, the play about the special connection between a man and his dog, began performances at the Cort, putting in two previews. The production played to 71% capacity crowds and collected $124,200, which constituted 52% of the potential box office.
Also out of the starting gate was the new production of the Emile Zola tale of adultery and its cost, , starring film actress , at Studio 54. The show filled 65% of its seats and brought in 43% of its gross over five previews.
Of the four other attractions still in previews, the new mounting of 鈥檚 did the best in terms of attendance, packing 92.43% of its seats (even if collecting only 35% of its potential take). The new revival of the musical Dames of Sea did almost as well, with 91.02% capacity houses, and the revivals of 鈥檚 and the two-hander , the latter with and , were just a bit below at 90.51% and 89.53%, respectively. Of those four, Gin Game brought in the most money, garnering $351,748 at the box office.
The new Deaf West revival of the musical , which opened at the Brooks Atkinson to good reviews, was still wading through press previews, so box office was only 40% of the possible. Still, box office was up over the previous week by $26,273.
Overall box office wasn鈥檛 super robust; only three shows sold out 鈥� , and . Still, the addition of the new shows boosted collective box office numbers by nearly $1 million to $21,226,520, and attendance was up 6,000 to 210,902. The season to date numbers stand at $480,047,159, more than $4 million less than last year at this time.
