Broadway Box Office: Week 5: 06.25 - 07.01.12

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Broadway Box Office

Week #5 of the 2012 - 2013 Season

June 25 - July 1; 30 Productions

The summer slow down continues, with the departure of two more shows, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Lyons as of the 1st of July.  The Lyons left with a whimper, not a roar, finishing its run 30th out of 30 shows, which is really too bad.  It was a funny, thought-provoking play with dynamic performances.  Superstar fared somewhat better, posting both the biggest gain in attendance for the week (up 23.4%) and at the BO (up $172,256), which is relatively significant in that most shows remained pretty flat, fluctuating only a few dollars and percents.  The good news is that both The Book of Mormon and Once posted new records at the BO, particularly good news for the latter, as it seems a pretty safe bet to call the show "a hit," not just a Tony-winner.  Seems the world can handle a small, quiet,artistic and emotional show after all.  Porgy and Bess is really struggling without Audra McDonald, and is the lowest performing musical on Broadway.  With her return this week, we shall see if there is any significant bump on the charts.  But the biggest loser of the week in both categories was Nice Work If You Can Get It, the Gershwin snoozer, down 14.5% and down $193,762.  Nice work, indeed... Happy 4th!

RANK THIS WEEK	SHOW TITLE	SHOW TYPE	THEATRE	RANK LAST WEEK	UP/ DOWN
1	The Book of Mormon	Musical	Eugene O'Neill	1	Same
2	Disney's The Lion King	Musical	Minskoff	2	Same
3	Disney's Newsies: The Musical	Musical	Nederlander	5	+2
4 tie	Once	Musical	Bernard B. Jacobs	3	-1
4 tie	Wicked	Musical	Gershwin	3	-1
6	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	Musical	Foxwoods	7	+1
7	Rock of Ages	Musical	Helen Hayes	6	-1
8	Peter and the Starcatcher	Play	Brooks Atkinson	9	+1
9	Jersey Boys	Musical	August Wilson	8	-1
10	Evita	Musical Revival	Marquis	11	+1
11	Harvey	Play Revival	Studio 54	14	+3
12 tie	One Man, Two Guvnors	Play	Music Box	12	Same
12 tie	Gore Vidal's The Best Man	Play Revival	Gerald Schoenfeld	13	+1
14	Disney's Mary Poppins	Musical	New Amsterdam	16	+2
15 tie	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	Majestic	15	Same
15 tie	Chicago	Musical Revival	Ambassador	17	+1
17	Mamma Mia	Musical	Winter Garden	19	+2
18	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Musical	Imperial	11	-7
19	Jesus Christ Superstar	Musical Revival	Neil Simon	28	+9
20	Anything Goes	Musical Revival	Stephen Sondheim	21	+1
21	War Horse	Play	Vivian Beaumont	18	-3
22	Sister Act	Musical	Broadway	26	+4
23	Clybourne Park	Play	Walter Kerr	22	-1
24 tie	Ghost: The Musical	Musical	Lunt-Fontanne	23	-1
24 tie	The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess	Musical Revival	Richard Rodgers	24	Same
24 tie	The Columnist	Play	Samuel J. Friedman	29	+5
27	Memphis	Musical	Shubert	27	Same
28	A Streetcar Named Desire	Play	Broadhurst	31	+3
29	End of the Rainbow	Play	Belasco	29	+1
30	The Lyons	Play	Cort	32	+2

SRO: The Book of Mormon, Newsies, Harvey, Once, The Lion King

$100+ Tickets: The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Wicked, Once, Evita, spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Rock of Ages, Newsies, The Best Man, Nice Work If You Can Get It, One Man, Two Guvnors

$2M Club: Wicked

$1M Club: The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Evita, Newsies, Once

Jeff

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