Broadway Grosses w/e 4/22/2018: It’s coming down to the wire.

Last week was the penultimate week before this year’s Tony nominations are announced, and like most things that are next-to-last, it was fairly uneventful.

The usuals did the usual, but what was impressive to me was Kinky Boots at $911k (boosted by its 5 year anniversary no doubt), School of Rock at $917k and newcomer Summer at $962k.

All the Producers I know are bracing themselves for the May slump . . . or what I call, “The calm before the summer storm,” as tourists tend to stay home tending to their graduations, dance recitals, communions, and more.

But, as we proved here, the shows that own the Tony nomination headlines can get a nice boost from the number of nods they get.

So we’ll be watching the #s in the coming weeks of those shows that get lots of kudos.

Here are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 22, 2018:

Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Capacity AvgPdAdm
A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL $582,856.51 6,497 77.79% $89.71
ALADDIN $1,413,891.50 13,694 99.12% $103.25
ANASTASIA $839,753.54 8,415 92.03% $99.79
ANGELS IN AMERICA $928,535.00 8,539 85.78% $108.74
BEAUTIFUL $710,611.10 6,358 77.46% $111.77
CAROUSEL $1,282,413.26 10,555 92.39% $121.50
CHICAGO $700,233.75 7,861 90.98% $89.08
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD $354,179.80 6,093 75.86% $58.13
COME FROM AWAY $1,237,165.50 8,525 101.88% $145.12
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,733,173.76 7,987 101.46% $217.00
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE $698,231.00 7,856 60.39% $88.88
FROZEN $1,774,655.00 13,256 98.63% $133.88
HAMILTON $3,081,677.00 10,756 101.78% $286.51
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,272,136.00 12,976 100.00% $98.04
HELLO, DOLLY! $1,053,116.86 10,640 91.98% $98.98
KINKY BOOTS $911,645.20 9,561 83.93% $95.35
LOBBY HERO $492,023.80 4,502 96.86% $109.29
MEAN GIRLS $1,469,881.05 9,891 100.93% $148.61
MY FAIR LADY $940,629.00 8,552 100.00% $109.99
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND $474,934.10 5,151 92.51% $92.20
ROCKTOPIA $613,008.89 10,252 73.02% $59.79
SAINT JOAN $219,104.60 4,882 94.32% $44.88
SCHOOL OF ROCK $917,164.54 10,226 83.93% $89.69
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS $657,315.00 9,586 74.43% $68.57
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $1,925,155.00 3,792 100.00% $507.69
SUMMER $962,917.00 10,950 93.11% $87.94
THE BAND’S VISIT $844,447.86 7,724 92.93% $109.33
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,163,172.50 8,650 103.27% $134.47
THE ICEMAN COMETH $872,548.30 6,324 100.00% $137.97
THE LION KING $2,117,628.00 13,449 99.12% $157.46
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $1,081,645.54 12,272 95.58% $88.14
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG $316,767.00 5,067 74.17% $62.52
THREE TALL WOMEN $853,774.46 6,296 100.00% $135.61
TRAVESTIES $319,321.20 5,138 88.34% $62.15
WAITRESS $891,796.40 7,609 91.02% $117.20
WICKED $1,798,728.00 15,085 97.90% $119.24
TOTALS $37,506,237.02   314,967 91.19% $121.90
+/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON $1,610,834.59
PERCENTAGE +/- THIS WEEK LAST SEASON + 4.5%

*Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League.

 

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