Broadway Grosses: Tony-Nominated Tuners Play Packed Houses as the Big Sunday Approaches

It's the week before the Tonys and audiences are scrambling to catch some nominated shows before they potentially bring home top honors at Radio City Music Hall! Three of this year's four Best Musical nominees (Aladdin, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder) played to full houses, as did the revivals of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and A Raisin in the Sun. While Act One and Mothers and Sons both appeared in the bottom five by gross and capacity, a win for either Best Play or for their leading players (Tony Shalhoub and Tyne Daly, respectively) could help boost them out of the underdogs. We'll have to tune in on June 8 to find out!

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending June 1:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Lion King ($1,959,485)
2. Wicked ($1,804,729)
3. The Book of Mormon ($1,628,410)
4. Kinky Boots ($1,358,527)
5. Aladdin ($1,196,720)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Act One ($395,328) 
4. Violet ($365,403) 
3. Rock of Ages ($291,010)
2. Casa Valentina ($245,811)
1. Mothers and Sons ($159,811)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (102.31%)*
3. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (100.55%)
4. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (100.24%)
5. Aladdin (100.04%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Act One (63.79%)
4. Rocky (63.11%)
3. Once (62.36%)
2. Bullets Over Broadway (61.27%)
1. Mothers and Sons (41.44%)

*Number based on 7 regular performances

Source: The Broadway League