Donna McKechnie, Mary Kate Morrissey, Alexandra Socha, and more joined the cast March 5.
The Jeremy Strong-led revival began its run at Circle in the Square Theatre February 27.
Audiences are flocking to see Sarah Paulson in the Second Stage production, which is getting a commercial extension and transfer.
Grosses soared last week with an overall increase of more than 27% compared to the week prior.
The Book of Mormon stars Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad reunited to lead the comedy musical.
This week's numbers show the power of programs like Broadway Week, which offers half-off tickets to most shows on the Main Stem.
Also, Shucked closes up shop with the best-grossing week of its entire run.
Things got back to normal in 2024 following a big holiday bump.
With nine performances instead of the usual eight, it was an especially good week for a host of Broadway shows.
More than half of the currently running shows took in over $1 million at the box office.
More than half of Broadway's 26 shows made The $1 Million Club this week as tourists continue their descent on NYC.
The Main Stem is happily welcoming an influx of theatregoers looking for a holiday night out.
Performing at the annual holiday tradition appears to be a ticket seller.
Five shows joined The $2 Million Club last week, including newcomers Merrily We Roll Along and Sweeney Todd.
The Lion King and Merrily We Roll Along continue to dominate the boards.
Merrily We Roll Along broke the house record at the Hudson Theatre for the fourth time.
The David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical will play its final performance later this month.
The musical held a weekend-long celebration in anticipation of its October 30 anniversary.
The starry Merrily We Roll Along revival continues its box-office success, overtaking even Hamilton to be Broadway's second-highest grosser.
The Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez–led Sondheim revival is on the cusp of joining the elusive $2 Million Club.
The Sondheim revival continues to be a top grosser even when comping performances around opening.
Led by Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez, the Sondheim revival is Broadway's newest hot ticket.
Merrily We Roll Along broke the house record at the Hudson in its first week of previews, and Sweeney Todd continues to top the charts.
There were 25 productions running on Broadway last week with 16 playing to 90% capacity or more.
It was the first week that the Will Swenson-led musical offered a Thursday matinee at the Broadhurst.
The revival played its final performance September 3.
Over the limited engagement's 10-day run, the magic show earned more than $3 million.
There were 26 Broadway productions on the boards during the week ending August 20.
Disney's long-running The Lion King again tops the list, taking in over $2 million at the Minskoff.
And, the long-running Disney hit The Lion King continues to roar at the box office, taking in over $2 million.
Box offices were busy last week, with only a 1% drop despite two fewer shows from the week prior.
Several shows saw their highest-grossing weeks yet as 257,204 people saw a Broadway show last week.
The immersive new musical's fortunes rose last week with a 50% increase at the box office.
The stage adaptation of the 1985 movie only played six performances last week, but still was a top grosser.
The screen-to-stage musical hit the ground running at precisely 88 (proverbial) miles per hour.
The 32 currently running shows continued their post-Tonys box-office climb last week, with gross and attendance increases of over three percent.
Broadway on the whole enjoyed a modest uptick in ticket sales in the week following Broadway's biggest night.
Grosses remained steady in the final pre-Tonys week on Broadway.
Broadway's top honors will be handed out June 11 in a ceremony the industry hopes will send ticket sales soaring.
The jukebox musical is up for Broadway's top honor at this year's Tony Awards, along with Kimberly Akimbo; New York, New York; Shucked; and Some Like It Hot.
Running at the Shubert Theatre, the new musical is nominated for 13 2013 Tony Awards, the most of any show this season.
Data shows Broadway has recovered nicely, but still has ground to regain.
Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford lead the Tony-nominated revival at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
See how Broadway performed the week of the 2023 Tony nominations.
See how Broadway performed in the week before Tony nominations.
With the Tony eligibility cut-off in sight, Sweeney Todd is consistently proving to be the best performing of the season's new shows.
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ended its historic Broadway run April 16 at the Majestic Theatre.
The long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical continued to take a victory lap in its penultimate week on Broadway.
A varied group of musicals are establishing themselves as Broadway's newest box-office draws.
The RuPaul's Drag Race winner sashayed away from the long-running revival March 26.
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