Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 3:53pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/19/2026 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section.
Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.
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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: THE BALUSTERS (4%), JUST IN TIME (0.7%), OH, MARY! (0.5%), WICKED (0.4%), PROOF (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-15.8%), FALLEN ANGELS (-12.8%), CHESS (-12.4%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-11.6%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (-11.4%), ALADDIN (-10.2%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-10.2%), THE OUTSIDERS (-9.8%), TITANÍQUE (-8.6%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-7.7%), CHICAGO (-7.7%), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (-7.6%), BECKY SHAW (-7.1%), THE FEAR OF 13 (-6.3%), & JULIET (-5.9%), MJ (-5.9%), BEACHES, A NEW MUSICAL (-5.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-5.6%), TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) (-5.5%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (-5.1%), THE LOST BOYS (-5%), HADESTOWN (-4.3%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (-4.2%), THE LION KING (-3.6%), SCHMIGADOON! (-2.5%), CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL (-1.3%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-1.1%), JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE (-0.9%), THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (-0.9%), GIANT (-0.5%), HAMILTON (-0.4%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-0.2%),
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ScottK
Stand-by Joined: 12/13/12
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 3:58pm
Except for a handful of shows...this was a BAD week...ooof!
Ensemble1665759202
Stand-by Joined: 10/14/22
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:02pm
I absolutely hate being doom and gloom, but some huge red flags for some shows:
- 60% capacity for Beaches, $473k gross
- 69% capacity for DBH, $750k gross
- 68% capacity for Two Strangers, $528k gross
- 69% capacity for Six, $550k gross
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:04pm
TWO STRANGERS need those Tony nominations to come faster. It’s softening and needs the shot in the arm. Same with CHESS.
BEACHES…Dead on arrival. They might get a little mileage from the undercard award nominations for the show and Vosk, but it will fizzle by the beginning of May.
STRANGER THINGS is headed back down now that the Season 5 buzz has dissipated. I expect them to pack it in by Labor Day.
I still don’t know what the producers are thinking keeping the same cast on board for DEATH BECOMES HER. It’s become clear that the novelty of having most of the OBC has worn off and they REALLY need to recast or call it a day. It’s not going to subside on $650K grosses
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:08pm
As expected, a lousy, sleepy week all around with no holiday and lots and lots of press comps for some of the newer titles.
Happy trails to Matthew Morrison, Sadie Dickerson, Morgan Anita Wood, and the four "immortals" that just departed DEATH BECOMES HER on Sunday.
I'd be curious to track MJ's numbers in the coming weeks / months, with the new Jackson biopic about to hit movie theaters. It's getting poor reviews so far, but it should print money nonetheless. Wonder if it'll have any effect on the musical, at best it would get a STRANGER THINGS-type rejuvenation from the winter.
A lot of us may assume many of the current shows will close soon if they keep up these kinds of numbers, but when the pipeline has dried up as well, what is there to replace them with? Theatre owners would rather have *something* playing in their venues than nothing at all, so that's why we're seeing the struggling shows get a very long lifeline.
musicthatmakesmedance
Chorus Member Joined: 3/13/25
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:08pm
Beaches is one for the history books...when do they post closing?
witchoftheeast2
Leading Actor Joined: 9/25/24
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:23pm
musicthatmakesmedance said: "Beachesis one for the history books...when do they post closing?"
If they don't get any Tony noms, May 8th?
DaveyG
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/05
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:27pm
I don’t think any new musical this season has a real path to recoupment, except maybe Two Strangers, and that only happens if they win Best Musical.
They’re the only show with a weekly nut and capitalization that feel even remotely reasonable. The math on everything else just doesn’t work. Death Becomes Her should be a cautionary tale.
gibsons2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/19
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:30pm
I loved Two Strangers but have a feeling people aren't even aware it's even still playing. I haven't seen a single ad or commercial in months. Seems Titanique is picking up the steam and has really great WOM. I hope to see it some time in May.
RIP Beaches. Even morbid curiosity can't force me to go a get a cheap ticket for this. I'm surprised by Schmigadoon not yet doing terribly. The TV show was seen by 15.5 people and I haven't heard a single positive thing about this musical except on this message board. I feel most of the critics have very little credibility left in general.
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:31pm
It's also end of school year. Proms happening and graduations coming up. Lots of families probably aren't traveling right now for vacations. We used to notice the slump right around this time of year. JMO
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:31pm
Was Lea out of “Chess” last week?
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:32pm
Oooofahhhh Beaches, Six, and Death time to close up shop
Ensemble1665759202
Stand-by Joined: 10/14/22
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:34pm
DaveyG said: "I don’t think any new musical this season has a real path to recoupment, except maybeTwo Strangers, and that only happens if they win Best Musical.
They’re the only show with a weekly nut and capitalization that feel even remotely reasonable. The math on everything else just doesn’t work.Death Becomes Hershould be a cautionary tale."
There is no world in which Two Strangers has a path to recoupment, even if it did happen to win a trophy or two. It's playing to a 1/3 empty theater every week, each week posts its lowest gross yet, and has recouped 0%.
monstro elisasue
Joined: 4/5/26
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:36pm
Nice little high to end Matthew Morrisons stint in just in time. All 3 weeks was above 98% capacity with $150 average tickets . That’s more than decent.
EvanstonDad
Stand-by Joined: 5/10/16
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:53pm
Are those numbers for "Wicked" accurate? Don't know that I can remember seeing its average ticket price below $100.
pablitonizer
Leading Actor Joined: 4/8/21
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:55pm
Beaches' fate is already sealed
DBH needs to do something asap with their cast or they'll close by labor day
DaveyG
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/05
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:57pm
Ensemble1665759202 said: "DaveyG said: "I don’t think any new musical this season has a real path to recoupment, except maybeTwo Strangers, and that only happens if they win Best Musical.
They’re the only show with a weekly nut and capitalization that feel even remotely reasonable. The math on everything else just doesn’t work.Death Becomes Hershould be a cautionary tale."
There is no world in which Two Strangers has a path to recoupment, even if it did happen to win a trophy or two. It's playing to a 1/3 empty theater every week, each week posts its lowest gross yet, and has recouped 0%."
You’re describing the current numbers, not the potential path. For a show like Two Strangers, the only path is a Gentleman’s Guide or MHE trajectory. Tony win, sustained demand, gradual build. That’s unlikely, but it’s not 'no world'.
The other shows have to dig out of 20 million dollar holes.
dan94
Stand-by Joined: 5/17/15
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:17pm
Two Strangers cannot follow the MHE trajectory. MHE started increasing sales the second reviews came out, and was having profitable weeks for many weeks running by time the Tony nominations were announced.
The WOM on Two Strangers clearly is not having anything close to the same effect. NYers just are not interested in this show at a sustainable price. They are not seeing it themselves, and if they are, they are not active in influencing others to see it. And I don't see that measurably changing if they manage a Best Musical win. A Gentleman's Guide trajectory is possible, but that was 12 years ago. We're in a very different industry now. There's no clear indication that exact trajectory would work out nowadays.
bear882
Understudy Joined: 11/7/25
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:20pm
The trouble with the Maybe Happy Ending comp for Two Strangers is that MHE had already recovered from its dismal start and was posting respectable box office numbers even before Tony nominations. Plus, word of mouth was very good.
Two Strangers has just sat there, playing to one-third empty houses. It must be an inexpensive show to run, will get nominations and seems like a possible Best Musical winner. So there’s hope, I suppose, but it’s difficult for me to imagine the musical taking off even if it wins.
I think all the new musicals are doomed to lose money.
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:21pm
gibsons2 said: "I loved Two Strangers but have a feeling people aren't even aware it's even still playing. I haven't seen a single ad or commercial in months."
Eh, the ads you are being served is (in my opinion) not really ever a good indicator of a shows performance or visibility. If you’re not seeing any billboards for it in TSQ that’s one thing, but the ads for this show are absolutely in full force - your algorithm just isn’t prioritizing showing them to you over other people for whatever reason.
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:34pm
Yikes on Bikes! What a rough report to read.
The fact that many of these shows haven't announced closing already is a sign at how little there is waiting to come in.
And I know many folks in another thread jumped on a "Schmigadoon is winning Best Musical" thought because of the warm reviews. But these numbers solidify to me that Best Musical is Two Strangers or Lost Boys. Schmigadoon and Titanique are limited runs. But a Best Musical win could be the only thing that saves Two Strangers or Lost Boys. Voters know that their vote in that category has power to save a struggling show and help it recoup. So are they really going to cast a ballot for a show that will be gone in a couple months whether it recoups or not?
Entirely likely that none of the new musicals from this season will still be here at this time next year.
Other than that, it's the same things in dire straights as they are every week, and have been for some time now. Six should save itself and switch to New World Stages. Stranger Things is right back where they started before the Season 5 premiere, as I expected, the mania would only last so long. How many more of these huge dips can Book of Mormon sustain? When will Death Becomes Her try ANYTHING to reverse course?
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:35pm
Even Schmigadoon! is in a bad place with an average ticket price like that. Rough times. Hopefully the reviews give it a boost in the coming weeks.
Also worried for The Lost Boys...
Beaches is a foregone conclusion, it's not a matter of if, just a matter of when.
DBH is needing an injection of life ASAP.
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:38pm
Also, I know it’s pretty beloved on here, but Two Strangers doesn’t have the praise or word-of-mouth that Gentleman’s Guide or Maybe Happy Ending did, does it? Overall, reviews were mixed-to-positive. And while I certainly know people who loved it, I also know people who were unmoved by it. MHE definitely seemed more lovingly received on a whole, but it’s hard to know with things as subjective as this.
Also, coming off of Schmigadoon’s reviews last night and with a certain faction of enthusiastic Lost Boys fans, I don’t know that Two Strangers is a guaranteed Tony winner for the big prize. Time will tell!
bear882
Understudy Joined: 11/7/25
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/19/26
Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:40pm
dan94 said: "Two Strangerscannot follow the MHE trajectory. MHE started increasing sales the second reviews came out, and was having profitable weeks for many weeks running by time the Tony nominations were announced.
The WOM on Two Strangers clearly is not having anything close to the same effect. NYers just are not interested in this show at a sustainable price. They are not seeing it themselves, and if they are, they are not active in influencing others to see it. And I don't see that measurably changing if they manage a Best Musical win. A Gentleman's Guide trajectory is possible, but that was 12 years ago. We're in a very different industry now. There's no clear indication that exact trajectory would work out nowadays."
A younger relative of mine saw both shows. She loved Maybe Happy Ending and was eager to see it with us when we visited. She pronounced Two Strangers ‘cute’ but didn’t urge us to see it.
That’s a single example and can’t be used to extrapolate. But that seems to be the difference based on box office results. One show got great word of mouth that created a hit. The other hasn’t, at least thus far.
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