By Michael Tubbs | Posted on May 09, 2025 11:00 AM
The Top Broadway NYC Show Tickets For This Month: May 2025
Top Broadway Show Tickets This Month
Weekly Ticket Sales Numbers:
The top grossing Broadway shows are ranked in order of how much total gross revenue they achieved, not in the order of the ticket price.
May 2025
1 - Good Night, and Good Luck
Stage Production of Clooney's Oscar-Nominated 2005 film, Set in the 1950's As Murrow Goes Up Against Senator Joseph McCarthy During The McCarthy Hearings
Average Ticket Price: $315.52
Top Ticket Price: $805.00
Seats Sold: 12538
Gross Ticket Sales: $3,955,968.00
2 - Othello
A timeless tale of jealousy, manipulation, and tragic downfall unfolds once again on Broadway, but this time with powerhouses Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead roles
Average Ticket Price: $384.23
Top Ticket Price: $897.00
Seats Sold: 8344
Gross Ticket Sales: $3,206,029.00
3 - Glengarry Glen Ross
A revival of David Mamet's quintessential Tony/Pulitzer Play that delivers a real estate den-of-thieves in a 1983 backdrop of intense high pressure selling
Average Ticket Price: $231.98
Top Ticket Price: $799.00
Seats Sold: 10415
Gross Ticket Sales: $2,416,097.00
4 - Wicked
The prequel of The Wizard of Oz where Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Based on the 1995 original novel by Gregory Maguire.
Average Ticket Price: $138.67
Top Ticket Price: $352.00
Seats Sold: 15408
Gross Ticket Sales: $2,136,597.00
5 - The Lion King
Musical adaptation of the 1994 hit Disney animation, about a lion cub who learns about life in his animal kingdom after his monarch father’s untimely death
Average Ticket Price: $139.48
Top Ticket Price: $209.00
Seats Sold: 12925
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,802,837.00
6 - Hamilton
The Broadway smash hit Hamilton tells the story of Alexander Hamilton who goes onto become one of the world's greatest political leaders, without ever being President.
Average Ticket Price: $172.36
Top Ticket Price: $325.00
Seats Sold: 10415
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,795,087.00
7 - Death Becomes Her
Lifelong rivals vie for the affections of the charismatic but self-absorbed plastic surgeon and when a mysterious lady offers a potion for eternal life, jealousy and revenge ensue, leading to darkly humorous consequences
Average Ticket Price: $115.91
Top Ticket Price: $325.00
Seats Sold: 11480
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,330,600.00
8 - The Picture Of Dorian Gray
One-handed stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s novel where Gray's pursuit of eternal youth corrupts his soul; his portrait ages and decays while he remains physically unscathed
Average Ticket Price: $189.02
Top Ticket Price: $497.00
Seats Sold: 7008
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,324,626.00
9 - Sunset Boulevard
In this "tome for the ages", the intoxicating need for fame and adoration by shallow actors is seen with the fading silent-movie star Norma Desmond as she yearns to return to the silver screen.
Average Ticket Price: $108.48
Top Ticket Price: $249.00
Seats Sold: 11635
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,262,121.00
10 - Buena Vista Social Club
Brings to life the story of Cuban music legends, showcasing their captivating performances, rich rhythms, and the enduring spirit of Cuban culture in pre-Castro Cuba.
Average Ticket Price: $142.51
Top Ticket Price: $475.00
Seats Sold: 8393
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,196,100.00
