Broadway‘s busy season was packed with recent arrivals last week, most pulling in decent-sized audiences (more than decent in many cases), with shows like Dog Day Afternoon, Proof, Schmigadoon! and The Rocky Horror Show selling out or nearly so.
Other newcomers filling 90% of their seats or more were Becky Shaw, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Death of a Salesman, Titanique, Fallen Angels and The Lost Boys.
Dog Day Afternoon opened at the August Wilson on March 30, so while all seats were filled the week’s gross was down $2470,766 to $1,041,983, the result of four heavily comped press performances and a fully comped opening night.
Some other notable recent arrivals:
Watch on Deadline Becky Shaw, which opened at non-prof Second Stage’s Hayes to strong reviews last night, pulled in $243,674 for seven previews, attendance at 93% of capacity; Cats: The Jellicle
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