Broadway Grosses: Box Office Bounces Back After Hurricane; Three Shows Depart

Broadway was back to its usual eight shows in the post-hurricane week leading up to Labor Day, and the grosses bounced back, too, although at lower totals than in mid-August. (Residual power outages in the NYC suburbs may have something to do with that.) Three shows played their final performances on the Great White Way: Catch Me If You Can, Baby It’s You! and the revival of Master Class, which made the frontrunners’ list for capacity in its farewell week.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending September 4:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,602,104)
2. The Lion King ($1,592,469)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,503,442)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,272,792)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ($1,047,847)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Chicago ($495,473)
4. Baby It’s You! ($407,517)
3. Rock of Ages ($348,861)
2. Master Class ($346,806)
1. Hair ($337,645)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.43%)
2. The Lion King (100.04%)
3. War Horse (97.65%)
4. Master Class (96.24%)
5. Wicked (94.52%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. The Addams Family (70.07%)
4. Mary Poppins (68.16%)
3. Priscilla Queen of the Desert (58.25%)
2. Sister Act (57.90%)
1. Hair (48.58%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.