Broadway Box Office: Week 14: 08.27 - 09.02.12

Broadway Box Office

Week #14 of the 2012 - 2013 Season

August 27 - September 2; 22 Productions

Week 14 of the 2012-2013 season saw the closing of the most popular play this season and the Tony winner for Best Play.  The Best Play, Clybourne Park, saw a slight uptick in its final week of performances, while One Man, Two Guvnors went out with a bang, setting a House Record at the Music Box Theatre.  Speaking of setting records, for the 40th time, The Book of Mormon set a House Record at the Eugene O'Neill, continuing its march toward the $200 average ticket price.  Overall, the box office was slightly up, though more significantly, only 5 shows dropped at the box office, money wise.  Not a bad way to end the summer.  Finally, Nice Work If You Can Get It made a stunning rebound, what with the return of Matthew Broderick to the show, up 9 spots on the chart.  Though not a total surprise, considering its big improvements both at the box office and attendance over the past two weeks, War Horse announced its closing on January 6.

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

SRO Shows: The Book of Mormon, Newsies, The Lion King

$1M Club: The Lion King, Wicked, The Book of Mormon, Spider-Man:Turn Off the Dark, Evita, Once

$100+ Average Ticket: The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Once, Wicked, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, One Man, Two Guvnors, Evita, Rock of Ages, Jersey Boys, Nice Work If You Can Get It


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