How high can ultra-hot "Hamilton" go? Judging by the box office numbers last week, up ranked No. 4 in the top 10 Broadway - and that was only in the third week of the series of previews.
On the way to his inauguration on August 6, touted musical "Hamilton" ($ 1,490,816) fell within walking distance of $ 1.5 million and hit a big hand recipients of "The Book of Mormon" ($ 1,474,355 ) and "An American in Paris" ($ 1,388,952) for land behind the first three weeks. Benefiting from the kind of national profile that would kill any new musical, the show has become a hot ticket celebrity-inspired magnet heady think pieces newspaper magazines and flattering profiles chat between racks between Jon Stewart and President Obama. And observers are betting on Broadway that are very good reviews in the bag, considering the mainstays of the show and won his Off Broadway debut earlier this year.
"Hamilton" better yet reached its tally in its first week eight previews, as opposed to the seven he had done in each of the previous weeks. The show apparently has nowhere to go but up, but next week will probably see as something of a dent in sales, which feature performances by critics (starting tonight) and which largely compensated for August 06 opening. But look for production to swing back up - and potentially up itself - if "Hamilton" wins accolades anticipated later this week.
Overall, Broadway remained stable last week in a warm setting healthy climate, with high interest in the securities of renowned encourage both "The Lion King" ($ 2,624,288) and "Wicked" ($ 2,118,401) to play nine performances each compared to the usual eight, in order to capitalize on demand. Behind them, "Aladdin" ($ 1,854,407) led his-best tally of history and landed in third place in the table for the tenth consecutive week.
For another indicator that tourists were in town last week, looks at sales in the long corridor of "The Phantom of the Opera" ($ 1,090,526), the 26-year-old show returns to the club of millionaires when crowds of visitors to the city are to catch a Broadway landmark. Recent-vintage Crowd-pleasers did a lot, so, too, with "Penn & Teller on Broadway" ($ 1,304,660), "Finding Neverland" ($ 1,200,295), "The King and I" ($ 1,134,145) and "Something rotten!" ($ 1,073,132), all surpassing $ 1 million each.
So did the "Act of God" ($ 1,074,778), the comedy of Jim Parsons who played his final picture last week along with another set of star-driven, "Fish in the Dark" ($ 841,809). Both posted gains driven business last minute.
Not all the shows on the boards rebounded, though. "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" ($ 390,829 for seven performances), for example, does not seem to be attracting new audiences to the show that was a box office record breaker Neil Patrick Harris in the lead role, and critically well received game "Mano God "($ 285,603) saw sales dip even lower than they have been recently. Even champions Tony "Fun Home" ($ 782.634) and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" ($ 842.068) slowed a little, but not enough to affect anyone.
Broadway's total sales rose about $ 700,000 to $ 28.8 million for 28 programs on the boards, and attendance increased approximately 4000 (roughly equivalent to audiences housed in additional performances of "The Lion King" and "Wicked ") to 259,904. Next week, look for the general box office to begin to decline - thanks to the start of the slowdown in August, the "Hamilton" compositions and the fact that there are two fewer Broadway shows running now is sans "Act God "and" Fish in the Dark ".
On the way to his inauguration on August 6, touted musical "Hamilton" ($ 1,490,816) fell within walking distance of $ 1.5 million and hit a big hand recipients of "The Book of Mormon" ($ 1,474,355 ) and "An American in Paris" ($ 1,388,952) for land behind the first three weeks. Benefiting from the kind of national profile that would kill any new musical, the show has become a hot ticket celebrity-inspired magnet heady think pieces newspaper magazines and flattering profiles chat between racks between Jon Stewart and President Obama. And observers are betting on Broadway that are very good reviews in the bag, considering the mainstays of the show and won his Off Broadway debut earlier this year.
"Hamilton" better yet reached its tally in its first week eight previews, as opposed to the seven he had done in each of the previous weeks. The show apparently has nowhere to go but up, but next week will probably see as something of a dent in sales, which feature performances by critics (starting tonight) and which largely compensated for August 06 opening. But look for production to swing back up - and potentially up itself - if "Hamilton" wins accolades anticipated later this week.
Overall, Broadway remained stable last week in a warm setting healthy climate, with high interest in the securities of renowned encourage both "The Lion King" ($ 2,624,288) and "Wicked" ($ 2,118,401) to play nine performances each compared to the usual eight, in order to capitalize on demand. Behind them, "Aladdin" ($ 1,854,407) led his-best tally of history and landed in third place in the table for the tenth consecutive week.
For another indicator that tourists were in town last week, looks at sales in the long corridor of "The Phantom of the Opera" ($ 1,090,526), the 26-year-old show returns to the club of millionaires when crowds of visitors to the city are to catch a Broadway landmark. Recent-vintage Crowd-pleasers did a lot, so, too, with "Penn & Teller on Broadway" ($ 1,304,660), "Finding Neverland" ($ 1,200,295), "The King and I" ($ 1,134,145) and "Something rotten!" ($ 1,073,132), all surpassing $ 1 million each.
So did the "Act of God" ($ 1,074,778), the comedy of Jim Parsons who played his final picture last week along with another set of star-driven, "Fish in the Dark" ($ 841,809). Both posted gains driven business last minute.
Not all the shows on the boards rebounded, though. "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" ($ 390,829 for seven performances), for example, does not seem to be attracting new audiences to the show that was a box office record breaker Neil Patrick Harris in the lead role, and critically well received game "Mano God "($ 285,603) saw sales dip even lower than they have been recently. Even champions Tony "Fun Home" ($ 782.634) and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" ($ 842.068) slowed a little, but not enough to affect anyone.
Broadway's total sales rose about $ 700,000 to $ 28.8 million for 28 programs on the boards, and attendance increased approximately 4000 (roughly equivalent to audiences housed in additional performances of "The Lion King" and "Wicked ") to 259,904. Next week, look for the general box office to begin to decline - thanks to the start of the slowdown in August, the "Hamilton" compositions and the fact that there are two fewer Broadway shows running now is sans "Act God "and" Fish in the Dark ".
