{"id":1236406367,"date":"2025-10-21T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/?p=1236406367"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:00:55","slug":"broadway-box-office-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/broadway-box-office-chess-1236406367\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway Box Office: ‘Chess’ Gets Strong $1.2 Million Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tChess<\/em> brought in a strong $1.2 million across its first four preview performances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tThe revival of the 1980s cold war musical,<\/a> starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, began previews Oct. 15 and played to 100 percent capacity at the Imperial Theatre. The average ticket price for the musical was $208, the fourth highest in the industry last week. The show is scheduled to open Nov. 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tHamilton\u2019<\/em>s gross fell close to $300,000 from the prior week (when the show hit its highest gross<\/a> ever of more than $4 million) but the musical still brought in a massive $3.8 million with Leslie Odom Jr. in the cast, ranking as the highest grossing show on Broadway last week. The musical had the highest average ticket price at $350.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tAmong the new shows on Broadway, Little Bear Ridge Road<\/em>, produced by Scott Rudin and starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, saw its grosses dip slightly to $362,644 across its second week of previews and capacity at the Booth Theatre fell to 78 percent from 83 percent the prior week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tNew musical The Queen of Versailles, <\/em>starring Kristin Chenoweth, saw its capacity fall to 91 percent in its second week of previews. Grosses jumped up to close to $900,000, from $775,752 the prior week, as the musical played its first week of six shows (as compared to four the prior week). <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tThe revival of Ragtime <\/em>opened at the Lincoln Center\u2019s Vivian Beaumont Theater on Oct. 16 to largely positive reviews. As a result of the mostly comped opening night, grosses fell about $70,000 to $1 million, while capacity remained at 100 percent.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tWicked<\/em> was the second highest-grossing show on Broadway last week, bringing in $2.3 million, followed by The Lion King<\/em>, which brought in $2 million, Waiting For Godot<\/em>, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, which brought in $1.8 million. Art,<\/em> starring James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale, brought in $1.79 million across nine shows last week, rather than the typical eight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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