Grinch bumps Wicked!

Wicked’s position as top-grossing musical was taken on a short-term analysis this past week by the Christmas-favorite “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” Variety.com is reporting.

“… with a holiday musical in the top slot, Broadway is feeling the holiday cheer, as December tourism boosted grosses for most shows for Week 28 (Dec. 4-10). ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ jumped by more than $130,000, one of the largest bumps of the week. ‘The Vertical Hour’ did strong biz, playing to houses at 95% capacity (not including a spate of comps for latecoming press), while ‘Company’ broke the house record at the Barrymore.”
So it’s been an absolutely solid week for Broadway grosses, most likely as a result of Christmas holiday excursions and gift purchases–I have word I’m getting a ticked to an unnamed Broadway show for Christmas, and I also have word that I’m very excited to see which it is. With sales up across the board, tickets are going to be impossible to get (and walking through Rockefeller Center every day, I can tell you how many people are going to Radio City Music Hall on my lunch break…), so if you’re planning a holiday viewing of a Broadway musical generally, check out the StubHub Broadway Tickets blog, where you can get reviews on any number of musical and theatrical productions featured on StubHub.com.

And of course, with Wicked pulling down huge crowds as always, you can still find fan-sold tickets on our Wicked Tickets forum for that tight-packed theater show you’re trying to get into. Happy pre-holidays, all.

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