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# Disparity grows at Broadway box office
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/disparity-grows-at-broadway-box-office/
- Published: 2022-05-11T13:37:11.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-24T20:10:36.000Z
- Description: Broadway’s grosses saw a slight improvement last week, even as the disparity between highest and lowest grossing shows continues to grow. For the week ending May 8, Broadway’s total gross was $31,199,660, up 7% from the previous week. Attendance was also up slightly from last week at 249,219. The...
- Author: Caitlin Hornik
- Tags: Grosses, Broadway League, Plaza Suite, The Music Man, Paradise Square, News, Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Broadway’s grosses saw a slight improvement last week, even as the disparity between highest and lowest grossing shows continues to grow.

For the week ending May 8, Broadway’s total gross was $31,199,660, up 7% from the previous week. Attendance was also up slightly from last week at 249,219\. There were 36 shows in performance.

A number of shows played to 99% capacity last week, including “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” which saw a handful of its [original cast members depart](https://broadwaynews.com/2022/03/24/aaron-tveit-natalie-mendoza-and-more-to-depart-broadways-moulin-rouge/?ref=broadwaynews.com) on May 8, “Plaza Suite” and “The Music Man.”

Four productions played to less than 50% capacity last week, including “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf,” “Hangmen,” “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” and “The Skin of Our Teeth.”

Another 13 productions played to less than 70% capacity.

“for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf,” which announced last week it will [close prematurely](https://broadwaynews.com/2022/05/03/for-colored-girls-to-close-broadway-run-on-may-22/?ref=broadwaynews.com) on May 22, played to just over 39% capacity, grossing $159,092.90.

“Mr. Saturday Night” only played five performances last week after Billy Crystal came down with a non-COVID illness. The production grossed $565,411.50 and played to 68% capacity.

“A Strange Loop,” which leads the pack with 11 Tony nominations, saw a 14% increase at the box office in its first full week of performances after opening. It grossed $476,797.00 and played to 67% capacity.

“Paradise Square” played to 61% capacity, up 12% from the previous week. However, the show grossed $193,669.30, down 6% from last week. The show received 10 Tony nominations, including Best Musical.

“The Little Prince” closed at the end of the performance week on May 8.