Revenue Up, Attendance Down on Broadway

• DATE: October 3, 2013
• POSTED BY: Jim McCarthy
• CATEGORY: P&L

Ken Davenport

Broadway producer (and Selling Out friend) Ken Davenport analyzes the first 13 weeks of the Broadway 2013-14 season … and he’s not happy. Though revenue is up .3% (Don’t spend that all in one place!), attendance is down 8.7%, which is on a base of attendance, which dropped 6.2%. Ken says, “I’m not sounding the alarm bells just yet, but I definitely have my finger on my ‘I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up’ button.” OK, Ken’s alarm system sounds a little complex, but I get the idea.

Read all the gory details at his blog: End of Q1 Results for Broadway’s 2013-14 Season.