Broadway back after Irene

Broadway retrieved effortlessly from Hurricane Irene a week ago, with grosses rebounding and each production look out onto a complete eight-perf week. But there is early proof of the approaching September downturn, with a few shows posting receipts that did not achieve the levels more abundant frames the 2009 summer time. Still, five tuners made a lot more than $a million each a week ago, and also the one show presently in previews, "Follies" ($806,857), acquired enough steam to land within the top ten the very first time. This is a solid pre-opening require the revival of the musical that's much more serious-minded than the majority of the Street's other available choices. Production, toplined by Bernadette Peters, will turn to develop that foundation because it heads toward its Sept. 12 opening. Whereas new-minted juggernauts for example like "It of Mormon" ($1,272,792) and long lasting chart-cake toppers for example "Wicked" ($1,602,104) remained robust, other productions demonstrated more susceptible towards the late-summer time slippage. Take "Mary Poppins" ($761,321), which did not hit exactly the same levels the family-magnet show published in the most popular summer time frames. A trio of shows performed their final perfs over the past weekend, exiting just before the difficult back-to-school sales climate which hits Broadway after Labor Day. But no three -- "Catch Me If You're Able ToInch ($600,545), "Baby It's You" ($407,517) and "Master Class" ($346,806) -- drenched a notable increase in last-minute biz. Regardless, each and every production about the boards was up in comparison towards the prior, partially hurricane-dim frame, with "Anything Goes" ($781,412) jumping a huge 150% and "Billy Elliot" ($711,702) doubling its figures in the previous sesh. Overall sales rose $6.8 million to $18.5 million for 23 shows about the boards, outpacing exactly the same week from last season, which arrived at $16.7 million for 22 shows. With three tuners now gone and something more, "Hair" ($337,645), playing its final frame now -- as well as the periodic sales downturn -- Broadway B.O. continues to deflate for the following couple of days prior to the onslaught of fall openings starts. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

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