Broadway reveals have decrease attendance than they did earlier than the pandemic, and make much less cash, however “we’re not in restoration,” Broadway producer Ken Davenport says. “That is the brand new regular.” However, whereas there are unmistakeable challenges, there are a number of causes he’s optimistic about its future.

Davenport was delivering what he referred to as The State of the State on Broadway, a webinar over Zoom that, within the ten slides beneath, lay out:
the statistics on the 2023-2024 season;
how they evaluate to the final season earlier than the pandemic;
a change within the demographics (the most important share fall-off will not be in worldwide audiences however in theatergoers from New York Metropolis suburbs)
what sort of reveals are doing the very best;
what he sees because the three best challenges (the state of the town — each the way it’s doing and the way it’s perceived to be doing; inflation; the potential phasing out of a state tax incentive for Broadway productions
what he expects from the long run — pointing to a number of tendencies that give him hope, particularly a youthful and extra various viewers