Sunset Blvd., starring Nicole Scherzinger, played its final Broadway performance Sunday and hit the highest gross of its run.
The musical grossed $2.48 million last week, with its final performance Sunday bringing in $514,515 of the total, marking the highest grossing single performance at the St. James Theatre. The show, which opened on Broadway in October 2024, also hit the highest ticket price of its run at $187.53 and played to more than 100 percent capacity. These numbers made it the highest grossing show on Broadway last week.
Sunset Blvd., directed by Jamie Lloyd, won three Tony Awards, including best revival of a musical and a Tony for Scherzinger as Norma Desmond.
Just In Time, the biomusical about Bobby Darin starring Jonathan Groff and Gracie Lawrence, also hit the highest gross of its run last week. The show hit $1.3 million and played to more than 100 percent capacity at the Circle in the Square Theatre last week, with an average ticket price of $231.77.
The show has been one of the best performing new musicals of the season, having grossed more than $1 million every week since its April 26 opening and never playing below 100 percent capacity. The musical was nominated for six Tony Awards, but did not take home any trophies in June.
Call Me Izzy’s grosses plummeted to $56,519 last week, and capacity fell to 30 percent, as the one-person show cancelled four of its eight performances. Understudy Johanna Day had been taking over the role for the last two-weeks after star Jean Smart suffered a knee injury. Smart is due to return to the play July 22, and the production has extended its run at Studio 54 by one week to Aug. 24.
Wicked was the second highest grossing show last week, behind Sunset Blvd., with $2.41 million, followed by The Lion King with $2.2 million, Hamilton with $2.2 million and Death Becomes Her with $1.5 million.