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Broadway Box Office Soars As Newcomers ‘The Who’s Tommy’, ‘Suffs’, ‘The Outsiders’, ‘The Wiz’ & Others Draw Crowds


Six productions joined the roster and no fewer than 30 of the 32 shows saw attendance at 90% of capacity or more. Twenty productions were sell-outs.

Broadway box office soared last week, as five productions joined the roster, one returned and no fewer than 30 of the 32 shows saw attendance at 90% of capacity or more. A raft of recent arrivals were among the strong box office performers, with The Outsiders, The Wiz, Suffs, Hell’s Kitchenand The Great Gatsby filling all seats at their respective venues. Two long running Broadway staples had amazing nine-performance weeks: Wicked took in$2,910,585 and The Lion King was the roster’s top earner at$3,178,613.

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