B'way bounces up
Gay Pride Week fuels 3% B.O. uptick
Due to illness, Gary Sinise missed five perfs, which sent "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" into a $117,233 downward spiral. The revival landed at $271,561 for its first session of regular performances under the $300,000 mark.
Crystal Bernard (three perfs) took over for Reba McEntire (five perfs) in "Annie Get Your Gun," which dipped $43,219 to close with $821,599.
'Street' to success
"42nd Street" took a break in its rapid ascent since the Tony Awards, recording $3,677 less than the week before. Its total cume last week came to $870,099 against its gross potential of $1,009,892, which brought the show to 99.27% capacity. Its average ticket price of $68.08 continues to improve, and is now the fourth highest on Broadway with only "The Full Monty" ($69.26), "The Lion King" ($69.47) and "The Producers" ($76.27) getting more.
The closing notice for "King Hedley II" this upcoming Sunday worked no miracles. B.O. fell $29,221, with receipts at $154,613.
"The Invention of Love" posted its closing this Saturday, which created a $30,011 bounce. The Tom Stoppard play closed with $259,171, its highest B.O. figure to date.
'Party' bounces back
"The Dinner Party" recovered some of its loss from the previous week's tumble of $134,659 when John Ritter and Henry Winkler left the show. With Jon Lovitz and Larry Miller co-starring, the Neil Simon play jumped $41,164 to close at $235,265.
"Stones in His Pockets" (up $15,118) and "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" (up $29,720) also improved, while the award-laden "Proof" (down $5,684) took a small tip after weeks of B.O. increases.
With Eric McCormack headlining, "The Music Man" continued its climb, up $27,383 to finish with $585,094, which is just under its gross potential of $640,616.
As usual, "The Lion King" and "The Producers" were sold-out.
