For the second consecutive week, Broadway’s Paranormal Activity sold out the August Wilson Theatre, and even with five heavily comped press previews the Levi Holloway play grossed $729,250. Paranormal, directed by Felix Barrett and inspired by the popular film franchise, began previews August 14…

Broadway’s Ragtime went out on a huge note Sunday, breaking its own box office record to become the highest grossing Broadway show in the history of Lincoln Center Theater. The musical revival, directed by Lincoln Center Theater’s artistic director Lear deBessonet, grossed a whooping $1,963,666 for…

Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Death of a Salesman ended their Broadway runs on very high notes, posting the biggest grosses of their engagements. Jellicle, closing five months earlier than planned and prompting considerable discussion (and lamentation) within the industry about production costs…

Cats: The Jellicle Ball posted its best box office numbers ever last week as the show enters its final life on Broadway. With its early closing date of August 8 fast approaching, the production was at standing room only for the week ending August 2, grossing $1,405,709. That’s an increase of $216,278…

Broadway was on a bit of a rebound last week, with box office for the 30 productions jumping up by about 13% over the previous week, hitting a total $34,864,840 with attendance of 273,061 showing a 7% increase over the previous week and 11% over last season at this time. Just about every…

Broadway box office slumped a bit last week with a slightly thinner roster and some of the longer-running productions taking their hits and ever-popular Oh, Mary! showing the strain of new star Meg Stalter missing some performances and Every Brilliant Thing‘s recent arrival Tracee Ellis Ross settling…

Broadway proved little match for fireworks last week, as every one of the 32 productions took the usual Fourth of July holiday hit at the box office. In all, the total receipts of $29,331,200 were down 20% from the previous week. Granted, there were three fewer shows on the boards (Death Become…

Broadway’s production roster continued its usual summertime trimming last week, with its count of 35 shows down by three from the previous week. Still, box office held fairly steady in the June heat, with total receipts of $36,698,946 down just 6% from the previous week and 7% from this time last…

Broadway ticket sales held steady last week as the newish season eases into the post-Tony summer weeks, with Chess posting strong figures during its final week and Celebrity Autobiography doing the opposite during its last bow. Chess, starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher…

Broadway’s victors claimed their Tony spoils last week, with most of the big winners of the June 7 awards ceremony posting significant box office gains in the week after. The losers, not so much. Giant, Schmigadoon!, Becky Shaw, Ragtime and The Lost Boys all reported upswings (Death of a Salesman…

Most of Broadway’s Tony-nominated productions saw box office jumps in the week leading up to Sunday’s awards ceremony, with Cats: The Jellicle Ball, The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titanique and Becky Shaw reporting noticeable gains. Of course, the award victories won’t be reflected at the box…

Mariska Hargitay, making her Broadway debut taking over from Daniel Radcliffe as the star of Every Brilliant Thing, proved quite the draw in her first week on the job: Attendance at the Hudson Theatre was at 97% of capacity, and although last week’s gross of $1,135,322 was a considerable drop from…