Ragtime , Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of the Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens-Terrence McNally musical, began previews last week and filled every seat at the Vivian Beaumont Theater for the three performances. Directed by LCT’s artistic director Lear deBessonet, the production at the non-prof grossed $451,554 for the three previews; opening night is October 16.

While overall Broadway business was down a bit – last week included the two-day Rosh Hashanah holiday – the hits stayed strong. Waiting For Godot , starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, had a fine opening week, selling out the Hudson and grossing $1,618,800 , while Hamilton , riding very high with the limited run return of original cast member Leslie Odom, Jr., took in $3,773,354 , easily topping the roster

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