Broadway Box Office: Week 6: 07.02 - 07.08.12

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Broadway Box Office

Week #6 of the 2012 - 2013 Season

July 2 - 8; 28 Productions

Anything Goes went out in style, attendance-wise (93.7%), but must have comped a lot of tickets, ranking 26th of 28 in average ticket price.  The other closer, The Columnist, pretty much maintained its presence.  Overall, things remained the same, with most shows posting very modest gains or losses, within 1% or less either way.  On the other hand, the shows that were volatile showed something in common:  the biggest dropper in attendance was Peter and the Starcatcher, down 15% after losing Tony-winner Christian Borle. The biggest gainer was Porgy and Bess, up 14% with the return of Tony winner Audra McDonald.  That said, the Best Revival remains a struggler with only 62.4% attendance for the week.  But the biggest loser of the week was Evita, which, without Ricky Martin, fell a whopping 10 spots on the cart, down $547,538 at the BO and 11.3% in attendance.  The biggest winners, now in the mid-summer tourist boom, were Mamma Mia (#10), The Phantom of the Opera (#11) and Mary Poppins (#12).  The top 7 shows remained the same.  A hit is a hit, no matter the time of year.

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

SRO: The Book of Mormon, Disney's Newsies

$100+ Tickets: The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Wicked, Once, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Rock of Ages, Newsies

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

Jeff

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