Critical Crisis: Why it Sucked to Be a Broadway Critic in 2016-17
The 2016-17 season has been a great one for Broadway. Total attendance is up to 13.27 million, with a record breaking 1.45 billion in total grosses. Many of the tickets purchased for New York theatredepended on the opinions of Broadway's reviewers, and yet the critics haven't had the same luck as the industry they are reviewing.