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The Music Man
Broadway
Majestic Theatre Opened Dec 19, 1957Musical1957-1958 season1,645 seats3574 wks running
The story
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader. He sells band instruments and uniforms to naïve Midwestern townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new band. Harold is no musician, however, and plans to skip town without giving any music lessons. Prim librarian and piano teacher Marian sees through him, but when Harold helps her younger brother overcome his lisp and social awkwardness, Marian begins to fall in love with him. He risks being caught to win her heart.
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Strength score
91/100
Houses are 98.4% full lately, selling about $3,232,521 a week, with sales trending up (+2.5%/week). Built from real ticket sales — not a profit guess.
Next week, we expect
$3,746,992
Likely somewhere between $3,109,685 and $4,384,300, based on the last 138 weeks.
What could move it
- NYC Broadway Week (Jan)
- Holiday week — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Closing-risk signal
0/100 · low
Current capacity: 102% · Recent trend: +1.1 pts/wk. A warning sign from empty-and-falling seats — not a prediction that it will close.
Box office (weekly grosses)
Weekly sales & how full
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Recent weeks
| Week ending | Sales | vs last wk | How full | Avg ticket | That week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2023 | $3,589,149 | up ▲ $442,985 | 102% | $289 | — |
| Jan 8, 2023 | $3,146,164 | down ▼ $825,367 | 100% | $258 | 🎉 Christmas / New Year week, New Year's Day |
| Jan 1, 2023 | $3,971,531 | up ▲ $1,353,871 | 101% | $286 | 🎉 Christmas / New Year week, Christmas Day |
| Dec 25, 2022 | $2,617,660 | down ▼ $631,705 | 97% | $254 |
TKTS discounts
Not spotted on TKTS yet
This show has been full price on our watch — we'll log it the moment it hits the TKTS discount board, and start tracking how deep the cut goes.
At a glance
TheatreMajestic Theatre
Opening dateDec 19, 1957
CategoryBroadway
StatusClosed
Production details, synopsis, poster, and cast come from this show's Playbill page; weekly sales from the Broadway League report via Playbill; discount data from the public TKTS Live board. BoothHistory is an independent tracker, not affiliated with this production, the Broadway League, or TDF.