Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/5/26

Fruitful Easter and Passover week for most.

Numbers expectedly way down for CHESS and JUST IN TIME.

I’m shocked by the somewhat tepid start of Fear of 13; I would have assumed it would be selling out right out of the gate.

Operation Mincemeats continued weekly gross increases remain a nice and pleasant surprise.

InTheBathroom1 said: "I must admit theBeachesnumbers are higher than I was anticipating. Not great, obviously."

Yeah these numbers for beaches fear of 13 and balusters are not good…but we have to remind ourselves as we get further into the spring, we won’t have a closing notice for the shows opening this season until after Tony nominations come out

Updated On: 4/7/26 at 02:49 PM

Assuming that next Broadway season will be as light as this one was, I don't see an awful lot closing aside from the limited runs.

From my understanding, Cats: The Jellicle Ball is the only open-ended musical revival…however they appear to be staggering their ticket sales (currently until September) which I think is definitely a smart choice

Updated On: 4/7/26 at 02:56 PM

EDSOSLO858 said: "Assuming that next Broadway season will be as light as this one was, I don't see an awful lot closing aside from the limited runs."

...What about &Juliet, hm?

musicthatmakesmedance said: "Beachesis far from covering their operating costs with that number, and the average ticket price is even more alarming. I would never celebrate artists and creatives losing their jobs, but I would not be surprised if the show is gone within a month's time."

A month? Feels like one can count the hours after opening.

Really great start for JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE and PROOF, glad those stars are making the difference.

Also wondering which shows are likely to close from musicals aside from TITANIQUE and BEACHES, I think DEATH BECOMES HER wont be around in 2027.

Re Beaches, it was just a short time ago when we were opining on how the hell they got anyone to invest in it in the first place. Opinions expressed was that the Shuberts were giving them a real deal, that being on Broadway set them up better for touring, and a few others. Always seemed lame.

I find it interesting that, on the one hand, it looks like MM dies last week, based on the drop from Jonathan Groff's departure; on the other hand, it was at close to capacity with an average ticket price in excess of $150. I cannot imagine that the producers would have expected more than they got. The question now is whether JJ can sell premium price tickets, really the only way this show is going to make it to $1.0M a week in that small theatre. I wonder what their breakeven is with MM and with JJ. I assume JJ will command higher pay based on his Gatsby success.

I loved Chess, so I think it is mind-boggling how much the grosses dropped without Lea Michell, especially in a holiday week. She clearly sells a lot of tickets.

I wonder what the grosses for Proof, Joe Turner's, Dogday and even 13 would be without those names above the title, none of them in the league of last year's names.

Jarethan said: "Re Beaches, it was just a short time ago when we were opining on how the hell they got anyone to invest in it in the first place. Opinions expressed was that the Shuberts were giving them a real deal, that being on Broadway set them up better for touring, and a few others. Always seemed lame.

I find it interesting that, on the one hand, it looks like MM dies last week, based on the drop from Jonathan Groff's departure;on the other hand, it was at close to capacity with an average ticket price in excess of $150. I cannot imagine that the producers would have expected more than they got. The question now is whether JJ can sell premium price tickets, really the only way this show is going to make it to $1.0M a week in that small theatre. I wonder what their breakeven is with MM and with JJ. I assume JJ will command higher pay based on his Gatsby success.

I loved Chess, so I think it is mind-boggling how much the grosses dropped without Lea Michell, especially in a holiday week. She clearly sells a lot of tickets.

I wonder what the grosses for Proof, Joe Turner's, Dogday and even 13 would be without those names above the title, none of them in the league of last year's names."

Funny Girl dropped like a stone whenever Lea was out. her week off in February of Chess and now last week dropped like a stone when Lea was out. The way her popularity (by far the most popular glee cast member despite what the online haters say even just looking at her IG account numbers compared to the others) is always underestimated is quite something. The online fans of Glee who hate on Rachel and Lea think they were the majority, living in their little online bubble, when in reality amongst the regular viewers who tuned in every week and didn't engage online, Rachel (and Finn) were hugely popular.

People travel to see her from around the US and from overseas. Glee was HUGE outside the US, probably even bigger overseas than the US. It was massive in Australia in the early years. Don't even get me started on her fandom in Brazil.

Basically yes she is that popular and lots of young people got interested in theatre because of her. Hannah Cruz has talked about being a fan of Lea on Glee and how mind-blowing it is to get to sing with her. Daniel Beeman who has worked with her in both FG and Chess has talked about watching her on Glee and feeling the same as Hannah when he got to sing with her in FG. So many of the 25-35 age people in theatre right now talk about Lea being an influence on them. Her influence on that generation never gets the credit it deserves.

MadsonMelo said: "Really great start for JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE and PROOF, glad those stars are making the difference.

Also wondering which shows are likely to close from musicals aside from TITANIQUE and BEACHES, I think DEATH BECOMES HER wont be around in 2027."

I would not take the first week grosses of JOE TURNER and PROOF as evidence of future blockbuster success though. The first week is usually the suckers who jumped during presale and paid the maximum. Since they opened, both shows have been rezoned on the Telecharge website and prices have come down quite a bit, especially on the former.

JOE TURNER also seems to have a startling lack of press surrounding it and, in a busy spring that’s top heavy with plays, an odd gambit.

Re: The Musicals - BEACHES will be toast by the time nominations come around, if not sooner. It’s a show they can’t even give the tickets away and the WoM is toxic. TITANIQUE, as is stands, is a limited run. At best, it will extend through the summer and shutter by Labor Day. DBH, as I’ve often stated, needs to get a fresh cast in there. Especially with the newer, campier shows on tap, they have to shake up to stand out.

CHESS is going to be a weird animal to assess because they have been open roughly 6 months now, and the first few were $2M+ weeks. Many have seen the show already and now they are waiting on any potential awards bump. Worth noting that Nicholas Christopher was out for 4 unscheduled performances last week as well, so the drop isn’t entirely in Lea’s lap. Their long game is going to be finding suitable replacements who can sing the score 8x a week. They have Jojo, who definitely can, but she’s only 12 weeks (barring extension), but while there are bona fide singers who can replace (I’m rooting for Jordan Donica as Anatoly), I think they may shutter in September if they don’t have a 7-figure summer,

CATS is also going to be the huge disrupter this season. The breakeven is definitely high with a cast that size, but it also just became even more of a critical darling than it was downtown. The momentum is now on their side, and since they aren’t going to be eligible for the undercard awards this season (OCC, DD) since they were last year, they need to find a way to sell it to the masses to set up for success.