Diehard Boston Red Sox fans Matt Damon and Ben Affleck did the unimaginable on Monday night, donning San Francisco Giants hats — all in the name of Robin Williams.
The duo was honored by Bring Change to Mind, a mental health nonprofit co-founded by Glenn Close, at the organization’s Revels & Revelations celebration in the Bay Area, where they received the Robin Williams Legacy of Laughter Award in recognition of their impact and the power of storytelling.
Damon and Affleck took the stage to accept their award with Giants hats in hand, in honor of Williams, who was a longtime fan of the team. “We should get this over with,” Damon teased as they put on the caps. “That’s the first time in 55 years and that’s for Robin.”
The actors starred opposite the late legend — who died by suicide at age 63 in 2014 — in 1997’s Good Will Hunting, which also earned Williams an Academy Award for best supporting actor. Damon told the crowd how he and Affleck spent their 20s trying to get the movie made, “and the moment that Robin read it and decided to do it, all of our problems went away. The studio had all these notes; it was this whole thing, and once Robin was like, ‘No, I like the script just as it is,’ they were like, ‘We think it’s great too!’ And that was it, and we just went and made the movie.”
Affleck continued that accepting the award was “just our way of saying thank you to Robin, who is the person that made the most meaningful impact on our professional lives, bar none, and without whom so many of the dreams we had may not have come true, certainly not in the way that they did. And also, I think it’s not coincidental that it’s a movie about a young guy struggling with mental health and needing to find someone with whom he could talk and feel safe. I think it’s really appropriate; he would be, I think, enormously proud and happy that this context is how he’s being honored.”
Williams’ children Zak, Zelda and Cody Williams, were on hand to present the award, with Close, Sarah Silverman, Chase Stokes and Chris Martin also taking part in the event. The evening raised $2.5 million while celebrating 15 years dedicated to starting conversations about mental health.
Only 22 percent of US voters back the president’s performance on the cost of living, Reuters/Ipsos survey suggests.
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United States President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest point since he returned to the White House, sinking to 34 percent amid economic uncertainty and the US-Israel war on Iran, a Reuters/Ipsos poll suggests.
The poll, released on Tuesday, also showed that only 22 percent of respondents back Trump’s performance on the cost of living. Affordability has been a top issue for US voters.
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The Iran war, which saw Tehran block most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, has sent energy prices soaring across the world and fuelled inflation in the US.
The Reuters poll was conducted April 24-27, and it surveyed 1,014 US adults.
It comes months before the midterm elections in November when Trump’s Republican Party will have to contend with the US president’s abysmal job approval ratings as it tries to retain control of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Trump continues to enjoy near-unanimous support from Republicans in Congress despite growing criticism of the war on Iran by some right-wing commentators and podcasters.
The conflict has also been unpopular with US voters, including a sizeable Republican constituency.
A Marquette Law School survey released last week suggested that only 32 percent of voters approve of Trump’s handling of the war.
The number rose to 65 percent among Republican respondents, but it still showed significant dissent within the party on the issue.
A separate Associated Press-NORC poll last week reported similar findings – Trump’s overall approval rating at 33 percent, support for the war at 32 percent and his handling of the economy at 30 percent.
The US and Iran reached a two-week ceasefire on April 8 that Trump extended indefinitely, but tensions remain high in the region.
Duelling blockades in the Gulf – Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz and the US laying a naval siege on Iranian ports – have caused global energy supply issues to persist despite the truce.
In the US, the average price of 1 gallon (3.8 litres) of petrol is currently at $4.17, up from less than $3 before the war.
Still, Trump has suggested that he is comfortable with the status quo, claiming repeatedly that the Iranian economy is crumbling and that time is on his side.
“Iran has just informed us that they are in a ‘State of Collapse,’” the US president wrote in a social media post on Tuesday.
“They want us to ‘Open the Hormuz Strait,’ as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situation (Which I believe they will be able to do!)”
It’s not clear how or why Iran, which is currently refusing to hold direct negotiations with the US without it lifting the naval blockade, would inform Trump that its own economy is collapsing.
Meta signed a deal for up to 1 GW of space-based solar energy.
The company says the power will be used on Earth, not in orbital data centers.
Meta is also backing long-duration storage as it faces soaring AI energy demands.
Meta is looking to space for more power as artificial intelligence drives demand for electricity.
In a post on Monday, the Facebook and Instagram parent company announced that it signed an agreement with Virginia-based startup Overview Energy to secure up to 1 gigawatt of electricity from a planned space-based solar power system for its data centers by the end of the decade.
Meta said its partnership with Overview Energy is meant to generate power in space and beam it to Earth, instead of attempting to put physical data centers in orbit as previously suggested by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The deal reflects growing pressure on tech companies to find reliable power as AI drives a surge in electricity-hungry data centers and strains the U.S. grid.
“We’re always looking at new and innovative ways to provide reliable energy to our data centers and add new generation to the grid,” a Meta spokesperson told Decrypt. “Space-based solar is early-stage but it’s promising and it can deliver continuous, carbon-free power and direct it where it’s needed in real time.”
The announcement comes days after SpaceX warned in a pre-IPO filing that orbital AI computing “may not achieve commercial viability,” despite Musk publicly calling space-based AI “a no-brainer.”
Overview Energy plans to collect constant sunlight from geosynchronous orbit and beam it to solar facilities on Earth to generate electricity around the clock, after successfully demonstrating the core technology last year by transmitting power from a moving plane to a ground receiver.
“Our deal is structured around milestones: We have preferential access to up to 1GW of future capacity once those technology milestones are met,” the spokesperson said.
Meta also announced a deal with Noon Energy for more than 100 hours of energy storage. The companies plan an initial 25-megawatt, 2.5-gigawatt-hour pilot project in 2028 before scaling toward the full 1 GW/100 GWh target.
Meta said it has backed more than 30 gigawatts of new energy across 28 states, including wind, solar, nuclear, and geothermal projects.
Space-based solar has been proposed as a way to avoid some of the limitations of terrestrial solar, such as weather, atmospheric losses, and nighttime downtime. Still, the concept remains unproven at a commercial scale, with questions around launch costs, maintenance, and economics.
“This partnership with Overview Energy is about backing a technology that could deliver reliable power from orbit and boost the output of solar facilities on Earth,” Meta’s spokesperson said. “We’re giving it the project certainty it needs to develop.”
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When these sportscasters tell viewers a game has juice, they won’t be kidding.
Former NFL player Emmanuel Acho and sportscaster Abby Labar will serve as studio anchors for the inaugural Enhanced Games, a series of competitions slated to take place in late May that allow the athletes to ingest performance-enhancing substances, rather than insisting they avoid them. Other sportscasters and celebrities will also join the proceedings to help viewers take in all the action.
“The first Enhanced Games is going to revolutionize how we think about sports which made it critical to have hosts who can deliver the excitement for our viewers tuning in from around the world,” said Maximilian Martin, CEO of Enhanced, in a statement. “Emmanuel is a prominent and trusted voice in the U.S. sports media landscape and together with Abby Labar will curate an incredible evening of world record breaking action for our viewers.”
Most sports organizations frown on participating athletes taking drugs, pills or injections that give them more strength or stamina, fearing it puts players and teams on uneven playing fields. Enhanced rejects that notion.
Enhanced was founded by Aron D’Souza, and has generated controversy since it was first announced in 2023. The International Olympic Committee in 2024 told Reuters in a statement: “The idea of the Enhanced Games does not merit any comment. If you want to destroy any concept of fair play and fair competition in sport, this would be a good way to do it.”
In a twist on sportscasting-as-usual, Enhanced will team Acho and Labar with Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur who has backed an anti-aging venture called Blueprint, and who is known for his efforts to boost longevity. He will serve as an analyst who will examine how the athletes might perform after taking enhancements.
“Bryan is arguably the most aligned person to Enhanced’s mission, and we are excited to have him provide his expert commentary on athlete protocols, health and performance, as it will dramatically elevate our broadcast team,” said Martin. “Simply put, there is no more credible voice in the world on the positive impacts of longevity medicine than Bryan and we’re overjoyed to have him as part of the broadcast.”
Acho, a former Fox Sports host, is an entrepreneur as well, and recently launched “Speakeasy,” a streaming “after show” devoted to analyzing NFL games played earlier in the day. Labar has gained notice for her work on MLB Network and calling Professional Women’s Hockey League games.
Other personalities will lead off-the-field segments. Oliver Trevena, who has appeared in films including “The Paradox Effect,” and “Wire Room,” will serve as an entertainment reporter. He will hold forth on an Enhanced “blue carpet” and also peer into guest suites. Trevena’s cactus-water product, Caliwater, will serve as the official hydration sponsor of Enhanced Games.
Justin Kutcher will call races and weightlifting competitions, and also works for Fox Sports. Sam Quek, a former field hockey player who took part in the 2016 Summer Olympics, has served as a sportscaster for British outlets. The broadcast team also includes sport specific analysts Max Atia for weightlifting and Kurt Mills Hanson for swimming.
“Hazbin Hotel” has been renewed for a fifth and final season, Prime Video has announced.
From creator Vivienne Medrano, A24 and Fox Entertainment’s Bento Box Entertainment, the series follows Charlie, described as “the princess of Hell,” as she “pursues her seemingly impossible goal of rehabilitating demons to peacefully reduce overpopulation in her kingdom,” per the logline. “After a yearly extermination imposed by angels, she opens a hotel in the hopes that patrons will be ‘checking out’ into Heaven.”
“I’m so thankful for how Prime Video has championed our vision at SpindleHorse, and I’m grateful for their partnership and commitment to bringing ‘Hazbin Hotel’ to its epic conclusion,” Medrano said. “I’m so excited for fans to see how this story ends.”
“From its inception, ‘Hazbin Hotel’ has pushed the boundaries of adult animation through bold storytelling, vibrant artistry, and unapologetic heart,” said Melissa Wolfe, head of animation for Amazon MGM Studios. “Vivienne Medrano and her team have built an extraordinary world that has captivated fans around the globe, and we’re thrilled to give the series—and its passionate community—a fitting, unforgettable final chapter.”
“Hazbin Hotel” is based on the popular animated pilot released on YouTube in 2019. Medrano and Dana Tafoya-Cameron both serve as executive producers. Hazbin Hotel is produced by A24 and Fox Entertainment’s animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment.
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A new crime procedural “Private Eyes West Coast” (working title) has been picked up by The CW. Jason Priestley (“Wild Cards”) and Cindy Sampson (“Supernatural”) will star, and the ten-episode first season will debut on the network later this year.
A spin-off of “Private Eyes” which ran for five seasons, Priestley and Sampson are both reprising their roles as Shane and Angie. Now, the two have left their P.I. firm and have embarked on a new life on the west coast, “but their new quiet life is shaken when a night out lands them at the scene of a murder,” reads the official logline. “A woman stands over her dead boyfriend with a bloody steak knife in hand. Believing in her innocence, Shade and Angie dive headfirst back into the high-stakes world of investigation.”
“We love what the Piller/Segan team and showrunners/creators Jennifer Kassabian and Sarah Dodd have done to build on the story of Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson’s Shade and Angie in ‘Private Eyes West Coast,’” said Jocelyn Hamilton, President of Television, Lionsgate Canada, in a statement. “The CW is the perfect network to deliver the next chapter of these beloved characters to audiences.”
“Private Eyes West Coast” is executive produced by Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, Sarah Dodd, Jennifer Kassabian, Jocelyn Hamilton, Darren Giblin and Priestley. Dodd and Kassabian serve as showrunners.
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Matt Katrosar has been appointed as Radical Entertainment’s executive vice president of global advertising and partnerships, the company announced Monday. Katrosar responsibilities will include overseeing and scaling global advertising revenue, strategic partnerships and the development of a unified ad tech ecosystem, per the company.
“Radial has assembled a library of extraordinary breadth and depth, spanning genres and generations, that lets us connect advertisers with exactly the audiences and content they’re looking for. That’s a rare position in this market and, despite the scale of the business, it’s one we’ve barely begun to monetize,” said Jeff Shultz, Radial Entertainment’s CEO, in a statement. “I had the privilege of watching Matt convert content scale into market share at CBS, Pluto TV and Paramount. Bringing him in to lead our global advertising is the next step in the winning strategy for Radial.”
“I’m thrilled to be reunited with Jeff at a company purpose-built for what’s coming,” said Katrosar in a statement. “The free streaming market has achieved real scale and Radial has the platform, data, and momentum to deliver for advertisers at a level this market hasn’t seen. My focus is making sure our advertising partners are the first to capitalize on it.”
Previously, Katrosar worked at Fremantle, where he served as senior vice president of global ad sales and strategy. He also served as Paramount Global’s vice president of sales, joined Pluto in 2018 and spent 18 years at CBS.
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FX has released the trailer for Season 5 of “Welcome to Wrexham.” The new season will premiere on May 14 on FXX and Hulu.
Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds are back as they navigate running the world’s third oldest professional football club in the popular docuseries. “With a new coach and a permanent home, Wrexham AFC Women’s Team continues to battle amongst the top teams in the Welsh Adran Premier League and strives to stand out amidst a crowded field of talented women footballers,” per the logline. “With new players, continued support from the Club and fans, and building on the groundwork they’ve laid in previous years, the Wrexham Women look to challenge for the top of the League.”
Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the Red Dragons in 2020, with the hopes of “turning the Club into an underdog story the whole world could root for.”
“Welcome to Wrexham” is executive produced by Mac, Reynolds, Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Humphrey Ker, Nicholas Frenkel, George Dewey and Boardwalk Pictures’ Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, and Andy Thomas. “Welcome to Wrexham” is produced by More Better Productions, Maximum Effort, 3 Arts Entertainment and Boardwalk Pictures.
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Brooke Shields takes center stage in the first trailer for “You’re Killing Me,” a new six-episode murder mystery set to premiere May 18 on Acorn TV.
The series stars and is executive produced by Shields, who plays Allie, a bestselling novelist drawn into a murder investigation in a small New England town. She teams up with an aspiring writer and podcaster, played by Amalia Williamson, to uncover the truth behind the death of a close friend. Tom Cavanagh co-stars as Jack, a newly appointed detective adjusting to life in the tight-knit community.
Created by Robin Bernheim, the series blends elements of cozy mystery and character-driven drama, centering on an unlikely investigative duo navigating both personal and professional stakes.
“You’re Killing Me” is part of Acorn TV’s annual “Murder Mystery May” programming event, which will roll out new titles weekly throughout the month.
The show is a co-production between Topsail Entertainment and Shaftesbury. Executive producers include Bernheim, Shields, Michael Volpe, Christina Jennings and Scott Garvie, with James Genn directing the first two episodes. Additional episodes are directed by Scott Smith and Paul Fox.
Texas Instruments graphing calculators have helped many a student with algebra, pre-calculus and upside-down anatomical slang. Now, the company is back with an upgrade for the modern world, the TI-84 Evo. The new device lets you get your math on with a faster processor, a new icon-based home screen and a redesigned keypad.
TI is marketing it as something akin to the Light Phone of calculators. Unlike calculator apps on phones or computers, the “distraction-free” TI-84 Evo is a single-purpose device “designed to do one thing exceptionally well — math.” Without notifications, social media apps or even Wi-Fi, there’s less to draw your focus away from the math problems at hand. (However, there will always be the sidesplittingly funny “58008” to relieve your boredom.)
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The new model’s processor is three times faster than its predecessor. It also adds 50 percent more graphing space, a simplified keypad and USB-C charging. There’s also a new feature that lets you trace along a graph to find points of interest.
The TI-84 Evo is available now. Individual customers will pay $160. (School districts can contact the company for bulk pricing.) The calculator ships in a modern array of colors: white (the standard model), mint, pink, purple, teal, raspberry and silver.
Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones said bitcoin stands out as the strongest hedge against inflation, citing its fixed supply as a key advantage over traditional assets like gold.
“Bitcoin is unequivocally the best inflation hedge that there is — more than gold,” Jones said in an interview with Invest Like the Best podcast published Tuesday. He pointed to the largest crypto’s capped supply. Unlike gold, whose supply increases each year, bitcoin has a hard limit on the number of coins that can be created, making it scarcer by design, he said.
Jones framed bitcoin’s appeal through the lens of past market cycles. During periods of aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus, such as after the March 2020 pandemic crash, he said inflation trades tend to emerge as central banks inject liquidity into the system.
“When you saw all the interventions… you just knew that the inflation trades were going to take off,” he said, adding that bitcoin was the most compelling opportunity at the time.
His bullish view on bitcoin contrasts with a more cautious stance on equities. Jones warned that stock markets are stretched, with valuations that historically point to weak future returns.
At the same time, a wave of upcoming initial public offerings — such as SpaceX and artificial intelligence firms like OpenAI and Anthropic — and reduced share buybacks could increase equity supply, putting additional pressure on prices.
“If you buy the S&P at this current valuation, the 10-year forward returns [are] negative,” he said. “It’s going to be really hard to make money from here.”
While he stopped short of calling the current environment a full-blown bubble, he noted that the ratio of U.S. stock market capitalization to GDP remains near historic extremes, echoing levels seen before major downturns such as the dotcom bubble.
“In 1929 we were, I think at the top, at 65% [stock market capitalization to GDP] and then in ’87 we got to about 85%-90%, in 2000 we got 270%,” he noted.
“And now we’re at 252%, so you can just imagine,” he said. “We’re clearly so leveraged in equities in this country.”
Because of that, a major stock market correction may have broader ramifications on the economy, government budget deficit and the bond market, according to Jones.
“10% of our tax revenues are capital gains. They go to zero,” he said. “So you can see the budget deficit blowing up. You see the bond market getting smoked.”
You can see this kind of negative self-reinforcing effect,” he concluded. “It’s troubling.”
A new development has occurred in the case against Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), one of the most talked-about figures in the cryptocurrency world in the US.
The former FTX CEO, who was previously sentenced to 25 years in prison, had his request for a retrial rejected by Judge Lewis Kaplan.
According to court documents, the request for a “retrial,” made while the appeal process against Bankman-Fried’s conviction was ongoing, was evaluated on legal grounds. Judge Kaplan acknowledged that the continuation of the appeal process may, in some cases, limit the jurisdiction of the lower court, but stated that this does not mean that requests for a retrial cannot be considered at all. Under current regulations, the court retains the power to reject such a request even if it cannot accept it.
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Kaplan also addressed the merits of Bankman-Fried’s application, finding the grounds for the claim insufficient. SBF’s defense relied on the testimonies of three “newly discovered” witnesses. However, the court stated that none of these individuals were actually new. The ruling indicated that Bankman-Fried knew these witnesses prior to the trial and could foresee their testimonies.
The court also noted that the defendant had not taken the necessary legal steps, or at least had not attempted, to summon these witnesses to trial. This was considered a significant factor weakening the claim of “new evidence.”
Judge Kaplan, in light of all these reasons, ruled that Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial was “unfounded in more than one respect.” Thus, another attempt by SBF to overturn the court’s decision was unsuccessful.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!barely survived September 2025, when the outrage machine called for Kimmel’s head over a monologue joke he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder. The joke (an observation, really) was not about Kirk or his assassination, it was about MAGA Republicans scrambling to point their fingers at Democrat rhetoric as the motive behind the shooting.
This time, following Kimmel’s viral “expectant widow’ joke toward first lady Melania Trump, such an uproar has not happened — not beyond social media, anyway. Or if it has, it has yet to be raised to Disney’s highest levels by the folks who matter most: station owners and advertisers.
Last fall, FCC chair Brendan Carr amplified social media backlash to Kimmel’s quip on conservative pundit Benny Johnson’s podcast. Almost immediately, ABC station owners began calling Disney senior management with the same take(s).
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel had said during his monologue.
In the moment, it was unclear which way suspected gunman Tyler Robinson leaned politically — both sides of the aisle were in hot potato mode to not claim him as sharing their ideologies. As it turns out, Robinson is a liberal, especially on the subject of trans rights. Kimmel’s supposition at the time was incorrect.
The next wave of calls to Disney came from advertisers. Then major affiliate conglomerates Nexstar and Sinclair threatened to not carry Jimmy Kimmel Live! without an apology and a major donation to a conservative charity — they first went to the media and then to Disney.
Representatives for Nexstar and Sinclair did not immediately respond to our requests for comment on the current situation.
On September 17, 2025, less than two days after Kimmel’s controversial monologue, Dana Walden and Disney’s then-CEO Bob Iger made the joint decision to preempt ABC’s late night program. It was Walden who called Kimmel personally with the news. Kimmel was benched for a few nights and then returned to the airwaves, including those run by Nexstar and Sinclair. No apology was issued.
Similar stuff (calls from MAGA Republicans for Kimmel to be fired) hit a similar fan (X, fka Twitter) yesterday, days after a Kimmel joke about the first lady “glowing” over the knowledge her husband isn’t long for this world. The joke was made on Thursday night, 48 hours before the White House Correspondents Dinner, in which suspected shooter Cole Allen attempted to breach the gala’s awards show, gun in hand. He was subdued before getting there; Allen is charged with attempted to assassinate the President.
“Look at Melania, so beautiful,” Kimmel addressed his fake WHCD’s fake audience. “Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
Kimmel’s joke was about the President’s seemingly declining health and the perception that Melania Trump does not like her husband. It was made days before an attempt on the President’s life (the third, if you’re keeping count). Still, the MAGA gang ganged up on Kimmel online. On Monday, Melania Trump called for ABC to “take a stand.”
“Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC,” Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social platform shortly after.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! aired last night as per usual, and though Kimmel acknowledged the backlash to the joke, he offered no apology — just the same explanation I had written hours earlier. There has been no direct consequences because there have been no angry calls from Disney’s business partners — not a single peep, as one of our sources put it. Hopefully that is because the affiliates and advertisers realize there is no basis for the blowback and not just because they don’t have new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro’s phone number. (OK, so really the channel owners would first go to Disney head of affiliate relations Susi D’Ambra-Coplan.)
FCC chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 21, 2025.
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There may be some indirect pressure mounting behind the scenes, however. Trump’s Federal Communications Commission czar on Tuesday informed Disney that he would be reviewing ABC’s broadcast license two-to-five years ahead of the previously scheduled checkup. What a coincidence!
“The FCC determines that calling in Disney’s ABC licenses for early renewal, at this time… is essential within the meaning of agency regulations,” a legal letter sent to Disney (obtained by The Hollywood Reporter) reads.
Disney-owned ABC stations must now file for their license renewals within the next 30 days. In response, ABC said we’ll see you in court, basically.
The FCC has two open investigations into Disney and ABC, one into the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, which it opened last year, and another into The View over an appearance by Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico over its equal opportunity rule.
Every Brilliant Thing, starring Daniel Radcliffe, continues to climb the box office rankings, bringing in $1.65 million last week, its highest gross yet.
The one-person play, which involves a large degree of audience interaction, was the fourth highest grossing show in the industry last week, with the the highest average ticket price at $208.93. The show played to 100 percent capacity.
Moulin Rouge! is still seeing elevated grosses thanks to the presence of Megan Thee Stallion in the cast, with the musical bringing in $1.64 million last week, as the fifth highest grossing show in the industry.
However, that trend may be short lived as Megan announced Monday that she will be leaving the show early, setting her final performance date for May 1. A replacement performer for the remainder of Megan’s run, from May 2 through May 17, has yet to be announced.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was the highest grossing show on Broadway last week, bringing in $2.3 million, followed by Hamilton with $1.94 million, and The Lion King with $1.89 million.
Six more productions opened last week (Schmigadoon, The Balusters, Beaches, The Rocky Horror Show, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and The Lost Boys), meaning that as of April 25, every production of the 2025-2026 season has opened on Broadway.
Tony nominations are scheduled to be announced May 5, which may also provide a boost to grosses.
Among the new shows, Proof, starring Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri, continued to sell well, grossing $976,808 and playing to 98 percent capacity, as did Death of Salesman, starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, which brought in close to $1.5 million and played to 90 percent capacity.
Cats: The Jellicle Ball inched up its grosses tally, bringing in $1.6 million last week in its first week of eight regular performances and playing to 96 percent capacity.
Beaches, The New Musical increased its capacity to 64 percent but still carries a low gross of $476,871, which it will need to increase to stay open.
