Grosses Soar For ‘Hamilton’ As Leslie Odom Jr. Returns; ‘Waiting For Godot’ With Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter Sells Out First Preview – Broadway Box Office

Broadway box office surged last week as some big name stars arrived – and in one case, returned – to New York stages: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter sold out their first preview of Waiting For Godot, and original Hamilton cast member Leslie Odom, Jr., back for a limited run as Aaron Burr, saw the weekly gross for that musical jump by $1,629,427 to a whopping $3,779,453.

Odom rejoined the show on September 9 and will continue to November 26. The average ticket price for Hamilton last week was $352.36, up from $200.62 the previous week.

For its first preview at the Hudson, Godot took in $367,206, with Broadway’s highest average ticket price – $377.01 – for the week. Opening night is September 28.

In all, 22 of Broadway’s 28 shows posted increases last week following the previous week’s sluggish Labor Day holiday. Total gross for the week ending September 14 was $30,128,088, a boost of about 20% over the previous week and 18% over this time last year.