Blame it on the rain? Broadway box office dropped by 11% last week as New York suffered a decidedly soggy Nor’easter weekend. All but three of the 26 productions on the boards saw a drop in grosses from the previous week, with the total tally coming in at $24,093,388 (compared with $27,070,361…

Broadway enjoyed a crisp upturn last week as autumn peeked around the corner, with a few shows benefiting from popular new cast members and one production seeing a final-week boost from last-chancers. In the former category were Oh, Mary!, a sell-out with newly arrived Bowen Yang in the lead…

Could Reece Weaver, breakout star of the Netflix series America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, be following in Whitney Leavitt’s tap-dancing shoes in bringing crowds to Broadway’s Chicago? The box office figures from last week suggest yes. Weaver’s first week as Roxie Hart…

Broadway held steady as the summer season came to a close with the Labor Day holiday, with the 25 productions grossing a total $26,258,361 for the week ending September 6. The total reps a small 2% increase over the previous week and about a 4% jump over last year at this time. Total attendance…

The final performances of Moulin Rouge! The Musical easily topped this week’s Broadway box office chart, grossing a big $2,336,973 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, a nice jump of $140,768 over the previous week. With original, Tony-winning cast member Aaron Tveit back as Christian for the engagement’s…

For the second consecutive week, Broadway’s Paranormal Activity sold out the August Wilson Theatre, and even with five heavily comped press previews the Levi Holloway play grossed $729,250. Paranormal, directed by Felix Barrett and inspired by the popular film franchise, began previews August 14…

Broadway’s Ragtime went out on a huge note Sunday, breaking its own box office record to become the highest grossing Broadway show in the history of Lincoln Center Theater. The musical revival, directed by Lincoln Center Theater’s artistic director Lear deBessonet, grossed a whooping $1,963,666 for…

Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Death of a Salesman ended their Broadway runs on very high notes, posting the biggest grosses of their engagements. Jellicle, closing five months earlier than planned and prompting considerable discussion (and lamentation) within the industry about production costs…

Cats: The Jellicle Ball posted its best box office numbers ever last week as the show enters its final life on Broadway. With its early closing date of August 8 fast approaching, the production was at standing room only for the week ending August 2, grossing $1,405,709. That’s an increase of $216,278…

Broadway was on a bit of a rebound last week, with box office for the 30 productions jumping up by about 13% over the previous week, hitting a total $34,864,840 with attendance of 273,061 showing a 7% increase over the previous week and 11% over last season at this time. Just about every…

Broadway box office slumped a bit last week with a slightly thinner roster and some of the longer-running productions taking their hits and ever-popular Oh, Mary! showing the strain of new star Meg Stalter missing some performances and Every Brilliant Thing‘s recent arrival Tracee Ellis Ross settling…

Broadway proved little match for fireworks last week, as every one of the 32 productions took the usual Fourth of July holiday hit at the box office. In all, the total receipts of $29,331,200 were down 20% from the previous week. Granted, there were three fewer shows on the boards (Death Become…