Broadway Box Office: ‘Chess’ Hits $1.8 Million In Final Week

In its final week on Broadway, Chess jumped up over $426,000 to hit $1.8 million. The musical, which opened in October and stars Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, played to 99.5 percent capacity at the Imperial Theatre and the average ticket price jumped up to $155.

Death of a Salesman continues building on its post-Tonys momentum, hitting $1.97 million across seven performances last week, marking its highest gross yet. The play, starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf took home awards for direction, revival and Metcalf, among others, and played to more than 100 percent capacity at the Winter Garden Theatre.

Best musical winner Schmigadoon also continues to increase its tally, up close to $50,000 to reach close to $1.2 million, with capacity at 97 percent at the Nederlander Theatre. The Lost Boys, which saw lead Ali Louis Bourzgui take home a Tony, also saw gains, up $79,000 to reach $1.4 million at the Marquis Theatre. And best musical revival winner Ragtime continues to build momentum, up close to $40,000 to reach close to $1.5 million.

Giant, which saw its star John Lithgow win a Tony, hit its highest gross yet, close to $1.5 million, as the play prepares for its June 28 closing date at the Music Box Theatre.

Hamilton was the highest grossing show of the week, with $2.2 million, followed by The Lion King with $1.99 million, Death of a Salesman, Chess and MJ with $1.6 million.

The Balusters also saw a closing week boost, with capacity jumping back up to 87 percent at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and a box office gross of $351,588 across seven shows, up more than $80,000 from the prior week. Meanwhile, Celebrity Autobiography brought in just over $41,000 in its final week on Broadway ,down $40,000 from the prior week, with capacity falling to 22 percent and average ticket price falling to $21.

And Book of Mormon fell from its 15th anniversary highs, which included guest performances from the original cast and creative team. Grosses dropped $1.4 million last week, down to about $850,000 as the average ticket price dropped down to $106 from $240. Capacity still remained strong at 94 percent.