‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Starring Tom Hiddleston Joins Sell Outs ‘A Few Good Men’, ‘Other Desert Cities’ & ‘Hamilton’ – Broadway Box Office
Broadway business was off about 13% last week (from the previous week and from last season at this time) – maybe Halloween Saturday pulled away some attention? – with total box office for the 33 shows hitting $29,572,284. Attendance for the week ending November 1 was 251,700, down 4% from the previous week and 9% year-to-year.
Most shows – 26 of the 33 – reported downturns, some considerable in the six figures. Both & Juliet and The Outsiders were down by more than $300,000 from the previous week.
Still, four shows managed to buck the trend and sell out:
A Few Good Men, which opened to mixed reviews, filled all seats at the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center, grossing $1,277,792; that’s down $93,655 from the previous week due to press and opening night comps; Hamilton was Sro at the Richard Rodgers, grossing $2,317,475, down about $207,476 from the previous week; Buzzy newcomer Much Ado About Nothing, from director Jamie Lloyd and starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell,
