Broadway Box Office: Week 12: 08.13 - 08.19.12

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Broadway Box Office

Week #12 of the 2012 - 2013 Season

August 13 - 19; 24 Productions

The two shows that closed this week had two different endings: the Judy Garland bio-play, End of the Rainbow finished where it started - at the bottom of the pile; Ghost: The Musical showed a decent, but not overwhelming bump at the BO and in attendance.  The big dropper of the week was Mary Poppins, showing its usual long-run merry-go-round summer box office, while the biggest gainer, up 10 on the chart, was Evita, which came with the return of Ricky Martin to the Marquis Theatre.  Porgy and Bess was up slightly, as was The Best Man, but they, like other shows getting ready to close, are showing a slow run down at the BO.  This coming week will have the departure of Sister Act on August 26, September 2 will have the closing of One Man, Two Guvnors and Tony-winner Clybourne Park, and September 9 is the closing date of The Best Man.  On the upside, a new musical, Chaplin, begins previews tomorrow.  Meanwhile, The Book of Mormon set a 39th house record at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, with an average ticket price over $188 per.

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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 tie	Wicked	Musical	Gershwin	3	Same
3 tie	Once	Musical	Bernard B. Jacobs	4	+1
3 tie	Disney's Newsies	Musical	Nederlander	5	+2
6	Rock of Ages	Musical	Helen Hayes	6	Same
7	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	Musical	Foxwoods	7	Same
8	Jersey Boys	Musical	August Wilson	8	Same
9	One Man, Two Guvnors	Play	Music Box	9	Same
10	Evita	Musical Revival	Marquis	20	+10
11	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	Majestic	15	+4
12	Mamma Mia!	Musical	Winter Garden	14	+2
13	Chicago	Musical Revival	Ambassador	11	-4
14	War Horse	Play	Vivian Beaumont	16	+2
15	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Musical	Imperial	12	-3
16	Mary Poppins	Musical	New Amsterdam	10	-6
17	Gore Vidal's The Best Man	Play Revival	Gerald Schoenfeld	19	+2
18	Sister Act	Musical	Broadway	16	-2
19	Ghost: The Musical	Musical	Lunt-Fontanne	23	+4
20	The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess	Musical Revival	Richard Rodgers	22	+2
21 tie	Clybourne Park	Play	Walter Kerr	20	-1
21 tie	Peter and the Starcatcher	Play	Brooks Atkinson	18	-3
23	Bring It On: The Musical	Musical	St. James	24	+1
24	End of the Rainbow	Play	Belasco	25	+1

Jeff
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