Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26- Page 2
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#25
Posted: 5/12/26 at 5:15pm
Ensemble1698878795 said: "My goodness stop telling shows to close when it's not your money to lose."
Well, investors need to be able to trust that producers are going to make decisions in their best interest. Producers who decide to run shows at a loss, week after week, with no hope of turning things around, are violating this trust, which has implications for the health of commercial Broadway as a whole.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#26
Posted: 5/12/26 at 5:17pm
quizking101 said: "Also, I honestly think BEACHES is just staying open out of spite at this point. They are hawking their new Thursday matinees starting 5/28.
I should live so long…"
Staying open out of spite is my new favorite expression of 2026.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#27
Posted: 5/12/26 at 6:03pm
Re Chess, Lea was out four performances this week due to laryngitis and bronchitis hence why it went down this week.
As for Every Brilliant Thing, any guesses how the box office numbers will go with Mariska Hargitay when Dan leaves? I know she has a big TV following ( my niece is a big SVU fan) but can she sustain those numbers?
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#28
Posted: 5/12/26 at 6:12pm
Kad said: "Some have speculated that Beaches is hanging on until the spring road conference next week, but at this point they would just be peddling damaged goods. The production has demonstrated it has almost no selling appeal. Nobody is going to book a show that got critically trashed, snubbed by awards, and has been playing to half-empty houses."
Huntsville, Al will.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#29
Posted: 5/12/26 at 6:21pm
Ooofah Six and Stranger Things. Evita should just take the Marriot. She can run around the whole hotel and sing out
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#30
Posted: 5/12/26 at 6:23pm
GirlFromOz68 said: "Re Chess, Lea was out four performances this week due to laryngitis and bronchitis hence why it went down this week.
As for Every Brilliant Thing, any guesses how the box office numbers will go with Mariska Hargitay when Dan leaves? I know she has a big TV following ( my niece is a big SVU fan) but can she sustain those numbers?
"
She is a widely beloved TV legend making her Broadway debut. They’ve been advertising her joining the cast within an inch of its life. Even if the out-of-towners don’t swoop in, she’s only doing (for now) 40 performances and could probably fill the house on the bridge and tunnel crowd alone
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#31
Posted: 5/12/26 at 7:08pm
GirlFromOz68 said: "Re Chess, Lea was out four performances this week due to laryngitis and bronchitis hence why it went down this week.
As for Every Brilliant Thing, any guesses how the box office numbers will go with Mariska Hargitay when Dan leaves? I know she has a big TV following ( my niece is a big SVU fan) but can she sustain those numbers?
"
I'm not sure she'll do Radcliffe numbers but I suspect she'll do quite well. It's a short run for her and the Broadway community seem to be big fans of her (probably because of all the Broadway actors on SVU over the years).
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#32
Posted: 5/12/26 at 7:33pm
quizking101 said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "quizking101 said: "Also, I honestly think BEACHES is just staying open out of spite at this point. They are hawking their new Thursday matinees starting 5/28.
I should live so long…"
Yea a 1pm matinee… whhhhhhhy? Close already"
Well…if they have a 1pm matinee, that leaves you JUST enough time to walk out at intermission and go catch a 3pm summer Thursday matinee of OH MARY"
brilliant!
Featured Actor Joined: 6/4/10
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#33
Posted: 5/12/26 at 7:49pm
For what it's worth, Dylan was out of Six all week and they don't have any other names known outside the community attached right now. It will be interesting to see if grosses improve any now that she's back.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#34
Posted: 5/12/26 at 9:05pm
Nettik said: "For what it's worth, Dylan was out of Six all week and they don't have any other names known outside the community attached right now. It will be interesting to see if grosses improve any now that she's back."
I don’t think she really did much to start with. Her presence invoked some culture war controversy and maybe put a stop to the bleeding grosses.
The natural move would be to New World Stages, but their biggest stages are occupied by HEATHERS, SPELLING BEE, and THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, so they have no place to go. Stage 42 might seem like a good place - it might actually turn that theatre’s fortunes around
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#35
Posted: 5/12/26 at 9:10pm
WldKingdomHM said: "Ooofah Six and Stranger Things. Evita should just take the Marriot. She can run around the whole hotel and sing out"
That’s actually a really good idea!
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#36
Posted: 5/12/26 at 9:48pm
quizking101 said: "Also, I honestly think BEACHES is just staying open out of spite at this point. They are hawking their new Thursday matinees starting 5/28.
I should live so long…"
i noticed that in their advertising. Grasping at the very last possible straw.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#37
Posted: 5/12/26 at 10:23pm
ACL2006 said: "quizking101 said: "Also, I honestly think BEACHES is just staying open out of spite at this point. They are hawking their new Thursday matinees starting 5/28.
I should live so long…"
i noticed that in their advertising. Grasping at the very last possible straw."
They don’t even have enough positive pull quotes for the hanging signs on the marquee. They instead say “Official Box Office Here! Tickets from $59!”
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/10/26#38
Posted: 5/13/26 at 4:13am
I should remember that Tony nominations really do matter. It seems like especially good news for Schmigadoon!, as the box office spike was pronounced. Good news for Rocky Horror too.
I think I can retire my unlikely theory about box office returns possibly mattering in the Best Musical race. The Lost Boys is making the most money, but unless things change in upcoming weeks, things are close enough that Tony voters will just pick the show they like most - which is almost certainly what they would they have done anyway.
Wicked’s weakness is interesting to me, because it really does seem like the second film damaged it. I am sure the show will be fine once we hit the summer months, but this does seem like a musical that was hurt by its film adaptation instead of boosted by it. I think the second act of the stage musical is better than the movie, if for no other reason than it moves at a rapid clip. But I am not sure it is distaste for the film, assuming that’s even a factor, that is hurting the stage musical now. Maybe people are a little Wicked-ed out?
While I enjoyed Cats: The Jellicle Ball, I think my relative unfamiliarity with Cats (only saw it once, on Broadway HD) got in the way of my enjoyment more than my relative unfamiliarity with ballroom. The story made total sense to me, and was both moving and fun, but I know people in my party who found it exhausting by the end. One of the reasons I wanted to see the show was that I thought it would be a unique experience - unlikely to be replicated. I got my money’s worth. Will it recoup? I doubt it. Most musicals don’t anyway.
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