Broadway Box Office: Week 15: 09.03 - 09.12

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Week #15 of the 2012 - 2013 SeasonSeptember 3 - 9; 21 Productions



Overall, the Broadway box office was down nearly 6% for Labor Day week.  The 15th week of the season saw one show open (Chaplin), one begin previews (An Enemy of the People) and another close (Gore Vidal's The Best Man).  The opener got mixed reviews, but did jump 9 whole spots up the chart on the strength of its weekly attendance; the closer went out on a high note, making it back into the top 10 one last time.  Looks like the witches of Wicked are having a bit of a "slump," with just 85% of the seats full this week - they haven't been completely sold out in several weeks.  Will it make headlines, like The Phantom of the Opera, when it goes on TKTS for the first time since it was in previews?  Once continues to tear it up, despite not selling out for the week.  In fact, there was only one SRO show this week, The Book of Mormon, which was also, for the first time, top grosser of the week as well, even out selling The Lion King.  Interestingly enough, Mormon didn't set a new record in doing so.  Week 16 will be the first in several weeks that will see no closings, but will see the addition of two more shows in previews: Grace and Cyrano de Bergerac.

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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	Once	Musical	Bernard B. Jacobs	5	+3
3	Disney's The Lion King	Musical	Minskoff	2	-1
4	Rock of Ages	Musical	Helen Hayes	6	+2
5	Jersey Boys	Musical	August Wilson	9	+4
6	Disney's Newsies	Musical	Nederlander	6	Same
7	Wicked	Musical	Gershwin	3	-4
8	Evita	Musical Revival	Marquis	10	+2
9	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	Musical	Foxwoods	8	-1
10	Gore Vidal's The Best Man	Play Revival	Gerald Schoenfeld	12	+2
11	Chicago	Musical Revival	Ambassador	13	+2
12	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Musical	Imperial	11	-1
13 tie	Chaplin	Musical	Barrymore	22	+9
13 tie	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	Majestic	16	+3
15	Mamma Mia!	Musical	Winter Garden	17	+2
16	War Horse	Play	Vivian Beaumont	15	-1
17	The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess	Musical Revival	Richard Rodgers	19	+2
18	Mary Poppins	Musical	New Amsterdam	18	Same
19	Peter and the Starcatcher	Play	Brooks Atkinson	21	+2
20	An Enemy of the People	Play Revival	Friedman	n/a	n/a
21	Bring It On: The MusicalBB	Musical	St. James	20	-1

SRO Club: The Book of Mormon$1M Club: The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Wicked. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Evita$100 Ticket Avg.: The Book of Mormon, Once, The Lion King, Wicked, Rock of Ages, Evita
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