Biz perked up a bit on Broadway last week, with total grosses climbing almost $650,000 to $13,896,209 for the week ending Feb. 12.
That's a stronger-than-usual cume for the frame, and not a bad tally for a normally sluggish time of year.
David Lindsay-Abaire's new play "Rabbit Hole" ($278,746) saw one of the largest bumps, driven up more than $75,000 from the previous sesh by the handful of critical raves it earned after opening.
Another new offering, the Roundabout's revival of "The Pajama Game" ($404,834), continues to post solid sales in previews, fueled by promising buzz and playing to 92.9% of capacity -- behind only top-earner "Wicked" ($1,315,139) and the sold-out limited run of "The Odd Couple" ($857,186), both at around 100%.
In the top three, "The Lion King" ($986,094) clawed its way past "Monty Python's Spamalot" ($932,351) to retake second place.
On the other end of the spectrum, "Barefoot in the Park" ($230,480 for seven perfs) hopes to gain momentum as it enters into its opening week, and the Johnny Cash tuner "Ring of Fire" ($247,258) played its first seven perfs.
"Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life" languished at $162,025 for six performances. Low sales helped prod the announcement that the show, like "The Woman in White" ($418,639), would plays its final perfs this week. Both productions close Sunday.
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