Broadway Grosses: Another Busy Fall Week, with Three Shows Joining the Mix

News By Broadway.com Staff October 26, 2009 - 5:40PM

The cast of 'In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play'

A total of 32 shows are now playing on Broadway, with a handful more due by the end of the year.

With three news entries (Fela!, In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play and Ragtime) beginning previews, a total of 32 Broadway shows are now vying for theatergoers’ attention. In a week that saw overall grosses decline slightly, the biggies (musicals such as Wicked and Billy Elliot and the smash hit play A Steady Rain) stayed big, while other newcomers struggled to gain a foothold.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending October 25:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,525,772)
2. Billy Elliot ($1,429,330)
3. The Lion King ($1,291,847)
4. A Steady Rain (1,213,983)
5. Jersey Boys ($1,175,433)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Fela! ($219,116)*
4. After Miss Julie ($216,363)**
3. The 39 Steps ($209,952)
2. The Neil Simon Plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs ($124,720)***
1. In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play ($56,201)****

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. God of Carnage (102.24%)*****
2. A Steady Rain (101.26%)
3. Jersey Boys (101.25%)
4. Billy Elliot (100.04%)
5. Wicked (99.72%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Superior Donuts (65.79%)
4. Burn the Floor (63.78%)
3. The Neil Simon Plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs (60.88%)***
2. Shrek the Musical (60.79%)
1. In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play (46.37%)****

*Number based on six preview performances.
**Number based on three preview and five regular performances.
***Number based on seven preview and one regular performance.
****Number based on four preview performances.
*****Number based on seven regular performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.