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Broadway Grosses: Evita Breaks Box Office Records

Broadway Grosses: Evita Breaks Box Office Records

The money keeps rolling in for Evita! The Tony-nominated revival broke the house record at the Marquis Theatre for the seventh time, securing a spot among the top three highest grossing shows alongside long-running hits The Lion King and Wicked. Broadway said farewell to the hit revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (which just ended its ...

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Broadway Grosses: The Best Man Wins Box Office Votes

Broadway Grosses: The Best Man Wins Box Office Votes

The 2011-12 Broadway season is officially over! Long-running hits The Lion King, Wicked and The Book of Mormon held the top spots during the season's final week. Newcomers like Evita and Death of a Salesman also continued to do big business, with Salesman breaking the house record at the Barrymore Theatre yet again. Another starry revival is also playing ...

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Broadway Grosses: Death of a Salesman Continues to Break Records

Broadway Grosses: Death of a Salesman Continues to Break Records

With only one week left in the 2011-2012 theater season, Broadway box offices have been plenty busy. Death of a Salesman and Evita are proving to be two of the spring's biggest new shows. Salesman broke the house record at the Barrymore Theatre for a fourth time by pulling in $892,533 for only seven performances. Evita surpassed Spider-Man ...

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Broadway Grosses: Newsies Hits Million Dollar Mark

Broadway Grosses: Newsies Hits Million Dollar Mark

This week at the box office Wicked and The Lion King took in over $2 million for the second week in a row, and Newsies is selling plenty of papes, er tickets. The show is packing in standing room only crowds and crossed the $1 million mark for the first time during its run. Long-running hits Mary Poppins, The Phantom ...

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The Lion King Surpasses Phantom as Broadway’s All-Time Highest Grossing Show

The Lion King Surpasses Phantom as Broadway’s All-Time Highest Grossing Show

Disney’s Tony-winning blockbuster The Lion King has surpassed Broadway’s longest-running show Phantom of the Opera as Broadway’s all-time highest grossing show, according to CBSnews.com. The Lion King, which recently became Broadway’s sixth longest-running musical, has grossed a total of $853,846,062 during its run, while Phantom’s cumulative gross is $853,122,847.

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Broadway Grosses: Three Shows Cross $2 Million Mark Over Holiday Week

Broadway Grosses: Three Shows Cross $2 Million Mark Over Holiday Week

Holiday crowds hopped to Broadway over the Easter weekend with the majority of shows experiencing healthy bumps in their ticket sales. Wicked, The Lion King and Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark all even crossed the $2 million mark. The Easter holiday also boosted the box office of religious-themed shows including Jesus Christ Superstar ($904,660) and Sister Act ($860,625 ...

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Broadway Grosses: Nice Work Gets Off to Nice Start

Broadway Grosses: Nice Work Gets Off to Nice Start

New shows continue to open their doors on Broadway as four productions (Clybourne Park, Don't Dress For Dinner, Nice Work If You Can Get It and Peter and the Starcatcher) began their runs this week. Nice Work pulled in a healthy $504,314 for only four performances. Other new offerings like Evita, Newsies and Once also continue to fill ...

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Broadway Grosses: Death of a Salesman, Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Breaks Records

Broadway Grosses: Death of a Salesman, Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Breaks Records

New shows continue to head to Broadway as spring approaches, with Magic/Bird and End of the Rainbow joining the boards last week. In its first week of full regular performances, the starry revival of Death of a Salesman broke the house record at the Barrymore Theatre by taking in $777,953 for seven performances. Other new entries Evita and ...

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Broadway Grosses: Evita Crosses Million Dollar Mark in First Week

Broadway Grosses: Evita Crosses Million Dollar Mark in First Week

With spring break tourists beginning to fill New York, many shows saw their numbers jump during a week that welcomed three new productions to Broadway. Despite a flood at the theater that canceled two performances, Broadway's first-ever revival of Evita got off to a stellar start by banking over $1 million in its first week, and nearly selling out ...

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Broadway Grosses: Spring Comes to Broadway as New Shows Fill Houses

Broadway Grosses: Spring Comes to Broadway as New Shows Fill Houses

Ticket sales were up for most shows this week, as Wicked spent another week on top. Tony-winning musical The Book of Mormon managed to break the house record at the Eugene O'Neill yet again, marking the 30th time the show has done so. The Best Man began performances and raked in $614,511 for its first week. Several other ...

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