Broadway sales slip a little

Tourist-draw musicals like 'Mamma Mia!,' above, dipped probably the most at Broadway's box office a week ago.Rialto beginners, like Kim Cattrall starrer Private Lives, assisted to enliven a normally sluggish week in the box office. Broadway sales downshifted a little a week ago, although two more shows joining the selection assisted keep your cume about on componen using the prior sesh.New Frank Wildhorn tuner "Bonnie and Clyde" drawn in $265,147 for five previews, and Kim Cattrall starrer "Private Lives" rang up $51,250 for just one perf also adding towards the overall pot was previewing Alan Rickman starrer "Seminar" ($308,019), playing its first full frame of eight previews. Meanwhile, "Godspell" ($310,908) saw its box office rise despite needing to accommodate comps for that show's run of press perfs.None of individuals tallies repetition gangbuster biz, however the new gold coin was still being enough to assist combat the largely minor downticks at numerous shows.Most (although not all) productions drenched slight downturns in comparison towards the previous frame -- including new B.O. buster "Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway" ($1,173,785), although that a person's attributable that the show performed one less perf a week ago of computer had the last sesh. Greatest falloffs were drenched within the fluctuations of tourist-draw tuners "Mamma Mia!" (sliding a lot more than $175,000 to $666,325), "The Phantom from the Opera" ($754,279) and "Chicago" ($457,708).One reason behind the Rialto's downtick could lie within the November. 6 switchover from Daylight Not Waste Time -- but although some legiters believe clock changes adversely impact B.O., others think that's a metropolitan legend. Also getting affected biz was tight hotel availability because of the NY Marathon, as well as the marathon itself, annoying vacationers and Gothamites from Broadway over the past weekend.Jostling towards the top of the chart brought "The Lion King" ($1,579,280) to push "Wicked" ($1,535,611) from its habitual chair in the mind from the class. The still-rising "It of Mormon" ($1,370,277) ongoing to log the greatest average cost compensated per-ticket ($156.50) around the Rialto, with "Jackman" posting a detailed second at typically $149. Lately opened up play "Chinglish" ($294,161), whose mixed reviews incorporated its share of thumbs-ups, continues to be battling to drag in auds, playing to crowds at about 55% of capacity. Sales at fellow play "The Mountaintop" ($697,502), however, continued to be fairly robust, while "Relatively Speaking" ($742,893), another play that opened up lately, was among the couple of implies that handled to climb a week ago.Primary Stem cume ended up, just, to $21.two million for 30 shows around the boards, with attendance rising slightly. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com