Stranger Things: The First Shadow began stalking Broadway last week, selling out the first two previews of its engagement at the Marquis, grossing $433,725 for the pair of performances. Opening night is April 22. Look to see the coming weeks put the effects-heavy show into the realm of some other…

UPDATE, with additional figures: Good Night, And Good Luck, the new play at the 1,545-seat Winter Garden Theatre co-written by and starring George Clooney in his Broadway debut, shattered the weekly box office record for a play last week by grossing $3,305,240 for just seven preview…

No doubt about: The big guns of Broadway’s spring season are arriving fast and furious, and boosting box office figures from receipts to ticket prices. Another newcomer – Good Night, And Good Luck, starring George Clooney, last week became the latest member of the $2 Million Club with just five…

Othello, the new Broadway production of Shakespeare’s tale of power and envy starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal broke four house records at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last week, grossing a whopping $2,637,158 for its first seven previews. The take tops four previous Barrymore…

Broadway seemed to be shedding a bit of winter weight last week as the industry gears up for a busy March and busier April. With two fewer shows on the roster during the week ending February 23 – gone were heavy hitters Romeo + Juliet and All In: Comedy About Love – total grosses of $27,930,129 were…

Even with its name in unlit lights, Operation Mincemeat, the hit London musical that’s just arrived on Broadway, sold out its first preview Saturday at the John Golden Theatre, taking in $111,459 in ticket sales for the single performance. The production made news last week when producers…

With the busy spring season just around the corner, Broadway was in a bit of the winter doldrums last week, with all but four productions – Cabaret, Redwood, Romeo + Juliet, Wicked – reporting drops in ticket sales from the previous week. In all, the 27 productions took in $28,135,565 for the…

UPDATE, with full box office report: All In: Comedy About Love, the Simon Rich play with a revolving Broadway cast, broke the Hudson Theatre house record for a play last week, with more than a little help from Jimmy Fallon. Fallon’s brief stint in the production – his one-week performance…

The annual winter Broadway Week 2-for-1 ticket promotion – it’s actually several weeks, but no one’s complaining – arrived January 21, and as usual the promotion took a bite into grosses, with total attendance holding steady from the previous week but receipts dropping 11%. In all, the 29 shows…

Broadway said a few so-longs last week, with the star-studded Our Town ending its limited run and some original cast members of Oh, Mary! and The Great Gatsby giving way to replacements. Ticket-buyers were there to see everyone off. Our Town, the Thornton Wilder classic starring Jim Parsons…

Broadway took a somewhat humbling post-holiday slip at the box office last week, with the roster of shows down by three productions and overall receipts off by about 29% from the previous week when the New Year holidays helped boost attendance. In all, the 30 shows grossed $32,176,529 for the…

Gypsy got back on track and Wicked stayed in the stratosphere during New Year’s week, with most of Broadway’s 33 shows posting strong numbers even while dropping down from the previous (and very lucrative) Christmas week figures. With Audra McDonald back in action after a week of illness that…