PLAY GROSSES GO WRONG: SALES TUMBLE FOR SECOND SEASON
Broadway producers and investors made the brave decision to present several new plays without stars this past season. Audiences haven’t followed. Grosses for straight plays (non-musicals) tumbled 15 percent in the 12 months ending on Sunday, after plunging 27 percent the previous season, according to statistics out today from the Broadway League. At $154 million, it was the lowest-gro…