The Week in Broadway

Several Broadway musicals are taking the stage right now in lavish productions and exceptionally entertaining shows, and Reuters UK has just come in with weekly grosses for the week’s Broadway shows, giving theatergoers a glimpse at the top-selling shows across the nation. Fronting the list this week of top-grossing Broadway shows is the powerful Wicked, which grossed $1,524,141 over eight shows at the George Gershwin Theater in New York City.

Rounding off the top five performing Broadway acts this week include number two The Lion King at Minskoff grossing $1,409,411 over eight shows, number three West Side Story at Palace with $1,308,787 over four shows, number four Billy Elliot: The Musical at Imperial grossing $1,207,493 over eight shows and number five Mary Poppins at New Amsterdam grossing $1,050,779 over eight shows. Other honorable mentions in this week’s Broadway sales numbers include sixth-grossing Jersey Boys at the August Wilson Theater in New York City with $1,043,780 over eight shows, Shrek the Musical on Broadway with $1,040,066 over eight shows, Mamma Mia at the Winter Garden Theater in New York City grossing $1,021,653 over eight shows, The Little Mermaid at Lunt-Fontanne with $1,003,853 over eight shows and, rounding out the Top 10 list of the week, The Phantom at the Opera at Majestic grossing $951,710 over eight shows.

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