Best Broadway Shows

Karen Schaler | Jan 24, 2008 | Comments 7

Shows on Broadway change so fast it’s hard to keep track but there is one smart way to help you pick a winner…follow the crowd.

What I mean is, most of the time it’s all about a show’s reputation and word of mouth so instead of trying to tell you what I think is the best show, here’s a list of the top grossing Broadway shows, for last week, provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers along with average ticket price. It’s TRAVEL THERAPY made easy!

**Note** the list is in alphabetical order, not in order of popularity and these are the numbers for just one week. As usual, The Lion King, Wicked and The Jersey Boys are brining in the huge crowds but new comer August Osage County is starting to create a buzz along with some other favorites.

This list is pretty cool, huh? Now you just have to decide do you want to see a play, a musical an old favorite or something fresh and new and then read the last post on the best way to score bargain tickets. Enjoy!

Young Frankenstein is not reporting its grosses.

Production (Theatre)	Weekly Gross	Total Atten.	Prev.	Perf.	Total Capacity	Avg. Ticket Price	Atten. %

A Bronx Tale (Walter Kerr)	$268,671	3,784	0	7	949	$71.00	57.0%
A Chorus Line (Schoenfeld)	$378,417	5,703	0	8	1,069	$66.35	66.7%
August: Osage County (Imperial)	$609,017	8,491	0	8	1,439	$71.73	73.8%
Avenue Q (Golden)	$360,921	5,341	0	8	796	$67.58	83.9%
Chicago (Ambassador)	$373,213	5,423	0	8	1,080	$68.82	62.8%
Come…Sheba (Biltmore)	$150,571	3,007	8	0	650	$50.07	57.8%
Curtains (Hirschfeld)	$540,244	7,166	0	8	1,422	$75.39	63.0%
Grease (Atkinson)	$619,075	6,898	0	8	1,072	$89.75	80.4%
Hairspray (Neil Simon)	$640,692	8,906	0	8	1,428	$71.94	78.0%
Is He Dead? (Lyceum)	$232,254	4,840	0	8	922	$47.99	65.6%
Jersey Boys (August Wilson)	$1,157,164	9,808	0	8	1,222	$117.98	100.3%
Legally Blonde (Palace)	$668,409	9,551	0	8	1,691	$69.98	70.6%
Mamma Mia! (Cadillac Winter Garden)	$765,173	10,001	0	8	1,498	$76.51	83.5%
Mary Poppins (New Amsterdam)	$896,735	11,725	0	8	1,791	$76.48	81.8%
November (Barrymore)	$415,167	5,746	3	5	1,058	$72.25	67.9%
Rent (Nederlander)	$333,226	6,243	0	8	1,181	$53.38	66.1%
Rock ‘n’ Roll (Jacobs)	$437,825	6,536	0	8	1,074	$66.99	76.1%
Spamalot (Shubert)	$797,390	10,141	0	8	1,441	$78.63	88.0%
Spring Awakening (O’Neill)	$526,696	7,176	0	8	1,090	$73.40	82.3%
The 25th…Bee (Circle in Square)	$282,053	4,661	0	8	684	$60.51	85.2%
The 39 Steps (American Airlines)	$206,358	4,303	0	8	740	$47.96	72.7%
The Color Purple (Broadway)	$477,154	8,576	0	8	1,718	$55.64	62.4%
The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box)	$290,705	4,836	0	8	1,005	$60.11	60.1%
The Homecoming (Cort)	$299,147	4,594	0	8	1,082	$65.12	53.1%
The Lion King (Minskoff)	$1,050,324	11,904	0	8	1,654	$88.23	90.0%
The Little Mermaid (Lunt-Fontanne)	$950,655	11,137	0	8	1,518	$85.36	91.7%
The Phantom of the Opera (Majestic)	$636,835	9,963	0	8	1,607	$63.92	77.5%
The Seafarer (Booth)	$316,212	4,995	0	8	788	$63.31	79.2%
Wicked (Gershwin)	$1,371,768	13,888	0	8	1,809	$98.77	96.0%
Xanadu (Hayes)	$218,989	3,323	0	8	596	$65.90

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