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Act I — Top Stories
The Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center
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A Few Good Men Opens October 29 at the Vivian Beaumont

Lincoln Center Theater's revival of Aaron Sorkin's courtroom drama stars Tom Blyth and Bradley Whitford. Previews sold out the Beaumont. The limited run ends January 10, 2027.

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The Chicago Theatre on State Street
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The Book of Mormon Ends Its Chicago Run Nov. 1, Opens at The Venetian Nov. 4

The tour plays its last Cadillac Palace performances this weekend, then plays 15 performances at the Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas, Nov. 4-15.

News
2026-10-29
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Broadway Grosses: $33.97 Million Week Ending Oct. 25, Hamilton on Top at $2.52 Million

Thirty-two shows, 262,928 tickets sold and 93.07% of seats filled. The total held flat week over week and fell 8.1% against the same week last season.

The Business
2026-10-29
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Broadway, looking north from 39th Street
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The Broadway House Itself: 41 Theatres, the Five Demolished in 1982, and the Landmark Law That Followed

Broadway is a count before it is a place: 41 houses. Five theatres were demolished in 1982 to build a hotel. The fight over those five is why most of the surviving 41 are now protected by law.

History
2026-10-29
IntermissionThe house is at half. The second act is the record: grosses, calendars, the working board.
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The Ledger

Broadway grosses · Broadway League figures
Week ending 2026-10-25
MeasureThis weekLast week
Total gross$33,966,016$33,963,816
Attendance262,928259,164
Capacity93.07%94.83%
Average ticket$129$131
Top productionHamilton · $2,524,951

Published by the Broadway League and reported as published. The full Ledger — every week on record →

Reading the week

$33,966,016 across 32 productions

93.07% of seats filled — up $2,200 on the week before. Per-production average: $1,061,438.

From The Business desk: Broadway Grosses: $33.97 Million Week Ending Oct. 25, Hamilton on Top at $2.52 Million

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The Conversation

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The Conversation
The Swing's Week, in the Words of Performe
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The Swing's Week, in the Words of Performers Who Have Done the Job

A dozen tracks in the book, eight shows a week, and a call that can come at the half-hour: the cover system that keeps productions running, described by the performers who work it — drawn from the interviews they have given to Playbill, Mental Floss and BroadwayWorld.

The Aparté Desk2026-10-29

Aparté's interview standard: conversations we conducted, public on-record conversations written up with attribution, or published interviews quoted and linked — never invented access. How we source →

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The Callboard

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Front of House Concessions

Berkeley Repertory Theatre · Berkeley, CA · Part-time

$24.25/hour
Apply by 2026-11-28

Stage Crew

Berkeley Repertory Theatre · Berkeley, CA · Part-time

$27/hour
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Scene Shop Supervisor

Berkeley Repertory Theatre · Berkeley, CA · Full-time

$31.62/hour
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Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Berkeley Repertory Theatre · Berkeley, CA · Full-time

$26.78/hour
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Development Operations Coordinator

Berkeley Repertory Theatre · Berkeley, CA · Full-time

$27.5/hour
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Closing Soon

Final performances, from the calendar
Final performance2026-11-01

The Book of Mormon

Cadillac Palace Theatre · Chicago

Final performance2026-11-08

The Music Man

Ahmanson Theatre · Los Angeles

Final performance2026-11-15

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre · New York

Final performance2026-11-15

The Who's Tommy

Hollywood Pantages Theatre · Los Angeles

Final performance2026-11-22

Jersey Boys

CIBC Theatre · Chicago

Final performance2026-11-29

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Longacre Theatre · New York

Final performance2026-11-29

Mrs. Doubtfire

James M. Nederlander Theatre · Chicago

Final performance2026-12-06

Oh, Mary!

Ahmanson Theatre · Los Angeles