Death of a Salesman, starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, played its first two Broadway previews last week to 100 percent capacity at the Winter Garden Theatre.
The revival, the second Scott Rudin project on Broadway this season, grossed a strong $329,821 for its first two performances. The play is set to open April 9, amid a rush of plays and musicals that will open before the Tonys eligibility cutoff on April 26.
Every Brilliant Thing, the one-man show starring Daniel Radcliffe, continues to perform well at the box office, bringing in $1.15 million across nine performances last week, and playing to 96 percent capacity at the Hudson Theatre. The play is set to open March 12.
Overall, industry grosses were up 8 percent from the prior week, as productions shook off lingering effects from the snowstorm and show cancellations.
The top five grossing shows last week were Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, continuing to be propelled by Tom Felton, with $2.4 million, Hamilton with $1.8 million, Just In Time with $1.6 million, Chicago with $1.44 million, across a nine-show week, and Wicked with $1.41 million.
Chicago is getting a big boost from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt, currently playing Roxie Hart, who has been drawing in crowds since starting Feb. 2. Leavitt extended her run through May 3, as her former Dancing With The Stars co-star Mark Ballas joins the show as Billy Flynn starting March 6.
All Out: Comedy About Ambition ended its limited Broadway run March 8 with attendance jumping back up to 92 percent, up from 80 percent the week before, and grosses increasing about $100,000 to $694,210. Still, the production, which featured a rotating cast of stars from the worlds of SNL and more, did not perform as well as last season’s All In: Comedy About Love, by the same team, which was often one of the top weekly grossing shows.
Bug, starring Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood, also wrapped up its limited Broadway run March 8 with grosses increasing about $100,000 to $424,743 and capacity increasing to 96 percent from 83 percent. The play hit its highest gross of its run the week ended Jan. 18, when it brought in $573,302.
