Broadway Box Office Slumps 15% in Back-to-School Slowdown by Gordon Cox

The annual post-Labor Day downturn took a bite out of the Broadway box office last week, with overall sales dropping 15% as locals shifted out of vacation mode and city tourism slowed. The biggest decline of the week came at “Hello, Dolly!” ($913,712), precipitated by Bette Midler’s scheduled vacation. Midler’s alternate, Donna Murphy, played eight... Read more »

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