Broadway & Live Theater — April 28, 2026
The 2025-2026 Broadway season closed its official opening-night window on April 26 — the Tony Awards eligibility cutoff — with six shows making their debuts in the final week. *The Lost Boys* musical drew mixed reviews for its 80s vampire spectacle, while the 79th Annual Tony Award nominations are now set to be announced on May 5. A new analytics platform is also reframing how the industry reads box office data.
Broadway & Live Theater — April 28, 2026
Key Highlights
Season Finale Rush & Tony Eligibility Cutoff
The week ending April 27 marked the end of the 2025-2026 Broadway season's official opening period, with the final six shows completing their opening nights ahead of the April 26 Tony Awards eligibility cutoff. According to New York Theater, the week was "awash in friends and fiends, boarders and board members, Golden Age hoofers and 80s vampires."
79th Tony Award Nominations: May 5
With the eligibility window now closed, Broadway is holding its breath. The 79th Annual Tony Award nominations are scheduled to be announced on May 5, 2026, setting up what promises to be a competitive award season after an unusually packed spring slate.
Box Office: Spring Openings Weigh on Overall Grosses
Weekly grosses dipped as the season's final wave of openings hit previews and opening nights simultaneously. Daniel Radcliffe's Every Brilliant Thing cracked the top five at the box office. Earlier in the period, The Rocky Horror Show at Studio 54 posted a $727K gross at 98% capacity for the week ending April 19, though that figure was down approximately $87K from the prior week. The show, which began performances March 26, runs through June 21.
New Analytics Platform Launches for Broadway Box Office
A new website, Chromolume.io, launched this week with a novel approach to Broadway data: it synthesizes weekly gross box office receipts to create industry power rankings, reframing how producers, investors, and fans interpret financial performance.
Review Spotlight
The Lost Boys — Live, Die, Reprise
The biggest review of the week belongs to The Lost Boys, the Broadway musical adaptation of the beloved 1987 vampire film. The New York Times called it a show that "gets a lot of mileage from '80s rocker aesthetics and over-the-top spectacle — until its second half," suggesting the production's energy outpaces its storytelling in the later acts. The show opened April 26, landing squarely within the Tony eligibility window.
The Rocky Horror Show — Camp as Resistance
Opening earlier in the coverage period (April 23) at Studio 54, the new Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show earned notice as "the latest in a quartet of campy Broadway musicals this month that seem as much acts of resistance against a retrogressively anti-queer world as an escape from it," per New York Theater. The limited run continues through June 21.
Coming Up
Tony Nominations: May 5, 2026 All eyes now turn to the 79th Annual Tony Awards nomination announcements, scheduled for May 5. The season featured an unusually dense spring slate — including The Lost Boys, The Rocky Horror Show, Schmigadoon!, The Balusters, Titanique, Fallen Angels, Proof (with Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle), and The Fear of 13 (with Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson) — making for a crowded and competitive field across all categories.
Upcoming Openings Inter Alia, a new drama about a London Crown Court judge, is heading to the Music Box Theatre under the direction of Justin Martin.
Daniel Radcliffe's Every Brilliant Thing Tony winner Daniel Radcliffe's Every Brilliant Thing is now open and running through June 28, 2026 — and is already cracking the box office top five.
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