Broadway held strong last week as a bevy of spring arrivals caught ticket-buyers’ attention, with Becky Shaw, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Death of a Salesman and Titaníque opening to strong reviews and full or nearly-full houses.
Most of the nine shows still in previews last week also did well, especially Proof, The Fear of 13, Fallen Angels, Schmigadoon!, The Rocky Horror Show and The Lost Boys pulling crowds even before the reviews come out.
Some numbers:
- Becky Shaw, the terrific play featuring Alden Ehrenreich, Patrick Ball, Lauren Patten, Madeline Brewer and Linda Emond, is doing fine by the non-prof Second Stage, filling 95% of seats at the Hayes and grossing $345,308;
- Cats: The Jellicle Ball opened at the Broadhurst to critical acclaim and 97% of seats filled, grossing $902,375;
- Death of a Salesman, toplined by the amazing Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, opened at the Winter Garden to $1,148,444, attendance at 99% of capacity;
- Titaníque, another critical darling, took in $625,697 for its opening week, with attendance at 95% at the St. James.
Productions in previews last week were:
- The Fear of 13, the wrongful conviction drama starring Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson, had another strong week at the James Earl Jones, with attendance at 94% of capacity and a gross of $875,965. Opening night is April 15;
- Proof, the David Auburn play starring Ayo Edebiri, Don Cheadle, Jin Ha and Kara Young, was a virtual sell-out a the Booth, grossing a big $968,774. Opening night is April 16;
- Fallen Angels had 95% of the Haimes’ seats filled, for a gross of $560,901. Opening night is April 19;
- Schmigadoon! at the Nederlander was at 93% of capacity, grossing $589,989 for seven previews. Opening April 20;
- The Balusters, David Lindsay-Abaire’s new play still finding its audience at the Friedman in a Manhattan Theatre Club production, was at 86% of capacity for a $255,817 gross. Opening night is April 21;
- Beaches, the musical adaptation of the film, filled just 67% of seats at the Majestic, grossing $545,770. Opening April 22;
- The Rocky Horror Show was at 99% at Studio 54, with an impressive take of $815,280. Stellar box office has prompted a four-week extension through July 19;
- Joe Turner’s Come and Gone was at 82% of capacity at the Barrymore, grossing $883,819. Opening night is April 25;
- The Lost Boys, the stage musical adaptation of the vampire hit movie, was at 93% of capacity at the Palace, grossing $886,708.
Ragtime was a sell-out yet again at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont, grossing a hefty $1,183,163, and Giant starring John Lithgow had a planned seven-performance week, filling 99% of seats at the Music Box and grossing $1,218,733.
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Other sell-outs were Chicago, Dog Day Afternoon, Hadestown, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Moulin Rouge! and Proof.
The Top Five Earners for the week were Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, starring Tom Felton as Draco, $2,707,111; Hamilton, $2,347,707; The Lion King, $2,325,525; Wicked, $1,911,641 andMoulin Rouge!, with Megan Thee Stallion as Zidler, $1,709,000.
In all, the 40 Broadway productions grossed a total $43,581,394 for the week ending April 12, about even with the previous week and 3% more than last season at this time. Total attendance was 344,459, 3% above the previous week and 7% year-to-year.
In the 46th week of the 2025-26 season, Broadway had grossed $1,674,847,611 up about 7% over last year at this time, with total attendance of 12,618,857 up 3%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For more box office information visit the League’s website.
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