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‘An Enemy Of The People’, ‘The Notebook’, ‘The Outsiders’ & Other Broadway Newcomers Draw Crowds As Box Office Bounces Into Spring
Broadway box office report for week ending March 17, 2024.
Opening night and press comps barely dented receipts: The show grossed$767,281, filling 98% of seats at the Schoenfeld. A new block of tickets just went on sale through November 24; An Enemy of the People, which also had some heavily comped press nights, was at$972,189, down from the $1.1M of the previous week, but still at a whopping 103% of capacity at Circle in the Square; the play, starring Jeremy Strong, Michael Imperioli and Victoria Pedretti, opened to great reviews(and some headlines) on March 18; Water For Elephants, starring Grant Gustin, was up to 94% of capacity at the Imperial in its final full week of previews before opening March 21; gross was$898,413; The Who’s Tommy played seven previews at the Nederlander (up from two previews the previous week), filling 90% of seats at the venue and grossing$891,875; opening night is March 28; Most recent arrival is The Outsiders, the musical adaptation of the 1967 novel by S.E. The closing will, however, open up the St. James for the highly praised and much-anticipated Sufjan Stevens musical Illinoise.
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