Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/7/26 — Page 2

OhHiii said: "Closing Imminent: Two Strangers"

I think Kad made a similar point recently, but the reported weekly running costs for this production are about $480,000, so it's the only new musicals that's actually been making money most weeks. On paper, it should be the least endangered of the lot.

Updated On: 6/9/26 at 05:24 PM

Half of your list is completely wrong. 

Add to that the weakness of the star lead plays that aren’t doing great.  The future of broadway is brand new bold big musicals that are well crafted that people actually WANT to see.  WANTED certainly fits the bill, I’m happy it’s coming in. 

The Sondheim, the Schoenfeld, the Circle in the Square, the Belasco, the Golden, the Horne, the Broadway, and the Longacre will all have new tenants by the time next year's Tony deadline rolls around.

I have to push back on troubling signs for MINCEMEAT.

They have consistently maintained the same level of grosses and even got a bit of a bump once the new cast took over. Their capacity may have had a little dip, but in my eyes, there is zero indicator that they are struggling. They aren’t star driven, haven’t been on TDF or comp sites, and continue to build return business as opposed to simply trying to get first time business in the door. All this and they only walked with one Tony last year for a performer that has since departed.

Their business model, whatever it is, works really well and I would not be surprised if it’s on a very likely path to recoupment. (I think they were capitalized at $11-12M - and part of that was helping the OG cast relocate to NYC).

kdogg36 said: "OhHiii said: "Closing Imminent: Two Strangers"

I think Kad made a similar point recently, but the reported weekly running costs for this production are about $480,000, so it's the only new musicals that's actually been making money most weeks. On paper, it should be the least endangered of the lot."

The 480k figure that gets quoted a lot is from a Forbes article written when the show was in previews. It also appears to me that number is from the offering papers. The number is allegedly higher than what was in Forbes, and is certainly higher since the addition of 2 extra understudies. 

It's a fair point that they aren't losing heaps of money as other shows are. But for security their grosses likely need to start with a 6, which has not happened often recently. It's also true there is no upside here. They seem to have a defined ceiling. There were no meaningful awards wins. I don't think that number on the Tonys would particularly sell tickets, but I could be wrong. It starts becoming a question of "if this is the best we can do, is it worth slowly bleeding out?" I'd think you take the tax credit at this point and try to recoup on tour vs slowly losing more investor money, but who knows.

schubox said: "Jarethan said: "Reading the messages on this particular subject today has been a little depressing. I am reading (on this and other streams) opinions on what is likely to close and when...for a lot of shows. Couple this with the incredibly limited number of productions that have been announced for fall openings, and one does conclude that there is a good chance that a lot of theatres are going to be empty at the same time, and that much of what remains is going to be the old war horses and whatever the non-profitsproduce.

I have been travelling to NYC two, and occasionally three) times per year, as I travel to and from my snowbird location. Right now, for the first time ever, I am seriously considering cancelling my October visit (the 10/20 - 10/25 date is inflexible due to a wedding as one end and commitments on the other. The new productions announced that will be open during that period honestly hold very little interest, with Other Desert Cities being the only thing that sparks some interest, but not a whole lot. (I can't stand Allison Janney, who IMO gives the same performance in everything she appears in). I don't need to come to NYC to see the war horses, most of which hit Tampa or Sarasota every few years). What's left? Any of the limited engagements that I was forced to miss will be long closed and I have no interest in seeing any of the open-ended runs that I intentionally missed.

Does anyone think there are any other shows arriving by mid-October that have not yet been officially announced. Seems like we have normally heard about them by now."

I'm pretty excited for the fall. Benjamin Button, Much Ado, Spring Awakening, Other Deset Cities, Inter QAlia, In the Heights, Wanted. And then a rumored A Few Good Men revivial"

The problem I have is that all but ODC have either not been announced with an official start or the start of the run is later than my targeted interval.  I am not even aware of anything beyond rumors for Heights and Button.  Just surprising to me that so little would have opened by latish October, compared to just about every season I can think of.  Right now I am actually leaning to cancelling.

Jarethan said: "schubox said: "Jarethan said: "Reading the messages on this particular subject today has been a little depressing. I am reading (on this and other streams) opinions on what is likely to close and when...for a lot of shows. Couple this with the incredibly limited number of productions that have been announced for fall openings, and one does conclude that there is a good chance that a lot of theatres are going to be empty at the same time, and that much of what remains is going to be the old war horses and whatever the non-profitsproduce.

I have been travelling to NYC two, and occasionally three) times per year, as I travel to and from my snowbird location. Right now, for the first time ever, I am seriously considering cancelling my October visit (the 10/20 - 10/25 date is inflexible due to a wedding as one end and commitments on the other. The new productions announced that will be open during that period honestly hold very little interest, with Other Desert Cities being the only thing that sparks some interest, but not a whole lot. (I can't stand Allison Janney, who IMO gives the same performance in everything she appears in). I don't need to come to NYC to see the war horses, most of which hit Tampa or Sarasota every few years). What's left? Any of the limited engagements that I was forced to miss will be long closed and I have no interest in seeing any of the open-ended runs that I intentionally missed.

Does anyone think there are any other shows arriving by mid-October that have not yet been officially announced. Seems like we have normally heard about them by now."

I'm pretty excited for the fall. Benjamin Button, Much Ado, Spring Awakening, Other Deset Cities, Inter QAlia, In the Heights, Wanted. And then a rumored A Few Good Men revivial"

The problem I have is that all but ODC have either not been announced with an official start or the start of the run is later than my targeted interval. I am not even aware of anything beyond rumors for Heights and Button. Just surprising to me that so little would have opened by latish October, compared to just about every season I can think of. Right now I am actually leaning to cancelling."

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button opens Oct. 8 at the Public Theater and is scheduled to run through Nov. 15.

The In the Heights run doesn’t start until Oct. 28 (Encores!).