Romeo + Juliet , Sam Gold’s new Broadway adaptation of the Shakespeare classic starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, sold out its first three preview performances last week, filling Circle in the Square beyond its seating capacity and scoring the week’s top average ticket price at $178.94. The modern-dress adaptation, one of a half-dozen new productions to hit New York in recent weeks, was standing room only and grossed $441,258 for the three previews last week.
Romeo + Juliet opens October 24. The average ticket price overall for Broadway last week was $112.57.
Also jumping in with a strong start, Sunset Blvd. , Jamie Lloyd’s revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, filled the St. James for its first preview, grossing $304,934 .
Opening night is October 20. And McNeal , the new play starring Robert Downey Jr. in his Broadway debut, opened to mixed reviews but filled every seat at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, grossing a whopping $1,151,402 for seven shows.
Other recent arrivals are taking a bit longer to find their legs, including The Hills of California , Jez Butterworth’s wonderful new play that opened last week, scoring $390,470 for six previews and the invited-guest September 29 opening night performance, and filling 88% of seats at the Broadhurst. Also in previews last week, Yellow Face , starring Daniel Dae Kim and opening tonight at the Todd Haimes Theatre, took in $313,112 , filling about 89% of th.
