Broadway Grosses: Wife Waves Farewell

This season will have a host of one-person shows: Mario Cantone's Laugh Whore has already opened, Eve Ensler's The Good Body is in previews and three more Dame Edna: Back With A Vengeance!, Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays and Jackie Mason's Freshly Squeezed are on their way. Last week Broadway bid goodbye to an illustrious one-person show from last season, the Tony-winning I Am My Own Wife. The play had been doing well at the box office for the last few weeks, and its final one was no exception. Wife made $269,191 $142,838 more than the second highest-grossing one-person show, Laugh Whore and filled the Lyceum Theatre to an impressive 85.48% capacity on average.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending October 31:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,195,979
2. The Lion King $1,037,102
3. Mamma Mia! $873,301
4. The Producers $819,400
5. Hairspray $746,857

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. 'night, Mother $174,099*
4. Laugh Whore $126,352
3. Forever Tango $109,840
2. Golda's Balcony $91,671
1. The Good Body $70,564*

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Wicked 100%
2. Avenue Q 97.72%
3. Mamma Mia! 95.89%
4. Reckless 94.58%
5. Hairspray 91.74%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Golda's Balcony 43.51%
4. Laugh Whore 42.98%
3. 'night, Mother 42.86%*
2. The Good Body 27.90%*
1. Forever Tango 17.69%

*Number based on eight preview performances.

Data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers.