This sensory-friendly performance provides a supportive environment for the audience by implementing slight adjustments.

Playhouse Square is presenting the first ever sensory-friendly performance of a touring Broadway show in Cleveland on Saturday, August 31 at 1:30 p.m.

A revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy “Between Riverside and Crazy” starring the rapper Common pulled in just $260,085.CLEVELAND - Broadway’s hit musical The Lion King is coming to Cleveland this summer, but this time with a very special performance for individuals with sensory sensitivities, autism spectrum disorders and other sensory, social and cognitive challenges or issues, as well as their families. However, the usual bump was barely evident for “Topdog/Underdog,” with just $345,567 over eight shows, and “Ohio State Murders” pulling in just $311,893 to a half-empty theater over nine performances despite the presence of six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald. The top average ticket price went to “The Music Man” with $285.80, just about a dollar more than “The Lion King.”Īll shows bar one - “A Christmas Carol” - saw their numbers grow over the week ending Sunday. “The Music Man” was close behind with two high-wattage stars in Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman - $3,971,531 over nine shows - followed by “Wicked” with $3,152,679.

It took the crown from “Hamilton, the first Broadway show to crack $4 million, which it did with eight performances at the end of 2018. Twenty-one of the 33 shows available broke the $1 million mark for the week ending Sunday, and “The Lion King” made history with the biggest haul ever - an astonishing $4,315,264 over nine performances for a 25-year-old show with no stars. NEW YORK (AP) - It was feast or famine at the Broadway box office as 2022 wound down, with eye-popping revenue for popular shows - including a staggering new Broadway record for “The Lion King” - not lifting all strugglers.

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