Death of a Salesman brought in $1.8 million last week, its highest tally yet, as the Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf revival gears up for the Tony Awards.
The show played to 100 percent capacity, with an average ticket price of $153, and upped its tally close to $180,000. The revival played seven shows at the Winter Garden Theater the prior week, compared to last week’s eight.
This bucked the industrywide trend as most shows saw a drop in grosses last week, in the post-Memorial Day gap, and ahead of the Tony Awards on June 7, which typically provide a boost for winning shows, as well as productions that perform during the telecast. Total industry gross was down 8 percent from the prior week.
Ragtime also bucked the trend, further upping its box office to $1.32 million, from $1.3 million the prior week, as did another revival, The Rocky Horror Show, which upped its total by $90,000 to reach $1.1 million. Chess also saw a slight increase, up to $1 million, as the musical revival announced a June 21 closing date.
The Book of Mormon returned to Broadway after a several week closure due to a fire that broke out at the Eugene O’Neill Theater. It had a strong return playing to 86 percent capacity and bringing in $649,547 across seven performances.
