Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/30/26

Unusual yet pleasant to see the numbers go up a bit the week before Labor Day!

Au revoir to MOULIN ROUGE!, as well as Sophie Carmen-Jones, J. Harrison Ghee, Gary Dourdan, Gaby Moreno, John-Michael Lyles, and Jordan Tyson.

I ponder if they are going to shutter STRANGER THINGS before their January closing date. That gross is quite pathetic considering the cost to run, but I suppose Netflix is probably not going to mind burning their money and the Marquis isn’t exactly itching to move a new show in that would expedited the need for the theatre.

quizking101 said: "I ponder if they are going to shutter STRANGER THINGS before their January closing date. That gross is quite pathetic considering the cost to run, but I suppose Netflix is probably not going to mind burning their money and the Marquis isn’t exactly itching to move a new show in that would expedited the need for the theatre."

I sincerely hope there's a story about just how much money they pissed away keeping that show open. Truly mindboggling sum of money I have no doubt. Do we have any sense of an estimate?

Sutton Ross said: "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) has low running costs and will probably wrap up when their contract ends in November. It's a shame more people haven't checked out this incredibly sweet musical."

I haven't seen the show, but I will always root for an original musical and score. I will say that I am more than shocked that Two Strangers lasted this long, tbh. I think they have to be extremely happy to. I thought it might pull a "Bring Back Birdie" and only last a handful of performances on Broadway.

They have been doing a lot of extra stuff like Community nights and singing in the subway (they sounded incredible). I hope it stays open throughout the holidays, it's such an awesome show and I also love rooting for new musicals as well. People complain a lot and request new musicals come to Broadway, yet they don't support them. It's such an interesting thing for me to witness. How many people have their tickets to Galileo yet?

Sam and Christiani performing in the subway

Updated On: 9/1/26 at 03:01 PM

A lot of the big musical houses are going to be empty this fall, majestic, st James, al hirshfeld, plus the winter garden and August Wilson, imperial are being filled by plays. Not too many musicals this fall, that will probably help the long runners.