Broadway Box Office: Week 51: 05.14 - 05.20.12

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The Broadway Box Office Top Ten 

for the 51st week of the 2011 - 2012 season 

(May 14-20; 37 productions):


THE TOP TEN SHOWS OF THE WEEK

Rank This  Week	Show Title	Show Type	Theatre	Rank Last Week
1	The Book of Mormon	Musical	Eugene O'Neill	1
2	Disney's The Lion King	Musical	Minskoff	2
3	Death of a Salesman*	Play Revival	Barrymore	2
4	Wicked	Musical	Gershwin	8
5	Evita	Musical Revival	Marquis	4
6	Jersey Boys	Musical	August Wilson	6
7	Disney's Newsies	Musical	Nederlander	4
8	Once	Musical	Bernard B. Jacobs	9
9	Rock of Ages	Musical	Helen Hayes	10
10	The Best Man	Play Revival	Gerald Schoenfeld	11

* - Death of a Salesman played 7 performances this week.

(To find out how this is calculated, please click HERE.)

THE BOTTOM FIVE SHOWS THIS WEEK

Rank This Week	Show Title	Show Type	Theatre	Rank Last Week
33	Jesus Christ Superstar	Musical Revival	Neil Simon	25
34	A Streetcar Named Desire	Play Revival	Broadhurst	27
35	Godspell	Musical Revival	Circle-in-the-Square	32
36	Don't Dress for Dinner	Play Revival	American Airlines	35
37	The Lyons	Play	Cort	36

THE BOX OFFICE FOR THE 
TONY NOMINEES

Rank This Week	Show Title	Show Type	Rank Last Week	+ or -
3	Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman	Play Revival	2	-1
5	Evita	Musical Revival	4	-1
7	Disney's Newsies	Musical	4	-3
8	Once	Musical	9	+1
10	The Best Man	Play Revival	12	+2
12	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Musical	6	-6
22	The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess	Musical Revival	22	No change
28	Clybourne Park	Play	21	-7
28	Other Desert Cities	Play	29	+1
30	Peter and the Starcatcher	Play	30	No change
32	Venus in Fur	Play	31	-1
33	Jesus Christ Superstar	Musical Revival	28	-5

Jeff

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