New musical Buena Vista Social Club played its first three preview performances at the Schoenfeld Theatre last week and played to 100 percent capacity.
The musical brought in a strong $447,171 across the three previews, with an average ticket price of $142.09. The show, which is inspired by the true story of a group of aging musicians in Cuba recording an album and reminiscing about their past, is scheduled to open March 19.
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical played its final performance at Studio 54 on Feb. 23. The musical, which opened Nov. 11, brought in $677,797 across its final week, and played to 87 percent capacity.
Overall, industry grosses fell 13 percent from the prior week, following the closures of Romeo+Juliet and All In: Comedy About Love that week, as well as the downturn after Presidents’ Day Weekend.
Gypsy also saw its grosses tumble by close to $600,000 last week as star Audra McDonald missed a number of performances due to a scheduled absence. The show brought in $877, 294 and played to 58 percent capacity at the Majestic Theatre.
Wicked continued to top the grosses list, bringing in $2.5 million, followed by The Lion King with $1.95 million, Hamilton with $1.9 million, The Outsiders with $1.4 million and Aladdin with $1.3 million.
The season to date is up 18 percent from the prior season, and attendance is up close to 17 percent.
