, scored large, grossing $606,780 and filling 94% of seats on the Jacobs. The musical Kimberly Akimbo, opening Nov. 10 on the Sales space, was at 91% of capability, grossing $300,433 for six previews.

KPOP, the brand new manufacturing concerning the South Korean musical style phenomenon, took in $191,119 for 4 performances, at 83.81% of capability at Circle within the Sq.. Opening night time is Nov. 20. The Suzan-Lori Parks Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog, opening Thursday, grossed $220,016, at about 86% of capability on the Golden.

The Piano Lesson, starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Brooks, opened on the Barrymore on Oct. 13, and had a superb week, on the field workplace anyway – Brooks needed to miss some performances because of Covid. The August Wilson revival took in $697,282.

On the Neil Simon Theatre, MJ broke one other home document, promoting out and grossing $1,777,138. Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt set a home document on the Longacre with a take of $1,095,529, changing into the primary new play of the season to prime $1m in weekly grosses.

Persevering with on its rejuvenated success since asserting its February closing discover, The Phantom of the Opera bought out the Majestic once more, grossing $1,603,263. The Music Man, closing Jan. 1, grossed its usually stellar $2,925,463, and once more had Broadway’s prime common ticket value at $240.64 (Topdog/Underdog had the bottom at $39.98). Humorous Lady was SRO on the August Wilson, grossing $1,696,356.

Season up to now, Broadway has grossed $584,038,618, with complete attendance of 4,574,738 at about 87% of capability.

The 27 productions reporting figures on Broadway final week had been 1776, Aladdin, Virtually Well-known, Beetlejuice, The E-book of Mormon, Chicago, Price of Dwelling, Demise of a Salesman, Humorous Lady, Hadestown, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby, Into the Woods, Kimberly Akimbo, The Kite Runner, KPOP, Leopoldstadt, The Lion King, The Music Man, MJ, Moulin Rouge!, The Phantom of the Opera, The Piano Lesson, Six, A Unusual Loop, Topdog/Underdog and Depraved.

All figures courtesy of the Broadway League.