‘Sunset Blvd.’ Tops $1M, ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Sells Out – Broadway Box Office
- Sunset Blvd. revival starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis grossed over $1 million in weekly grosses, with opening night set for October 20.
Sunset Blvd. , Jamie Lloyd’s revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, topped the $1 million mark in weekly grosses last week, filling the St. James Theatre for all six previews and joining the ranks of McNeal and Romeo + Juliet as Broadway’s most recent powerhouse newcomers.
Though it fell short of sell-out with attendance at about 93% capacity, Sunset Blvd. took in a strong $1,075,922for the week ending October 6. Opening night for the revival is October 20.
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Staying strong was Romeo + Juliet , director Sam Gold’s Shakespeare adaptation starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, at standing room only for 7 previews at Circle in the Square and a $950,099take. Opening night is October 24.
McNeal , with Robert Downey Jr. in his Broadway debut, had a good opening week at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, filling the venue and grossing $969,768for six performances.
Also opening last week – to better reviews but lesser business – was Yellow Face , starring Daniel Dae Kim at the Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre, filling about 88% of seats and grossing $298,725.
Other shows in previews include Our Town , Kenny Leon’s staging of the Thornton Wilder classic with Jim Parsons leading a big starry cast, filled 74% of seats at the Barrymore, grossing $562,408. Opening night is October 10. Left on Tenth , the Susan Stroman-directed romantic comedy based on the Delia Ephron memoir and starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher, grossed $466,850with 7 previews, filling 69% of seats at the James Earl Jones Theatre. Opening night is October 23.
Of the 32 shows on the boards last week, five sold out – McNeal, Oh, Mary!, Romeo + Juliet, The Outsiders and Wicked , while Hadestown, Hell’s Kitchen, Moulin Rouge!, Stereophonic, The Book of Mormon and Wicked came very close.
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club , newly starring Adam Lambert and Auli’I Cravalho, was still finding its new legs, taking a pretty steep tumble since the show’s peak weeks with Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin. And Lambert called out of last Friday’s show, resulting in a large number of refunded or rescheduled tickets, with the weekly gross of $938,186down $51,615 from the previous week. Attendance was at 87% of capacity for the week at the revamped August Wilson.
Water For Elephants saw an uptick in business following its December 8 closing announcement , jumping $32,137 over the previous week to $656,034. Attendance at the Imperial remained at a lackluster 62% though.
In all, the 32 Broadway shows took in $29,633,660for the week ending October 6, up about 12% from the previous week and 10% from the same time last year. Attendance was 253,475, up 8% from the previous week, 20% from last season. About 87% of available seats were filled.
Season to date, Broadway, in the 20th week of the 2024-25 season, has grossed $615,653,855, up about 8% over last year at this time, with total attendance of 4,994,986up about 7%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For complete box office listings, visit the League’s website .
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