Broadway grosses tumbled close to 14 percent as several productions canceled performances due to the snowstorm in New York City. 

Ten productions cancelled a total of 13 performances Sunday, including & Juliet, Aladdin, All Out: Comedy About Ambition, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Mamma Mia!, MJ, Ragtime, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, The Book of Mormon and The Lion King. Still, the remaining 21 went on amid the snowstorm, even as total industry attendance for the week dropped 9 percent, suggesting reduced audiences Sunday.

Some shows seized the opportunity by offering steep discounts, as in the case of Bug, starring Carrie Coon, which announced a last-minute deal on all remaining matinee tickets for $45 (the show took a $31,000 hit to grosses from the prior week with a slight drop in attendance to 92 percent).

The move for shows to go on (or cancel at the last minute, in some cases) prompted criticism from several Broadway performers on social media who spoke out about having to travel to their theaters amid the snowstorm and a state of emergency declaration in New York. Public transportation in New Jersey, where some performers live, was shut down. 

Harry Potter, the week’s biggest earner, also saw the biggest drop in grosses, after canceling one performance and falling $528,620. It still brought in $2.1 million with 96 percent attendance across the week. The Lion King, which canceled two performances Sunday, saw the biggest drop from the prior week down $509,980.

Hamilton was the next highest grossing, with $1.9 million and playing all eight performances (with weekly attendance only down slightly at 99 percent), followed by Wicked with $1.8 million, Mamma Mia with $1.4 million (despite canceling a show) and Chess with $1.4 million.

Despite the snow and seasonal downturn, The Outsiders announced Tuesday that it had recouped its $22 million capitalization costs as of the week ending Dec. 28, 2025. 

The show, which won the 2024 Tony Award for best musical, marks the first musical of the 2023-2024 season to announce recoupment. Hell’s Kitchen, which is also from that season, recently announced that it will have recouped 60 percent of its capitalization as of its final performance on Feb. 22, with additional upside expected from its tour. The other still-running show from that season, The Great Gatsby, has not announced recoupment.