Broadway Grosses: Twelfth Night Breaks Records, Beautiful Packs the House & Bridges Joins the Boards

Audiences are still clamoring to catch Mark Rylance pull double-duty as the neurotic, lovestruck Countess Olivia in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and then as the murderous titular madman of The Bard's Richard III. The shows, performed in repertory, broke the house record of Broadway’s Belasco Theatre for the fourth time. Meanwhile, Beautiful, starring Tony nominee Jessie Mueller, packed in huge crowds this week, playing to over 97 percent capacity at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and The Bridges of Madison County, starring four-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale, began Broadway previews.

Read below to find out who was on top and who was not for the week ending January 19:


FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)

1. The Book of Mormon ($1,750,313)

2. Wicked ($1,749,967)

3. The Lion King ($1,653,132)

4. Kinky Boots ($1,527,348)

5. Motown The Musical ($1,169,588)



UNDERDOGS (By Gross)

5. Rock of Ages ($361,214)

4. A Night with Janis Joplin ($339,451)

3. Outside Mullingar ($282,706)
2. Machinal ($214,329)*

1. Bronx Bombers ($167,974)



FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)

1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)

2. Twelfth Night/Richard III (101.94%)

3. Wicked (98.62%)

4. Beautiful (97.77%)

5. The Lion King (97.74%)



UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)

5. The Phantom of the Opera (73.12%)

4. Cinderella (72.71%)

3. A Night with Janis Joplin (69.09%)

2. Jersey Boys (68.53%)

1. Bronx Bombers (61.90%)



*Number based on 3 preview performances and 5 regular performances