Field workplace for many Broadway reveals final week wilted a bit as June’s Tony glow gave technique to plain outdated New York summer season warmth, although a pair newcomers have been among the many handful bucking the downward development, one very impressively so.

In its second week of previews, Again To The Future: The Musical grossed a whopping $1,222,731 for simply six previews, filling 99% of seats on the Winter Backyard. The stage adaptation of the Michael J. Fox comedy basic starring Casey Likes and Roger Bart opens August 3.

One other latest arrival, Alex Edelman’s Simply For Us additionally made some greenback good points, if on a smaller scale. The well-reviewed one-man present took in $348,998 for the week ending July 9, almost $20,000 greater than the earlier week even with attendance down a tad. A better common ticket worth – $64.73 in comparison with the earlier week’s $58.44 – had some impression.

Right here Lies Love, which performed seven previews final week in comparison with the earlier week’s eight, was down a commensurate $87,223 to $514,969, filling 95% of seats on the Broadway. The David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical opens July 20.

New to the listing is The Cottage, the Sandy Rustin comedy directed by Jason Alexander and starring Eric McCormack, Laura Bell Bundy, Lilli Cooper, Nehai Joshi, Alex Moffat and Dana Steingold. The manufacturing grossed $117,998 for its first three previews, filling 86% of seats on the Hayes. Opening evening is July 24.

Among the many productions displaying explicit indicators of summer season pressure have been A Lovely Noise, down $111,208 and filling simply 56% of seats; New York, New York, down $139,602 and at 70%; and Some Like It Sizzling, down $115,969 with attendance at 71% of capability. Almost half the obtainable seats for As soon as Upon a One Extra Time have been empty, with attendance at 51%. Smaller-scale performs Gray Home and Good Night time, Oscar have been at 61% and 71% of capability, respectively.

In all, Broadway’s 30 productions grossed $28,859,591 for the week ending July 9, a drop of 14% from the earlier week when there have been 33 reveals on the boards (gone are Fats Ham, Prima Facie, Leopoldstadt and The Check in Sidney Brustein’s Window). Attendance final week was 242,358, marking an 11% drop from the earlier week. About 86% of complete obtainable Broadway seats have been stuffed.

Season thus far, Broadway has grossed $224,506,959, a 5% improve over final yr right now, with complete attendance up 11% year-to-year to 1,840,675, 87% of capability.

All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For full field workplace listings, go to the League’s web site.