Broadway Grosses: Shuffle Along, Waitress & More Celebrate Best Musical Tony Nods with Box Office Boosts

As the Tony Awards approach, several shows are observing box office boosts as they boast their nominations. Shuffle Along, which received ten nominations including Best Musical, grossed $957,143—its highest intake of its run thus far—and exceeded capacity. Fellow Best Musical contenders Waitress and Bright Star also celebrated their biggest numbers to date (though the latter will still need more of a bump to flirt with the frontrunners). Rounding out the category, School of Rock took a slight decline, and there wasn’t much room for the already gangbusters Hamilton to go. In a week where usual frontrunner The Lion King played one less performance than the standard eight, the Broadway juggernaut took the top spot.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending May 15:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Hamilton ($1,686,168)
2. The Lion King ($1,651,070)
3. Wicked ($1,478,453)
4. Aladdin ($1,377,960)
5. The Book of Mormon ($1,341,902)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ($388,809)
4. Fun Home ($385,207)
3. Tuck Everlasting ($326,097)
2. The Father ($304,078)
1. Eclipsed ($291,497)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.38%)
2. Hamilton (101.59%)
3. Shuffle Along (101.53%)
4. Waitress (101.11%)
5. Long Day's Journey Into Night (97.64%)*

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Jersey Boys (61.78%)
4. Something Rotten! (60.23%)
3. Eclipsed (60.08%)
2. Tuck Everlasting (59.75%)
1. Finding Neverland (51.70%)

*Number based on seven regular performances

Source: The Broadway League