The Lion King Archive

  • Thanksgiving Week Breaks Broadway Records

    Thanksgiving Week Breaks Broadway Records

    While the economy is on everyone’s mind these days, you wouldn’t know it from looking at Thanksgiving week on the Great White Way. Three shows topped two million dollars last week, while five others topped the one million dollar mark. Not bad for a recession! Leading the pack for last week’s Broadway box office were [...]

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  • Columbus Day Holiday Run-Up Is Strong For Broadway

    Columbus Day Holiday Run-Up Is Strong For Broadway

    The run-up to the Columbus Day holiday weekend proved to be a week of strong ticket sales for many Broadway productions. As is always the case, perennial front runners Wicked and The Lion King topped the box office charts. But also strong last week was Jersey Boys, a show that is still drawing – and [...]

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  • Extreme Heat Doesn’t Cool Broadway Enthusiasm

    Extreme Heat Doesn’t Cool Broadway Enthusiasm

    Sure the Big Apple was hotter than it’s been all summer last week. But that didn’t cool enthusiasm among theater goers to see their favorite shows. Last week’s box office was strong and here are some of the shows that kept it that way. Taking in the biggest bucks on Broadway were perennial favorites Wicked [...]

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  • Tony Nominees Packing the Houses

    Tony Nominees Packing the Houses

    With this Sunday’s Tony Awards show just around the corner, audiences last week filled the theaters of some of the most popular nominees. The Book of Mormon which got 14 nominations was right behind perennial favorites Wicked and The Lion King in terms of total revenue. Not far behind at over $1,000,000 for the week [...]

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  • Newcomers Filling The Seats On Broadway

    Newcomers Filling The Seats On Broadway

    There are nearly 40 shows playing on Broadway right now. But except for perennial front runners Wicked and The Lion King, it’s the newcomers that are packing the houses. Among last week’s top five shows by theater capacity were The Book of Mormon, Warhorse and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. And even [...]

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  • Despite The Snow, Some Shows Still Thrive

    Despite The Snow, Some Shows Still Thrive

    Despite the seventh winter storm of the season in New York City, and more than a foot and a half of snow, Broadway box offices for three shows still topped the one million dollar mark for the final week of January. As usual, Wicked topped Broadway grosses with more than $1.3 million in ticket sales. [...]

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  • Big Holiday Week On The Great White Way

    Big Holiday Week On The Great White Way

    There’s no doubt that these are challenging economic times for many. But you wouldn’t know it to look at last week’s record-breaking holiday box office on Broadway. The two most popular shows – Wicked and The Lion King – brought in more than $4 million between them, setting a Big Apple record. And controversial newcomer, [...]

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  • Big Holiday Weekend On Broadway

    Big Holiday Weekend On Broadway

    Holiday weekends are always a big time on Broadway, and Thanksgiving 2010 was no exception. Three shows set new box office records at their respective theatres last week. Perennial favorites Wicked and The Lion King were both in the $2,000,000 range at the Gershwin and Minksoff theatres.  And holiday newcomer Elf set a record at [...]

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  • Last Week’s Best On Broadway

    Last Week’s Best On Broadway

    It was a busy week on Broadway last week and we thought we’d share with you the shows that were the most popular among theatre enthusiasts. There were no real surprises on the list of shows taking in the most money, though The Addams Family, starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, is a new entry [...]

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  • Popular Shows, Popular Tickets

    Popular Shows, Popular Tickets

    What’s Hot On Broadway? We don’t usually cover the business aspect of Broadway on this blog. But a list of the best selling shows of late gives you some idea of the productions that fans are loving. And we thought that might help you make your plans. Here, in order, is a list of the [...]

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