Broadway Box Office: Star-Studded ‘Other Desert Cities,’ ‘A Few Good Men,’ ‘860’ Draw Crowds

Broadway grosses jumped a staggering 27 percent last week thanks to several high-voltage celebrity shows.

Other Desert Cities continues to be a top seller, bringing in $2.1 million in its first week of eight performances. The play, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Allison Janney, Ed Harris and Joe Keery, played to 100 percent capacity, with an average ticket price of $277. This was the second highest average ticket price of the week, following Hamilton’s $287.

A Few Good Men started previews Oct. 8 and played to 100 percent capacity across its first three performances at the Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater. The revival, starring Bradley Whitford, Tom Blyth and Krysta Rodriguez, brought in $555,367, with an average ticket price of $168. The play is set to open Oct. 29.

And Billy Crystal’s 860 played its second week of previews and brought in an impressive tally of $1.2 million across seven performances for the one-man show. The show played to 100 percent capacity at the Imperial Theatre, with an average ticket price of $156.

Hamilton was the highest grossing show of the week with an impressive $3 million tally, thanks to the return of Chris Jackson to the cast, followed by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with $2.22 million, The Lion King with $2.21 million, Other Desert Cities and MJ with $1.9 million.

The Bowen Yang-led Oh, Mary! also broke a box office record at the Lyceum Theatre, bringing in $1.59 million across eight performances, with an average ticket price of $222.

Overall attendance was up 10 percent across the industry.

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