Broadway Field Place of business Drops 14% To $19.7 Million All through First Week Of March

Broadway field place of job took a 14% stumble final week, with overall receipts for the nineteen productions losing to $19,746,606 from the former week’s sturdier $23,004,259. Overall attendance was once down via the similar proportion, to 153,269.

In all, about 78% of seats have been stuffed all the way through the week finishing March 6, a drop from the former week’s 92%. The typical price ticket worth – $129 – held even.

The cause of the drop was once now not straight away transparent, and figures for particular person presentations aren’t being equipped via The Broadway League this season, however the two weeks (together with Presidents Day vacation) previous to final week have been exceptionally robust, with field place of job mountaineering to $26M and $23M, respectively, the most productive numbers for the reason that arrival of the Omicron surge in January. Remaining week additionally marked the primary week following the once a year February two-for-one price ticket promotion for plenty of presentations, however the reasonable industry-wide price ticket worth wasn’t noticeably impacted.

Season so far, Broadway has grossed $519,521,959, with overall attendance of four,190,154 at about 81% of capability.

Productions reporting performances on Broadway all the way through the week finishing March 6 have been Aladdin; The E book of Mormon; Chicago; Come From Away; Corporate; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Pricey Evan Hansen; Hadestown; Hamilton; Harry Potter and the Cursed Kid; The Lion King; MJ; Moulin Rouge! The Musical!; The Tune Guy; The Phantom of the Opera; Plaza Suite; Six; Tina; and Depraved.

All figures courtesy of the Broadway League, which, by contrast to earlier years, isn’t freeing field place of job figures for particular person presentations this season because of the affect of Covid on taking part in schedules and different statistics.