[Broadway Grosses w/ 4/23/2023]
Congrats to all the Drama League Award nominees (with a special shout out to Will Swenson and A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical for their nominations!)
The top 10 grossing shows from the week ending in 4/23/2023 include The Lion King, Hamilton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Wicked, MJ The Musical, Funny Girl, Aladdin, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, and & Juliet.
See some quick data points below.
Number of Shows on Broadway: 33
Previous Week: 34
Total Gross: $31,558,171.45
Previous Week: $38,484,982.40
Total Attendance: 262,032
Previous Week: 282,895
Average Capacity: 9,078 (87.12%)
Previous Week: 9,243 (88.82%)
Average Paid Admission: $114.71
Previous Week: $125.62
Check out the individual show grosses for the week ending in April 23, 2023.
NOTES:
- PETER PAN GOES WRONG opened at the Barrymore on 4/19.
- THE THANKSGIVING PLAY opened at the Hayes on 4/20.
- PRIMA FACIE opened at the Golden on 4/23.
- GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR is in previews at the Belasco and opens on 4/24.
- SUMMER, 1976 is in previews at the Friedman and opens on 4/25.
- NEW YORK, NEW YORK is in previews at the St. James and opens on 4/26.
Thanks to the Broadway League for sharing this data.
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