Romeo + Juliet, Sam Gold’s new Broadway adaptation of the Shakespeare classic starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, sold out its first three preview performances last week, filling Circle in the Square beyond its seating capacity with a strong average ticket price at $178.94.
(NOTE: A previous version of this article stated Romeo + Juliet had the week’s top average ticket price; that distinction actually goes to Sunset Blvd., with an average ticket of $187.42.)
The modern-dress Romeo + Juliet, one of a half-dozen new productions to hit New York in recent weeks, was standing room only and grossed $441,258 for the three previews last week. Romeo + Juliet opens October 24.
The average ticket price overall for Broadway last week was $112.57.
Also jumping in with a strong start, Sunset Blvd., Jamie Lloyd’s revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, filled the St. James for its first preview, grossing $304,934. Opening night is October 20. And McNeal, the new play starring Robert Downey Jr. in his Broadway debut, opened to mixed reviews but filled every seat at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, grossing a whopping $1,151,402 for seven shows.
Other recent arrivals are taking a bit longer to find their legs, including The Hills of California, Jez Butterworth’s wonderful new play that opened last week, scoring $390,470 for six previews and the invited-guest September 29 opening night performance, and filling 88% of seats at the Broadhurst.
Also in previews last week, Yellow Face, starring Daniel Dae Kim and opening tonight at the Todd Haimes Theatre, took in $313,112, filling about 89% of the venue’s seats. Our Town, with a big cast including Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes, Richard Thomas, Zoey Deutch, Ephraim Sykes and more, was at 79% of capacity at the Barrymore, grossing $632,063. 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, began previews at the James Earl Jones Theatre, grossing $361,709 for four performances, with attendance at 79% of capacity. Opening night is October 23.
Some other figures of note for the week ending September 29: Covid struck The Roommate again, this time hitting Patti LuPone (her costar Mia Farrow was out sick a couple weeks ago). With three weekend performances canceled, grosses dropped $176,143 to $352,795; Hell’s Kitchen, with a non-Covid illness hitting the company, canceled two mid-week performances, slipping $136,673 from the previous week but still grossing a big $1,154,611.
And once again, Oh, Mary! broke its own house record (the 7th time, but who’s counting) at the Lyceum, selling out and grossing an eye-popping $1,163,957.
On the lower end of the Broadway chart’s attendance figures, Water For Elephants was at just 62% of capacity at the Imperial, grossing $623,896; and Back To The Future filled 65% of seats at the Winter Garden, grossing $604,387.
In all, the 32 Broadway productions on the boards for the week ending September 29 grossed a total $26,449,033, up 5% from the previous week, with attendance of 234,963 up 4%.
Season to date, Broadway, in the 19th week of the 2024-25 season, has grossed $586,020,195, up about 8% over last year at this time, with total attendance of 4,741,511 up about 6%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For complete box office listings, visit the League’s website.