Broadway Grosses: Week Ending January 29, 2012

That's right theatre fans. It's that time again. Now to be honest this is my first blog this year on this subject. Not that the grosses aren't newsworthy. It's just that with January being one of Broadway's slowest months there really hasn't been much to report. The good news is that between now and the end of April there are a total of sixteen new plays and musicals scheduled to open on the Great White Way. Now that is something to be excited about. That's actually down from last year when there were twenty-one. I guess you can blame the economy for that. or maybe it's just because the quality of shows has decreased. Here's a thought. Maybe someone would come up with something original as opposed to a musical based on a hit movie from twenty years ago. The Book of Mormon is the hottest show to hit Broadway in over a decade so what does that tell you? I rest my case. Anyway time for me to get off my soap box and get to the reason for today's blog. On to the grosses.

Anything Goes
(Sondheim) $618,894 85.3%
Chicago
(Ambassador) $424,654 67.2%
Chinglish
(Longacre) $366,258 77.6%
Godspell
(Circle in Square) $303,719 77.1%
How to Succeed…
(Hirschfeld) $682,879 80.1%
*Jersey Boys(August Wilson) $923,335 95.1%
Mamma Mia!
(Winter Garden) $566,619 66.7%
Mary Poppins
(New Amsterdam) $645,133 67.3%
Memphis
(Shubert) $570,087 75.0%
On a Clear Day…
(St. James) $614,214 76.2%
Other Desert Cities
(Booth) $491,987 84.7%
Porgy and Bess
(Rodgers) $921,404 96.0%
Priscilla…Desert
(Palace) $639,252 68.0%
Relatively Speaking
(Atkinson) $338,355 65.9%
Rock of Ages
(Hayes) $383,466 89.6%
Seminar
(Golden) $380,321 77.6%
Sister Act
(Broadway) $471,977 53.3%
*Spider-Man…Dark(Foxwoods) $1,417,922 94.5%
Stick Fly
(Cort) $292,182 61.2%
*The Book of Mormon(O'Neill) $1,445,407 102.6%
*The Lion King(Minskoff) $1,382,353 94.2%
The Phantom of the Opera
(Majestic) $654,734 73.0%
The Road to Mecca
(American Airlines) $210,296 64.2%
War Horse
(Beaumont) $959,199 99.1%
*Wicked(Gershwin) $1,503,461 94.8%
Wit
(Friedman) $205,987 93.3%

*Top Five Grossing Shows

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