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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Broadway
Nederlander Theatre Opened Oct 13, 1962Play1962-1963 season1,232 seats3323 wks running
The story
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they receive unwitting younger couple Nick and Honey as guests, and draw them into their bitter and frustrated relationship.
Read more on Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)How it's doing
Strength score
80/100
Houses are 72.2% full lately, selling about $294,791 a week, with sales trending up (+2.3%/week). Built from real ticket sales — not a profit guess.
Next week, we expect
$337,504
Likely somewhere between $236,028 and $438,981, based on the last 49 weeks.
Closing-risk signal
0/100 · low
Current capacity: 94% · Recent trend: +2.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2020 | $344,818 | up ▲ $0 | 94% | $80 | ☔ 3 rainy days |
| Mar 3, 2013 | $331,805 | up ▲ $54,381 | 77% | $79 | — |
| Feb 24, 2013 | $277,424 | down ▼ $26,450 | 69% | $73 | 🎉 Presidents Day · 🥶 cold (30°F) |
| Feb 17, 2013 | $303,874 | up ▲ $79,904 | 72% | $77 | 🎉 Lincoln's Birthday · 🥶 cold (32°F) |
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
TheatreNederlander Theatre
Opening dateOct 13, 1962
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.