Oh Mary! broke the field workplace report on the Lyceum Theatre for the sixth time final week, with a gross of $1.16 million.
The present, written by and starring Cole Escola as a reimagined Mary Todd Lincoln, has performed to 100% capability nearly each week of its run, which started on the finish of June. The play additionally had the best common paid admission within the business final week, with a mean ticket value of $162.25, edging out reveals corresponding to Hamilton, finest musical winner The Outsiders and the brand new play McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr.
McNeal, which remains to be in previews on the Lincoln Middle’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, stands out among the many crop of recent reveals coming this fall, having pulled in a powerful $1.2 million throughout seven performances final week (the theater has a bigger seating capability than Oh Mary!). The play, which depicts Downey as an writer obsessive about synthetic intelligence, is ready to open on Sept. 30.
The revival of Our City, starring Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes and Zoey Deutch, started previews on the Barrymore Theatre Sept. 17, pulling in slightly below $600,000 throughout its first seven preview performances and taking part in to a capability of 85 p.c. The play is ready to open Oct. 10.
Jez Butterworth’s The Hills of California, a West Finish switch which started previews on the Broadhurst Theatre on Sept. 11, introduced in $535,527 throughout its first week of eight performances and performed to 75 p.c capability. The play is ready to open Sept. 29.
The highest 5 grossing reveals continued to be populated by The Lion King, Depraved and Hamilton, with The Outsiders and Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen taking the fourth and fifth slots.
Cabaret, which has been throughout the prime 5 within the business in prior weeks, noticed Adam Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho take over the lead roles on Sept. 16 from Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin. The present introduced in simply over $1 million final week, nevertheless it additionally gave out comped press tickets.