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Bway Grosses and Attendance On the Rise from Last Season
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 23, 2005
Broadway is bustling in the dog days of summer, according to the League of American Theatres and Producers.
For almost every week of the past 22 weeks, grosses and attendance have been higher than the corresponding week for last season. Grosses for this period were $376.4 million vs. $341.3 million—which marks a 10.3% increase. A 6.1 % increase was achieved in paid attendance, as well--5.6 million this season vs. 5.2 million in the last.
There were 714 playing weeks on Broadway for this 22-week period. Last season during this period, there were only 653 playing weeks (which are the best overall measure of
"We have a great momentum story here, with consistently strong numbers in grosses and attendance, paving the way for a great new theatre season," commented Jed Bernstein, President, The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc.
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