Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31/26

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: CHESS (7.3%), THE LION KING (2%), THE OUTSIDERS (0.9%), JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE (0.4%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (0.3%), THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (0.2%), ALADDIN (0.1%), BECKY SHAW (0.1%), FALLEN ANGELS (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY (-32.8%), CHICAGO (-13.5%), TITANÍQUE (-12.6%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (-10.2%), DOG DAY AFTERNOON (-10.2%), THE BALUSTERS (-9.8%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-8.9%), THE FEAR OF 13 (-8.8%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-8.7%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-8%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-8%), & JULIET (-7.4%), TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) (-7%), CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL (-6.4%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-5.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-5.1%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (-4.4%), PROOF (-4%), SCHMIGADOON! (-4%), EVERY BRILLIANT THING (-3.2%), THE LOST BOYS (-2.5%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-2.4%), WICKED (-2.2%), GIANT (-1.8%), JUST IN TIME (-1.4%), MJ (-1.1%), HADESTOWN (-1%), OH, MARY! (-0.5%), HAMILTON (-0.4%), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (-0.4%),

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Jordan Catalano said: "This celebrity autobiography thing is tanking at an absolutely astounding rate."

I don't think a Broadway show has grossed that little in my lifetime.

What a ****ty week across the board, save for a few of the hits/long-running shows… hopefully summer vacations/tourism/Tony Award Wins will stop the hemorrhaging at the box offices!!

Was the idea behind Celebrity Autobiography to go after the All Out/All In crowd? My first time hearing about it was when I saw the marquee going up at the Shubert a week before opening - shocked to see those numbers and wonder what people were (or weren’t) thinking. 

THDavis said: "Was the idea behind Celebrity Autobiography to go after the All Out/All In crowd? My first time hearing about it was when I saw the marquee going up at the Shubert a week before opening - shocked to see those numbers and wonder what people were (or weren’t) thinking."

I went on comps on Sunday afternoon and I honestly had fun. It’s worth exactly what I paid for it and 90 minutes of diversion.

I went primarily because the gay trifecta of Mario Cantone, Bruce Vilanch, and Jeff Hiller were there and I was not disappointed (and it’s probably the easiest stage door of my life). Pack and Reyfel are annoying and seem like they shouldn’t actually be in the show, despite creating it

It didn’t come together until two weeks before it opened, and it seems they are actively scheduling people to fill in the slots. It probably costs nothing to run - I can’t imagine any performer getting more than scale for this 

Updated On: 6/2/26 at 04:21 PM

Alex Kulak2 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "This celebrity autobiography thing is tanking at an absolutely astounding rate."
I don't think a Broadway show has grossed that little in my lifetime."

Between this and BEACHES, these desperate, third-tier producers need to think twice when Shubert offers them an inappropriate house. Regardless of how cheap CelebAut is to mount, it's not THIS cheap.

Not a great week overall.

Every Brilliant Thing still real solid with Mariska.

Celebrity Autobiography reminds me of those megabombs you would see back in the 80s and 90s. 

Interesting how much Dog Day has fallen off. That and the rise of Salesman over the same month or two can show the impact of reviews and awards even for starry plays.

quizking101 said: "THDavis said: "I went primarily because the gay trifecta of Mario Cantone, Bruce Vilanch, and Jeff Hiller were there

 

This is why I went. I had to see Auntie Bruce. Jackie Hoffman was the standout though, she had me cackling.

 

TotallyEffed said: "quizking101 said: "THDavis said: "I went primarily because the gay trifecta of Mario Cantone, Bruce Vilanch, and Jeff Hiller were there



This is why I went. I had to see Auntie Bruce. Jackie Hoffman was the standout though, she had me cackling.

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HERE’S TO THE CAMP QUEENS WHI RAISED US!!

Yeah, Jackie was a hoot doing Oprah and Nia Vardalos was a perfect Kardashian.

I wish we got to see Jackie Hoffman do more broadway. She was very funny in Celeb.

EDSOSLO858 said: "We have now entered the 2026-27 fiscal season, which should reflect the tanking economy and decrease in US tourism a lot better than the latter half of 2025-26 did. It's up to the big A-list names fronting casts both old and new to help combat an expectedly precipitous drop.

I just came back from two weeks in Italy and everywhere we went -- big cities and small towns -- were packed with tourists, yet our Lufthansa plane coming home was half empty -- Business Class was a ghost town. 

Not likely, I know, but I so want Daniel Radcliffe to win!

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "I did enter the month thinking Whitney White would be a lock for Play Director... now I'm feeling as though Mantello will take it easily. Strange how that works!"

I think Whitney might have had it locked up since, on paper, people weren’t sure what Mantello would do with SALESMAN - turns out he had a vision and BODIED it.

I’m more wringing my hands that Lear will win Direction of a Musical over Zhailon/Bill and my head will explode out of the Radio City balcony 

People are abandoning Broadway and just going to Lincoln Center now.  The opera and ballet and philharmonic have never been fuller.  LCT seems to be benefiting from this too.