Theatre & Broadway in the U.S. - Statistics & Facts
In the United States, the theatre industry provides a popular pastime for many people. According to a survey conducted by Nielsen Scarborough in spring 2016, over 47 million Americans had attended a live theatre event within the past month and around 18.1 million people had visited a symphony concert or an opera performance.
The Broadway theatre district in Manhattan, New York City is central to the theatre industry in the U.S. Within this area operate 40 theatres, each with more than 500 seats. During the 2015/16 theatre season, the revenue of Broadway shows in New York reached approximately 1.37 billion U.S. dollars. The majority of this revenue was generated through musical performances (1.17 billion U.S. dollars). Plays and musicals on Broadway were attended by more than 13 million people in 2015/16 and, on average, show tickets cost a total of 103.11 U.S. dollars.
Not-for-profit professional theatres are another important part of the performing arts market in the U.S. Attendance rates at these theatres exceeded 30 million annually. Single tickets for performances at these venues cost around 37 U.S. dollars on average in 2015, although prices varied considerably, depending, for example, on the (budget) size of the theatre. Approximately 139 thousand people worked for not-for-profit professional theatres in some capacity in the United States in 2015.
Theatre & Broadway in the U.S. - Important statistics
- 1. Theatre and Broadway
Gross revenue of Broadway shows in New York 2006-2017- +Gross ticket sales of touring Broadway shows in the United States 1999-2017
- +Average paid admission at Broadway shows in New York 2007-2017, by category
- +Number of new shows performed on Broadway in New York 2006-2017
- +Number of world premieres performed by American theatres 2003-2013
- 2. Attendance
- +Visitors of live theaters in the U.S. 2017
- Attendance at performing arts events in the U.S. 2003-2013
- +Attendance at touring Broadway shows in the U.S. 1999-2017
- +Attendance at Broadway shows in New York 2006-2017, by category
- +Number of times affluent Americans attended live theater performances as of 2016
- +Foreign visitors attending concerts, plays and musicals in the U.S. 1999-2013
- Economic reasons for decreasing cultural participation in the U.S. in 2014
- 3. Not-for-profit Theatres
- +Finances of not-for-profit professional theatres in the U.S. 2009-2015
- +Not-for-profit theatres average total ticket income in the U.S. 2008-2015
- +Attendance at U.S. nonprofit professional theatres 2002-2013
- Not-for-profit theatres aggregate number of performacnes in the U.S. 2008-2015
- Not-for-profit theatres average single ticket price in the U.S. 2007-2015
- +Workforce of not-for-profit theatres in the U.S. 2009-2015
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