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Performing Arts—Selected Data,
1985–2006
| Item |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
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Legitimate theater:1
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| Broadway shows: |
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| New productions |
33 |
40 |
33 |
37 |
28 |
37 |
36 |
39 |
39 |
39 |
| Attendance (mil.) |
7.3 |
8 |
9 |
11.4 |
11.9 |
11.0 |
11.4 |
11.6 |
11.5 |
12 |
| Playing weeks2, 3 |
1,078 |
1,070 |
1,120 |
1,464 |
1,484 |
1,434 |
1,544 |
1,451 |
1,494 |
1,501 |
| Gross ticket sales |
209 |
282 |
406 |
603 |
666 |
643 |
721 |
771 |
769 |
862 |
| Broadway road tours:11 |
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Attendance (mil.) |
8.2 |
11.1 |
15.6 |
11.7 |
11 |
11.7 |
12.4 |
12.9 |
18.2 |
17.1 |
| Playing weeks |
993 |
944 |
1,242 |
888 |
823 |
863 |
877 |
1,060 |
1,389 |
1,377 |
| Gross ticket sales |
226 |
367 |
701 |
572 |
541 |
593 |
642 |
714 |
934 |
915 |
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Nonprofit professional theatres:4
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|
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| Companies reporting12 |
217 |
185 |
215 |
262 |
363 |
1,146 |
1,274 |
1,477 |
1,490 |
n.a. |
| Gross income |
234.7 |
307.6 |
444.4 |
791 |
961.1 |
1,436.0 |
1,481.0 |
1,570.8 |
1,646.6 |
n.a. |
| Earned income |
146.1 |
188.4 |
281.2 |
466 |
554.5 |
761.0 |
787.0 |
856.2 |
845.0 |
n.a. |
| Contributed income |
88.6 |
119.2 |
163.1 |
325 |
406.6 |
675.0 |
694.0 |
714.6 |
801.6 |
n.a. |
| Gross expenses |
239.3 |
306.3 |
444.9 |
708 |
923.6 |
1,405.0 |
1,476.0 |
1,464.4 |
1,529.8 |
n.a. |
| Productions |
2,710 |
2,265 |
2,646 |
3,241 |
4,787 |
10,000 |
13,000 |
11,000 |
12,000 |
n.a. |
| Performances |
52,341 |
46,131 |
56,608 |
66,123 |
81,828 |
157,000 |
170,000 |
169,000 |
169,000 |
n.a. |
| Total attendance (mil.) |
14.2 |
15.2 |
18.6 |
22 |
21.1 |
32.2 |
34.3 |
32.1 |
32.5 |
n.a. |
|
OPERA America professional member companies:5
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number of companies
reporting6 |
97 |
98 |
88 |
98 |
96 |
86 |
89 |
95 |
93 |
n.a. |
| Expenses6 |
216.4 |
321.2 |
435 |
636.7 |
685.1 |
684.4 |
691.6 |
677.9 |
754.5 |
n.a. |
| Performances7 |
1,909 |
2,336 |
2,251 |
2,153 |
2,031 |
1,868.0 |
1,730 |
1,946 |
2,097 |
n.a. |
| Total attendance (mil.)7, 8 |
6.7 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
6.7 |
6.5 |
4.9 |
5.9 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
n.a |
| Main season attendance
(mil.)7, 9 |
3.3 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
n.a. |
|
Symphony orchestras:10
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| Concerts |
19,573 |
18,931 |
29,328 |
33,154 |
36,437 |
37,118 |
38,182 |
37,263 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Attendance (mil.) |
24 |
24.7 |
30.9 |
31.7 |
31.5 |
30.3 |
27.8 |
27.7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Gross revenue |
252.4 |
377.5 |
536.2 |
734 |
774.7 |
763.6 |
781.2 |
826.8 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Operating expenses |
426.1 |
621.7 |
858.8 |
1,126.30 |
1,285.90 |
1,311.9 |
1,314.8 |
1,482.6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Support |
188.1 |
257.8 |
351 |
521 |
559.6 |
580.0 |
575.7 |
639.4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
1. Source: The League of American
Theaters and Producers, Inc, New York, NY. For season ending in year
shown.
2. All shows (new productions and
holdovers from previous seasons).
3. Eight performances constitute one
playing week.
4. Source: Theatre Communications
Group, New York, NY. For years ending on or prior to Aug. 31.
5. Source: OPERAAmerica,
Washington, DC. For years ending on or prior to Aug 31.
6. United States companies.
7. Prior to 1993 and for 1999, United
States and Canadian companies; 1993 to 1998, U.S. companies only.
8. Includes educational performances,
outreach, etc.
9. For paid performances.
10. Source: American Symphony
Orchestra League, Inc., New York, NY. For years ending Aug. 31. Prior to
1995 represents 254 U.S. orchestras; beginning 1995, represents all U.S.
orchestras, excluding college/university and youth orchestras. Also,
beginning 1995, data based on 1,200 orchestras.
11. North American Tours include U.S. and
Canadian companies.
12. Beginning in 2002, nonprofit theatre
data is based on survey responses and extrapolated data from IRS Form
990.
Source: Compiled from sources listed in
footnotes. From Statistical Abstract of the United States,
2008.
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