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\n\tBroadway<\/a> ticket sales held steady last week as the newish season eases into the post-Tony summer weeks, with Chess<\/a> posting strong figures during its final week and Celebrity Autobiography<\/a> doing the opposite during its last bow.<\/p>\n \n\tChess<\/strong>, starring Lea Michele<\/a>, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher had previously announced <\/a>its early close (coinciding with Michele\u2019s planned departure), and saw a bump of $426,869 to $1,793,002<\/strong> in the week leading up to the June 21 close. That\u2019s its highest gross since the December holidays. The musical was a virtual sell-out with 99.5% of seats filled at the Imperial.<\/p>\n \n\tAlso departing was Celebrity Autobiography<\/strong>, the specialty show with a rotating cast of stars reading the memoirs of other celebrities to comic effect. The show did not catch on with audiences: It\u2019s final week after opening last month saw only 22% of seats occupied at the Shubert, for a gross of $41,773<\/strong>. That figure marks a $39,491 drop from the previous week, with an average ticket price of just $21.02<\/strong> (the Broadway average last week was $126.49<\/strong>).<\/p>\n \n\tIn all, Broadway\u2019s 38 productions \u2013 one fewer than the previous week \u2013 grossed $38,949,543<\/strong>, a drop of just 1% from the previous week but 10% from last season at this time. Attendance was 307,921<\/strong>, up 2% from the previous week but down 6% year-to-year. <\/p>\n \n\tAlso closing on June 21 was The Balusters<\/strong>, seeing a sizable bump of $81,395 (to $351,588<\/strong>) in its final seven-performance week. <\/p>\n \n\tDeath of a Salesman<\/strong> also had a pre-scheduled seven-performance week, doing its usual SRO business for a hefty gross of $1,927,110<\/strong>. That figure made it the third highest-grossing show for the week behind top earner Hamilton<\/strong> ($2,213,196<\/strong>) and #2 The Lion King<\/strong> ($1,999,620<\/strong>). <\/p>\n