Overview
- The 2025–2026 Broadway season, which ended May 24, 2026, grossed $1.91 billion with about 14.6 million attendees across 74 productions and 13,416 performances, filling roughly 90.8 percent of seats.
- Average paid admission was near $131 and pushed season grosses up about 1 percent despite attendance falling roughly 0.6 percent compared with the prior (53-week) season.
- Every Brilliant Thing set a Hudson Theatre house record with a roughly $2.3 million week as Daniel Radcliffe finished his run and Mariska Hargitay began performances on May 26.
- Final-week box-office leaders included Every Brilliant Thing, Hamilton, The Lion King, Death of a Salesman and MJ, and several Tony-nominated shows saw notable short-term boosts ahead of the June 6 awards.
- The Broadway League emphasized the sector’s economic role in New York, saying it supports nearly 100,000 jobs, even as producers and shows face rising production costs and continued reliance on celebrity casting for big ticket swings.