Ragtime, Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of the Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens-Terrence McNally musical, began previews last week and filled every seat at the Vivian Beaumont Theater for the three performances. Directed by LCT’s artistic director Lear deBessonet, the production at the non-prof grossed…

Waiting For Godot (starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) and a supercharged Hamilton (with newly returned star Leslie Odom, Jr., reprising his role as Aaron Burr) were among Broadway’s top earners last week, helping to send total grosses up 7% to $32,203,241 for 28 shows. Top earner of the…

Broadway box office surged last week as some big name stars arrived – and in one case, returned – to New York stages: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter sold out their first preview of Waiting For Godot, and original Hamilton cast member Leslie Odom, Jr., back for a limited run as Aaron Burr, saw the…

Broadway took a hit in the box office over the Labor Day holiday weekend last week, with most of the shows on the boards reporting declines in weekly grosses. In all, the 27 productions on Broadway grossed a total $25,137,042, about 18% less than the previous week, when 28 shows were…

Broadway box office was mostly in a holding pattern last week as the industry gears up for a busy fall season, but some shows broke from the pack to do very well indeed for the late-summer dog days. Purpose, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ brilliant exploration of the turmoil within the family of an…

The Mamma Mia! revival became one of the top five earners on Broadway last week, with the ABBA musical selling out and grossing $1,573,128 for seven previews at the Winter Garden. That figure puts Mamma at fourth place on the Top 5 roster, behind Wicked, $2,244,288; The Lion King, $2,230,569…

While most of Broadway saw box office slips last week, new arrival Mamma Mia! got off to a fine start: The musical revival sold out its first preview at the Winter Garden Theatre, grossing $261,796. The limited six-month engagement of the ABBA musical marks the return of one of Broadway’s…

Sunset Blvd. went out on a high note Sunday, packing the St. James Theatre and handily breaking a couple of that venue’s house records with a weekly gross of $2,481,018. With its final week performance, Sunset now holds the St. James’ record for highest grossing single performance ($514,515…

Broadway box office was on the rebound last week, with the total gross for the 30 productions up about 8% over the previous week, with a tally of $32,813,389. Attendance of 260,530 held even, leaving a $9 uptick in the average ticket price ($125.95) to do the heavy lifting. Some of the biggest…

Broadway wilted a bit in last week’s summer heat, with 23 of 30 shows taking a hit at the box office, some significantly. No doubt playing a part in Broadway’s overall decline last week was the July 4th holiday – all productions but one canceled performances on that day (no competing with those…

Broadway thinned its summer roster a bit last week, with five shows playing their final performances (and each one posting significant box office gains as last-chancers bought up seats). Three of the closers were planned as limited engagements. Glengarry Glen Ross ended a very strong run on June…

Several Broadway shows – Smash, Floyd Collins and The Last Five Years – went out on high notes last week, with last-chancers boosting box office for all three productions. Smash, the musical based on the TV series, saw the most significant jump, with grosses climbing $401,499 to $977,805 for the…