'Cats' Ticket Sales Purring; 'Motown The Musical' Hits Sour Note " Broadway Box Office
The new Cats held strong in its second week of Broadway previews, grossing $853,633 and keeping the Street’s total grosses for Week 9 (ending July 24) from wilting more than a couple percentage points in the summer heat. Total ticket sales for the 29 Broadway productions was $26,582,154, a tiny 2% slip from the previous week’s $27M. Cats, officially opening this Sunday at the Nederlander’s Neil S…