In its 2d week of preview performances, a revival of Shakespeare’s “Othello” set a brand new listing for weekly grosses on Broadway, bringing in $2,818,297 for 8 displays.
Starring Denzel Washington within the name function and Jake Gyllenhaal because the manipulative Iago, the manufacturing performed to 100% capability for each and every of its 8 displays ultimate week, filling each and every unmarried seat within the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, in step with Playbill.
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Kid” was once the former listing holder, having grossed $2,718,488 for the vacation week finishing Dec. 31, 2023, in step with the theater mag.
The common price tag worth for the record-breaking week was once $338.09, which is significantly upper than each and every different display on Broadway. The common display prices about $100. The highest price tag for “Othello” commanded $897.
The revival, which formally opens March 23, is a strictly restricted engagement, working for 15 weeks thru June 8.
Tony Award winner Kenny Leon directs the display, coming off of the good fortune of every other buzzy revival, “Our The town” starring Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch and Katie Holmes.
Washington has starred in more than one Broadway productions, together with “Julius Caesar,” “Fences,” “A Raisin within the Solar” and “The Iceman Cometh.” He gained a Tony Award for “Fences” and was once nominated for his efficiency in “The Iceman Cometh.”
Gyllenhaal additionally has gave the impression in different Broadway displays, maximum significantly the name function of painter Georges Seurat within the 2017 revival of “Sunday within the Park With George.” He was once nominated for a Tony award in 2020 for his efficiency in “Sea Wall/A Existence.”
