Funny Girl, which received savage reviews and little Tony love, stayed afloat, grossing $1.3 million expect that number to deflate in a few weeks once the pre-opening advance dries up. Producers did, however, recently film it for a future screen and streaming life.Īs for revivals, frontrunner Company got a solid 17% bump to $720,000, while Take Me Out was up almost 35%, though a large part of that was due to an added performance. The Bob Dylan jukebox has had an awful run of luck: it opened just before the pandemic started in 2020, reopened just before the Omicron wave, was forced to close in January, and reopened again in April.
And Girl From The North Country only got a tiny boost despite seven noms including Best Musical, with overall sales only slightly higher than Paradise Square. Paradise Square’s 10 noms didn’t do much against glum reviews it’s still grossing less than $250,000, which is deadly for a musical that cost $13.5 million to launch and features a cast of 54. Michael Jackson bio-show MJ has been effectively reaching its fans for months, and stayed flat at $1.4 million. Other new musicals felt less of an impact. Still, it still managed to squeak in an extra $30k after nabbing eight nominations. Meanwhile, A Strange Loop’s major competition, Six, was already grossing over $1 million, one of few new bona fide hits. Saturday Night, a Best Musical contender, technically got a larger boost (up $293k), but much of that was due to resuming a 7-show schedule after missing two performances the week before. As for the rest, Tony recognition provided only modest benefits at the box office.