Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 2:58pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/26/2026 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: FALLEN ANGELS (13.6%), JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE (8.7%), CHICAGO (8.6%), ALADDIN (7.3%), MJ (7.2%), CHESS (6.2%), BECKY SHAW (5.3%), THE GREAT GATSBY (5.1%), OH, MARY! (4.1%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (4%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (3.8%), BEACHES, A NEW MUSICAL (3.6%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (3.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (3.3%), HADESTOWN (3.3%), DEATH BECOMES HER (3.3%), TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) (2.8%), THE LOST BOYS (2%), THE OUTSIDERS (2%), THE LION KING (1.9%), THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (1.7%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (1.5%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (0.3%), THE BALUSTERS (0.2%), CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL (0.2%),
Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: THE FEAR OF 13 (-5.9%), SCHMIGADOON! (-4.9%), DOG DAY AFTERNOON (-4.4%), WICKED (-4%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-2.9%), & JULIET (-2.5%), PROOF (-1.9%), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (-1.8%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (-1.6%), GIANT (-1%), TITANÍQUE (-0.9%), HAMILTON (-0.2%), JUST IN TIME (-0.2%),
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#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 3:03pm
Can't say much about this week, the differences weren't so stark from the week before.
Happy trails to Simu Liu, John Cameron Mitchell, John-Andrew Morrison, and Jenn Harris, and a preemptive happy trails to Adrianna Hicks.
Also, well done to Dan Micciche and Ben Cohn for completing their lengthy MD runs in WICKED and DEATH BECOMES HER, respectively. Cohn takes over at WICKED this evening, but I'm not sure who assumes his old DBH chair at this moment.
CoffeeBreak
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 3:10pm
- Why is JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE sponsoring the grosses?
- SIX struggles - is it on its way to Off-Broadway ? Will removing the most recent controversial cast member help?
- JOE TURNER'S COME but does anyone care?
- Is the better STRANGER THINGS siphoning off audience to THE LOST BOYS?
- THE LOST BOYS cannot run with current numbers.
- MAYBE HAPPY ENDING back in the red
- Will DEATH BECOMES HER make another year?
- THE BALLUSTERS must be happy to be at MTC rather than commercial.
- Bye bye for BEACHES?
here comes Maya ...
barcelona20
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 3:23pm
For a show that didn't win the Tony Award, the continued success of Mincemeat baffles me.
MysteriousLady
Featured Actor Joined: 10/24/20
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 3:31pm
barcelona20 said: "For a show that didn't win the Tony Award, the continued success of Mincemeat baffles me."
They have cultivated a cult following since they were in the UK and do a tremendous job with social media and email promotions to get fans involved.
What The Dickens
Swing Joined: 10/28/24
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 3:51pm
And they did win the Tony for Featured Actor.
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 3:51pm
MysteriousLady said: "barcelona20 said: "For a show that didn't win the Tony Award, the continued success of Mincemeat baffles me."
They have cultivated a cult following since they were in the UK and do a tremendous job with social media and email promotions to get fans involved."
Exactly. And it is a Tony-winning production (even if the performer who won is no longer with it). I’ve said this before that a HUGE part of keeping the audiences coming back and back again are the promotions for relatively cheap premium seats ($79 seats that would otherwise be 2x-3x more - it’s basically the Costco Rotisserie Chicken of Broadway), and also the countless permutations of cast they can see and have a distinctly new experience each time. It’s actually great to see their grosses have increased steadily by $50-100K since last year. It’s become the unexpected sleeper hit that it was on the West End.
The rest of these numbers just look very middling, and the undercard awards haven’t actually moved any needles. For some of these shows, the shot in the arm that comes with Tony nominations can’t come fast enough.
BEACHES is just sad to look at and DBH continues to shoot themselves in the foot by not shaking up their casting. To that end, there are many people who could have potentially filled those leading roles who ended up booking other shows (Bean, Vosk, Gasteyer, Krakowski).
DaveyG
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/05
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 3:53pm
Not one new musical broke even if rumored running costs are in the ballpark.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 4:08pm
Even taking into account the buying habits of audiences these days, Beaches’ sold seats for this week look beyond bleak. Not since Tammy Faye. Time to pack it in.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 4:10pm
MJ continues to amaze -- getting (presumably) a small bump from the movie.
Eb1645827
Swing Joined: 11/17/25
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 4:38pm
MysteriousLady said: "barcelona20 said: "For a show that didn't win the Tony Award, the continued success of Mincemeat baffles me."
They have cultivated a cult following since they were in the UK and do a tremendous job with social media and email promotions to get fans involved."
One of these Mincemeat promotions, which I think may be particularly effective, is offering $79 tickets in certain prime locations to the fans. They stoke the enthusiasm in the theater in key locations, which helps keep the energy going.
Ensemble1665759202
Stand-by Joined: 10/14/22
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 4:52pm
Seems like a super solid week for The Lost Boys when you consider one performance for opening was almost entirely comped and critics were comped throughout the week. Easy $1 million+ at this rate which is sustainable.
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 5:13pm
Next weeks numbers should be a good tell for The Lost Boys. I am concerned for Schmigadoon however.
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 5:17pm
I’m surprised Lorne hasn’t booked Schmigadoon for Late Night or The Tonight Show, it needs some attention!
bear882
Understudy Joined: 11/7/25
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 5:47pm
While I gather that Schmigadoon! is a solid, entertaining production, I have wondered from the outset whether the show - reliant as it is on knowledge of and fondness for the decades-old musicals it is mildly spoofing, might just have too limited an audience? Even the title is an inside joke based on a musical most people have never seen, including me. (I enjoyed the TV series.)
It seems too early to assess The Lost Boys.
What are Maybe Happy Ending’s weekly running costs?
While Death of a Salesman is not filling the Winter Garden, grosses are moving up steadily and Tony nominations will give it a boost. I don’t know if it’s possible for the play to recoup by the time it closes in August, but word of mouth must be helping.
dan94
Stand-by Joined: 5/17/15
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 6:06pm
bear882 said: "What are Maybe Happy Ending’s weekly running costs?"
Either Boroff or NYT reported they were 765k before the Tonys. Even taking a very hardline or ungenerous view, this was not a money losing week for them
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 6:26pm
It's way too early to assess the long-term chances of Lost Boys, but 90% capacity includes all butts-in-seats, yes? I was at the Wednesday matinee on TDF, the performance that might prove harder to fill. What's the nut? Shouldn't it be making at least as much as something like the Radcliffe solo show? They did sell seats to the opening night. It was posted on Instagram and they made a big deal out of offering them. I do understand that the critics' performances and opening night week are not useful for forecasting, but has it hit a million and stayed there yet? Surprised.
Ensemble1665759202
Stand-by Joined: 10/14/22
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 6:54pm
Auggie27 said: "It's way too early to assess the long-term chances of Lost Boys, but 90% capacity includes all butts-in-seats, yes?I was at the Wednesday matinee on TDF, the performance that might prove harder to fill. What's the nut? Shouldn't it be making at least as much as something like the Radcliffe solo show? They did sell seats to the opening night. It was posted on Instagram and they made a big deal out of offering them. I do understand that the critics' performances and opening night week are not useful for forecasting, but has it hit a million and stayed there yet? Surprised."
They sold a few $50 balcony seats
CoffeeBreak
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 7:40pm
dan94 said: "bear882 said: "What areMaybe Happy Ending’s weekly running costs?"
Either Boroff or NYT reported they were 765k before the Tonys. Even taking a very hardline or ungenerous view, this was not a money losing week for them
The backstage crew numbers have changed among many changes to the cast. They are weekly at over a mil.
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 8:07pm
CoffeeBreak said: "The backstage crew numbers have changed among many changes to the cast. They are weekly at over a mil."
Could you cite a source on that, or explain why you're in a position to make that assertion?
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 8:12pm
BEACHES' grosses went up! it's saved!!!
bear882
Understudy Joined: 11/7/25
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 8:38pm
dan94 said: "bear882 said: "What areMaybe Happy Ending’s weekly running costs?"
Either Boroff or NYT reported they were 765k before the Tonys. Even taking a very hardline or ungenerous view, this was not a money losing week for them
The New York Times reported that weekly running costs were $765K as of June 2025. Those numbers may have gone up since then (inflation, Darren Criss did win a Tony Award) but I would be surprised if it soared to $1 million a week.
But I am not the expert on such things.
Bobster159
Understudy Joined: 12/13/10
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 8:50pm
bear882 said: "dan94 said: "bear882 said: "What areMaybe Happy Ending’s weekly running costs?"
Either Boroff or NYT reported they were 765k before the Tonys. Even taking a very hardline or ungenerous view, this was not a money losing week for them
The New York Times reported that weekly running costs were $765K as of June 2025. Those numbers may have gone up since then (inflation, Darren Criss did win a Tony Award) but I would be surprised if it soared to $1 million a week.
But I am not the expert on such things.
"
765K running would put the breakeven above 900K (9% to fees, 7% to theater + royalty minimums). So $1M breakeven would be a big jump, but not an unbelievable one. Printed running costs are well below the actual grosses required to meet them for all shows.
By the same stroke, Lost Boys breakeven has to be massively above $1M. Titanique, we know from Boroff's reporting, has a breakeven close to a million, Lost Boys is bigger on every axis.
bear882
Understudy Joined: 11/7/25
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 11:23pm
So when we read about a show’s running costs, you have to add royalties, rent and fees - along with any extra expenses - to determine whether it’s breaking even each week?
CoffeeBreak
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26/26
Posted: 4/28/26 at 11:31pm
But I am not the expert on such things.
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