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Broadway Grosses: Broadway Sizzles as 11 Shows Top $1 Million at the Box Office

Broadway Grosses: Broadway Sizzles as 11 Shows Top $1 Million at the Box Office

People always talk about a "Tony bump" at the box office when audiences snap up tickets to shows that caught their fancy during the awards telecast. Well, the bump this year is a biggie, as 11 Broadway shows topped $1 million for the week and two others grossed more than $900,000. Perennial faves The Lion King, Wicked and The ...

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Broadway Grosses: Tony-Winning Musical Kinky Boots Plays to Full Houses

Broadway Grosses: Tony-Winning Musical Kinky Boots Plays to Full Houses

During the week leading up to the Tony Awards audiences packed into many of the season's biggest new shows including eventual Best Musical winner Kinky Boots. Ticket sales for Cyndi Lauper's tuner keep climbing as the show is already playing to sold out crowds. Newcomers Lucky Guy, Motown, Matilda, I'll Eat You Last and Pippin are also ...

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Broadway Grosses: Lucky Guy, Starring Tom Hanks, Continues to Play to Sold-Out Houses

Broadway Grosses: Lucky Guy, Starring Tom Hanks, Continues to Play to Sold-Out Houses

New York theatergoes continue to pack in the Broadhurst Theater to catch Tom Hanks make his Broadway debut in Lucky Guy. The show played to a very healthy 101.64% capacity this week. New hit musicals Motown and Kinky Boots are also playing to standing room only crowds. 

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Broadway Grosses $1.14 Billion in 2012-13 Season; Hurricane Sandy Impacted Sales

Broadway Grosses $1.14 Billion in 2012-13 Season; Hurricane Sandy Impacted Sales

Despite a 2012-13 season full of hit musicals like Matilda and Kinky Boots and big-name stars like Tom Hanks, attendance is down on Broadway, according to the end-of-season statistics released by the Broadway League. 11.6 million people saw a Broadway show during the 2012-13 season, down 6% from last year. Broadway grossed $1.14 billion in ticket sales, down ...

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Broadway Grosses: Audiences Keep Dancing to the Hits of Motown Over Holiday Weekend

Broadway Grosses: Audiences Keep Dancing to the Hits of Motown Over Holiday Weekend

The Memorial Day holiday weekend helped many Broadway shows boost their ticket sales. Audiences looking for some great music history continue to head to Motown as the new tuner pulled in over $1.3 million and played to sold out crowds. The Tony-nominated revival of Pippin also broke the house record at the Music Box Theatre for the third straight ...

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Broadway Grosses: Kinky Boots Enjoys a Killer Week at the Box Office

Broadway Grosses: Kinky Boots Enjoys a Killer Week at the Box Office

Broadway enjoyed a bump at the box office this week with grosses and capacities rising across the board. The Audience Choice Award, Outer Critics and Drama League-winning musical Kinky Boots was the fiercest new musical in town this week, landing in the top five for both gross and capacity. Meanwhile, the Drama Desk-winning revival of Pippin broke another house record ...

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Broadway Grosses: Pippin Breaks Box Office Record

Broadway Grosses: Pippin Breaks Box Office Record

The Tony-nominated revival of Pippin is definitely doing magic on Broadway. The musical broke the house record at the Music Box Theatre this week earning $861,233. Bette Midler's solo show I'll Eat You Last also broke the house record at the Booth for the third time. Meanwhile Constantine Maroulis' dueling identities said farewell to Broadway as Jekyll ...

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Broadway Grosses: Bette Midler Breaks Box Office Record with I'll Eat You Last

Broadway Grosses: Bette Midler Breaks Box Office Record with I'll Eat You Last

Audiences are having a grand time as Bette Midler dishes Hollywood gossip from her couch at the Booth Theater where John Logan's new comedy I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers is packing in crowds. The show broke the theater's house record earning $753,217 for a seven performance week. Another solo show however said ...

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Lucky Indeed: Lucky Guy, Starring Tom Hanks, Recoups on Broadway

Lucky Indeed: Lucky Guy, Starring Tom Hanks, Recoups on Broadway

Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy, which marks the Broadway debut of Tom Hanks, has recouped its $3.6 million investment just two months after beginning preview performances at the Broadhurst Theatre, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Lucky Guy follows the rise and fall (and rise again) of famed tabloid columnist Mike McAlary, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the corrupt police ...

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Broadway Grosses: The Rascals Reunion Rocks Broadway

Broadway Grosses: The Rascals Reunion Rocks Broadway

The 2012-13 Broadway season is officially over, and several new shows are proving to be box office hits as Kinky Boots, Lucky Guy, Matilda and Motown continue to gross over $1 million. Audiences eager to relive rock history headed to the Rodgers Theatre where The Rascals reunion show Once Upon a Dream played to a healthy 91.77% capacity and ...

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