Archive for December 5th, 2013
The Lion King on Broadway Becomes Fourth Longest-Running Show
The Lion King musical on Broadway Becomes Fourth Longest-Running Show with its 6,681st performance on Saturday evening, November 30, 2103 surpassing the original Broadway production of Les Miserables (6,680 performances) to become the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history.
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Having recently celebrated its 16th anniversary on Broadway last month, The Lion King finds itself in a position unprecedented in the history of Broadway. Already the highest-grossing show in Broadway history, the show is routinely the #1 Broadway show in a given week, a feat previously unimaginable for a show at this stage in its life.
The production recently became the first show in Broadway history to pass $1 billion in cumulative gross, an achievement made by the North American tour of The Lion King earlier this year.
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Lion King Musical in the $2 Million Club – Broadway Box Office Update for Week Ending December 01, 2013
Lion King Broadway musical joins the $2 Million Club with the grossing $2,365,402 and had an attendance rate of 98.9%, about 3.7% more than that of the previous week.
Wicked ($2,625,327) musical is just above the Lion King at the top of the list. The 32 shows on the boards grossed $31,531,069, imroving around 25.7% from the previous week’s totals.
Below are the Top 15 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending December 01, 2013.
1. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $2,625,327
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $2,365,402
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $2,161,225
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,912,568
5. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,657,599
6. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,522,003
7. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,418,373
8. Betrayal – (ETHEL BARRYMORE) $1,289,324
9. Annie – (PALACE) $1,229,595
10. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $1,220,246
11. 700 Sundays – (IMPERIAL) $1,121,799
12. Pippin – (MUSIC BOX) $1,070,681
13. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $1,046,663
14. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $1,045,626
15. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $914,762
{Via BroadwayWorld.com}
