Overview
- For the week ending July 26, Broadway grosses rose about 12.5–13% to roughly $34.86 million with attendance up about 7% to 273,061, figures reported by The Broadway League show.
- Ragtime set a Vivian Beaumont house record with a $1,625,400 week while Cats: The Jellicle Ball hit its highest-week gross, about $1,189,431, on a pre-closing surge ahead of an August 8 final performance.
- The starry revival of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone closed on July 26 after posting its biggest week at $1,183,148, playing to roughly 99% capacity in its final performances.
- Oh, Mary! returned to near sell-out status with Meg Stalter back for a full week, grossing $1,078,641, and the week's top five earners remained The Lion King, Hamilton, Death of a Salesman, MJ and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
- Industry watchers say the pattern—few long-running blockbusters anchoring totals, high average paid admission ($127.68) and concentrated, star- or closing-driven spikes—can lift weekly figures even as season-to-date grosses remain weaker and rising running costs squeeze many shows.