Key Points
Last week, Broadway experienced a significant boost in box office earnings of almost 20%, as old and new productions collaborated to achieve this feat..
The Phantom of the Opera, a long-running show, earned a record-breaking $3 million in its weekly gross, while The Jonas Brothers' five-concert residency garnered $1.6 million...
Overall, the 29 productions on Broadway earned a total of $34,124,422, marking a 19.1% increase from the previous week ending on March 19, with 259,832 people in attendance, a 13% increase..
Another sold-out production, Shucked, a new musical comedy by Robert Horn, Brandy Clark, and Shane McAnally at the Nederlander, had a more modest gross of $456,719 for seven previews, owing to the "Preview Pricing" policy that kept the average ticket price at $55.72..
Two productions opened officially last week: Parade, which was a standing-room-only success at the Bernard B. Jacobs theatre with a remarkable gross of $1,040,882, and Bob Fosse's Dancin' at the Music Box, which had a 90% seat-fill and grossed $564,506...
