Whitney Leavitt Sends Broadway’s ‘Chicago’ Box Office Soaring

Broadway‘s Chicago, with Whitney Leavitt starring as Roxie Hart, continued its record-setting box office streak last week, with the musical revival grossing $1,457,931, the highest gross in the show’s 29-year history.

Since Leavitt’s arrival in February, Chicago has scored $8,049,526, making the Mormon Wives star’s initial six-week tenure the highest-grossing six-week span in the revival’s history at the Ambassador Theatre.

Leavitt, off this week returns to Chicago March 23 for her second stint through May 3.

The $1,457,931 eight-show tally for the week ending March 15 beat out Chicago’s previous record set during the nine-performance 2023 holiday week ($1,452,009).

Also scoring big last week was Dog Day Afternoon, Stephen Adly Guirgis’ new Broadway stage adaptation of Sidney Lumet’s classic 1975 bank heist movie. In its first week of previews, the production began what looks to be a promising run, with Jon Bernthal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and the rest of the cast playing to standing-room-only audiences for all six performances. The gross for the week was a tidy haul of $1,059,380.

The play, which officially opens March 30 at the August Wilson Theatre, stars Bernthal as Sonny and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Sal, the Brooklyn bank robbers played by Al Pacino and John Cazale, respectively, in the film. Rupert Goold directs. Opening night is March 30.

Another newcomer, Giant, Mark Rosenblatt’s play starring John Lithgow as author Roald Dahl, sold a hefty 96% of available seats at the Music Box in its first five previews, grossing $755,021. Opening night is March 23.

In its first full eight-preview week, Death of a Salesman, director Joe Mantello’s revival of the Arthur Miller classic starring Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott and Ben Ahlers at the Winter Garden, joined the million-dollar-club with a gross of $1,029,385. The show filled 95% of the venue’s seats. Opening night is April 9.

Opening last week was Every Brilliant Thing, the ecstatically reviewed solo play starring Daniel Radcliffe at the Hudson. The four previews and four regular performances sold out, grossing $1,107,769.

Other sell-outs for the week ending March 15: Hadestown, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Just In Time, Ragtime and The Outsiders. Coming close, with at least 95% of available tickets sold, were Buena Vista Social Club, Moulin Rouge!, Operation Mincemeat, Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Wicked.

The five top earners for the week were Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ($2,507,137); Hamilton ($2,117,785); Wicked ($1,723,376); The Lion King ($1,718,742) and Just In Time ($1,680,864).

In all, the 28 productions on Broadway grossed a total $32,759,044 for the week, a jump of 17% over the previous week and 16% more than last season at this time. Total attendance was 253,822, up 6% from the previous week and 7% year-to-year.

In the 42nd week of the 2025-26 season, Broadway has grossed $1,512,598,018, up about 7% over last year at this time, with total attendance of 11,372,612 up 3%.

All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For more box office information visit the League’s website.