Theater continues to be a major draw for people coming to New York City During the week ending Dec. 30, 2018, new revenue records for Broadway shows were reached. Consider these items compiled and released by the Broadway League:
The 39 shows playing the week ending December 30 grossed a total of $57,807,272. This new record surpasses last year’s final tally of $50.4 million.
Hamilton, The Lion King, and Wicked closed out the year surpassing $3 million. Hamilton gave eight performances that week and the other two shows gave nine.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, at $2,424,850, also set a new weekly record for the highest-grossing play in Broadway history.
January tends to be a bit more quiet than December usually is and that turned out to be true. But with numbers like that at the end of the year, somebody did something right!