The musical Wicked had the highest Broadway gross this last week, according to Broadwayworld’s Broadway Grosses Fact sheet. Earning $1,389,502 last week for the week ending on April 29, 2007, Wicked’s earnings slipped slightly compared to its earnings the week prior, totaling $1,401,980, but the show itself still out-earned the rest of the shows currently running on the Great White Way. Of these earnings, the average ticket price sold for a showing of Wicked was $96 and the highest ticket purchase price was a lofty $300.
All these numbers simply go to show that the public knows what it wants, and the public wants Wicked. With such a willingness to buy tickets of any price, to make Wicked the highest grossing show this past week on Broadway, the audiences of this musical show no sign of lessening their enthusiasm any time soon, so be sure to get your hands on tickets at Stubhub.com while you still can! Heaven knows you do not want to be left out in the cold when seemingly the rest of the theater-going public is seeing this show multiple times and loving it every time!