{"id":674140,"date":"2026-11-03T23:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T23:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674140\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T23:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T23:28:09","slug":"much-ado-about-nothing-with-tom-hiddleston-sells-out-first-broadway-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674140\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Much Ado About Nothing’ With Tom Hiddleston Sells Out First Broadway Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBroadway<\/a> business was off about 13% last week (from the previous week and from last season at this time) \u2013 maybe Halloween Saturday pulled away some attention? \u2013 with total box office for the 33 shows hitting $29,572,284. Attendance for the week ending November 1 was 251,700, down 4% from the previous week and 9% year-to-year.<\/p>\n

\n\tMost shows \u2013 26 of the 33 \u2013 reported downturns, some considerable in the six figures. Both & Juliet and The Outsiders were down by more than $300,000 from the previous week (to, respectively, $610,232 and $605,946).<\/p>\n

\n\tStill, four shows managed to buck the trend and sell out:<\/p>\n

A Few Good Men<\/a>, which opened to mixed reviews, filled all seats at the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center, grossing $1,277,792; that\u2019s down $93,655 from the previous week due to press and opening night comps; <\/p>\n

Hamilton was SRO at the Richard Rodgers, grossing $2,317,475, down about $207,476 from the previous week;<\/p>\n

Buzzy newcomer Much Ado About Nothing<\/a>, from director Jamie Lloyd and starring Tom Hiddleston<\/a> and Hayley Atwell, filled the Winter Garden for its first preview, grossing $358,262 for the single performance. Opening night is November 19;<\/p>\n

Other Desert Cities, the behemoth starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Ed Harris, topped the charts with a gross of $2,347,158 (it and Hamilton were the only two shows to break $2M). <\/p>\n

\n\tOther Desert Cities also topped the ticket price roster, with its average paid attendance at a hefty $301.23. Only two other productions topped the $200 mark: Much Ado About Nothing ($238.36) and Hamilton ($218.03). The overall average paid admission for the 33 shows was $117.49.<\/p>\n

\n\tThree other shows were in previews last week:<\/p>\n

Wanted, the new musical from Angelica Ch\u00e9ri and Ross Baum starring Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine, was down $115,168 at the James Earl Jones, taking in $508,919 with attendance about 82% of the venue\u2019s capacity. Opening night is November 8; <\/p>\n

Downstate had its first full week of eight previews at the Booth, grossing $275,085 and filling 87% of seats. Opening night is November 15; <\/p>\n

The Fantasticks had its first full seven-preview week at the Hayes, taking in $305,307, with 93% of seats occupied. Opening night is November 16. <\/p>\n

\n\tBilly Crystal\u2019s 860<\/a> had three heavily comped press performances but still pulled in a strong $1,353,611 for seven performances. Attendance was at 99%. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn the 23rd week of the 2026-27 season, Broadway has grossed $726,010,709 season-to-date, down about 8% from last year at this time, with total attendance of 5,929,169 down 3% year-to-year.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For more box office information visit the League\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broadway business was off about 13% last week (from the previous week and from last season at this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[285605,285606,49557,285607,321,93,61,60,285608,81912,91715],"class_list":["post-674140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-285605","tag-a-few-good-men","tag-broadway","tag-broadway-box-office","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-much-ado-about-nothing","tag-novid","tag-tom-hiddleston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}