George Clooney and Denzel Washington Power Broadway to Prepandemic Heights

Both developments are, in part, related to Hollywood.

Three works with film, television and comedy stars: “Good Night and Good Luck”, starring Clooney; “Othello,” starring Washington and Gyllenhaal; and “Glengarry Glen Ross”, starring Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr and Bob Odenkirk, they are representing more than 20 percent of Broadway’s weekly box office this spring, they even represent only 7 percent of the shows.

They are doing that without a lot of critical support, and none of them was nominated for the best play or best revival. But each one has become profitable, a rare feat on Broadway. “Glengarry Glen Ross” has recovered its capitalization costs of up to $ 7.5 million; “Othello”, up to $ 9 million; and “good night and good luck”, $ 9.5 million.

40 shows are running!
3 plays are dominant!

A fifth of Broadway Grosses now goes to only three plays: “Good night and good luck”, “Othello” and “Glengarry Glen Ross” (which presents Kieran Culkin, above).

“Good evening and good luck”, a theatrical adaptation of a 2005 film about the confrontation between television journalist Edward R. Murrow and the anti -communist senator Joseph McCarthy, had already been accumulating surprising numbers, thanks to the popularity of Clooney and the timidly their theme about the importance or an independent press. Duration The week that ended on May 4, entered $ 4 million, a high record for a play, and more than double what “The Lion King” taught that week.

“Othello” is also having an incredible career. The revival is found in a much smaller theater (1,043 seats, compared to 1,537 for “good night and good luck”), where the high demand for limited supply has increased ticket prices; Many seats are priced at $ 921, and the play had an average price of tickets of $ 387 last week.