In the Tony Awards homestretch, Broadway productions slipped only a tad in the post-Memorial Day holiday week, with total box office for the 38 productions sliding a negligible 4% to $34,573,185. Attendance for the first week of the new Broadway season – the week ending June 2 – was off only 3% from the holiday take, with 306,164 ticket-buyers in seats.
Two productions opened during Week 1, with Terrence McNally’s well-reviewed Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune, starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon at the Broadhurst, grossing $274,391, a small 23% of potential, attributable at least in part to opening night comps and press seats. Attendance was about 52% of capacity. Next week’s figures might better suggest whether those good reviews will translate at the b.o. Frankie And Johnny, which opened after the close of the Tony nomination period, has been left out of the awards hubbub.
The other opener was musician Yanni, playing a five-performance week...
Two productions opened during Week 1, with Terrence McNally’s well-reviewed Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune, starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon at the Broadhurst, grossing $274,391, a small 23% of potential, attributable at least in part to opening night comps and press seats. Attendance was about 52% of capacity. Next week’s figures might better suggest whether those good reviews will translate at the b.o. Frankie And Johnny, which opened after the close of the Tony nomination period, has been left out of the awards hubbub.
The other opener was musician Yanni, playing a five-performance week...
- 6/3/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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