The Tony Awards impact has hit Broadway grosses.
Sundown Blvd noticed the largest post-Tonys bump final week with its grosses leaping up greater than $400,000 from the prior week to achieve $1.7 million.
Nicole Scherzinger, star of the present, gained a Tony Award for her efficiency on the ceremony June 8 and likewise carried out as a part of the telecast. The present additionally gained greatest revival of a musical. Sundown Blvd’s common ticket worth additionally elevated to $138 from $110 the week earlier than and capability elevated to 92 p.c from 89 p.c.
Function, which took residence the Tony Award for greatest play and one for featured actress Kara Younger, additionally noticed a $100,000 enhance in grosses, hitting $636,381 final week, which is the very best gross of its run but. The play opened March 17 on the Hayes Theater and has had a excessive capability all through its run.
Oh Mary!, which misplaced out on greatest play, however took residence trophies for its lead, Cole Escola, and director Sam Pinkleton, noticed its grosses shoot up $152,000 final week to hit $1.35 million, marking the twelfth time the play has damaged the home file on the Lyceum Theater. The common ticket worth additionally elevated to $189, which is the very best but of its run.
Perhaps Pleased Ending was the large winner on the Tony Awards final week, taking residence 5 Tonys, together with greatest musical, greatest rating, greatest e-book and greatest main actor in a musical for its star, Darren Criss. The musical additionally hit the very best gross of its run final week, reaching $1.2 million, with a modest enhance of about $77,000 from the prior week.
Alternatively, Actual Ladies Have Curves introduced Tuesday that it could be ending its run June 29. The musical carried out on the Tonys telecast, however didn’t take residence any trophies after being nominated for greatest rating and featured actress in a musical. Nevertheless, the musical, which opened April 27, had already seen low capability and grosses on the James Earl Jones Theatre main as much as the ceremony. Final week, the musical hit the bottom capability of its run, round 63 p.c, and its grosses fell $50,000 from the prior week to $365,252.
Othello, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington, and Good Night time and Good Luck, starring George Clooney, each performed their ultimate performances on June 8. Absent the 2 high-grossing reveals, the general trade gross was down 14 p.c final week from the prior week.
With out these two in rivalry, Depraved returned to the highest of the trade grosses, bringing in $2.34 million, adopted by Glengarry Glen Ross with $2.27 million, The Lion King with $2.09 million, Hamilton with $2.06 million after which Sundown Blvd.