Starlight Express (Broadway, Gershwin Theatre, 1987) | Playbill

Starlight Express

Broadway
Musical
Original


SYNOPSIS: Little steam engine Rusty enters a cross-country race against the flashier trains Greaseball and Electra, hoping to impress pretty sidecar Pearl, in this musical look at a fantasy train world from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe.
People (101)

Awards

Drama Desk Award
1987 Outstanding Musical Nominee
1987 Outstanding Set Design Winner
1987 Outstanding Music Nominee
1987 Outstanding Costume Design Winner
Theatre World Awards
1987 Musical Nominee
Tony Award
1987 Musical Nominee
1987 Best Featured Actor in a Musical Nominee
1987 Best Direction of a Musical Nominee
1987 Costume Design (Play or Musical) Winner
1987 Best Choreography Nominee
1987 Best Original Score Nominee
1987 Lighting Design (Play or Musical) Nominee

QUICK STATS

(as of Jan 8, 1989) Total Current Gross: $42,622,032.00 Highest Weekly Gross: $617,022.00 (Week Ending Jan 3, 1988)   Average Ticket Price: $36.65 Average % Capacity: 81.73%

Grosses

Week Ending Week Number This Week Gross Potential Gross Diff $ Avg Ticket Top Ticket Seats Sold Seats in Theatre Perfs Previews % Cap This Week Diff % cap
Jan 8, 1989 32 $236,103.00 $0.00 -$294,814.00 $31.36 $0.00 7,530 1,803 8 0 52.20% -39.31%
Jan 1, 1989 31 $530,917.00 $0.00 $295,301.00 $40.22 $0.00 13,200 1,803 8 0 91.51% 41.16%
Dec 25, 1988 30 $235,616.00 $0.00 -$45,776.00 $32.45 $0.00 7,262 1,803 8 0 50.35% -3.87%
Dec 18, 1988 29 $281,392.00 $0.00 -$67,791.00 $35.98 $0.00 7,820 1,803 8 0 54.22% -13.92%
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