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Get Ready: Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations, which officially opened March 21 at the Imperial Theatre, enjoyed its highest-grossing week, taking in $1,102,218 at the box office for the week ending March 24.
It was the first time that the new musical, which features a book by Dominique Morisseau and utilizes the group’s numerous hits to tell the story of their journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, surpassed the million-dollar mark. The Des McAnuff-helmed production arrived in New York after making its world premiere at California’s Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2017 followed by engagements in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Toronto.
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Hadestown, the modern reimagining of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice that began Broadway previews March 22 at the Walter Kerr, played to 100% capacity audiences during its first two performances, earning $235,394—over 110% of its gross potential. Anaïs Mitchell's Underworld-set folk opera returned to New York following its London premiere at the National Theatre last fall.
The highest-grossing production of the week was the Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton ($2,949,405), followed by The Lion King ($2,128,040), Wicked ($1,937,089), To Kill a Mockingbird ($1,507,685), and Aladdin ($1,421,787).
