Thursday, February 26, 2026

Broadway: There’s No Business With Snow Business — Even “Wicked” Suffered as Total Box Office Dropped by $2 Mil

Share

Bad weather is Broadway’s biggest enemy.

The numbers are in for last week, and the total box office was down by $2 million from the previous week. The total was $31.5 million.

Some of that is attributed to several shows canceling performances on Sunday night.

But it’s also because fewer people decided to jump over dirty piles of slushy stuff to get into theaters.

For example: “Oh Mary!” was down by over $200,000. Same for “Maybe Happy Ending,” “MJ The Michael Jackson Musical,” and “And Juliet.”

“Wicked” had a big fall off — $600K — because the snow kept away those little girls in their princess dresses.

Luckily, warmer weather is coming, and so are 16 new shows!

Donate to Showbiz411.com

Showbiz411 is now in its 13th year of providing breaking and exclusive entertainment news. This is an independent site, unlike the many Hollywood trades that are owned by one company. To continue providing news that takes a fresh look at what's going on in movies, music, theater, etc, advertising is our basis. Reader donations would be greatly appreciated, too. They are just another facet of keeping fact based journalism alive.
Thank you


Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

Read more

In Other News