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Attendance at shows rose 7.3 percent from the previous year's
12.2 million and grosses were up 7.6 percent from $1.26 billion,
according to the league, which represents theater owners,
operators, producers, presenters and general managers.
"It's been an extraordinary season on Broadway, and I'm thrilled
that we have broken all records," Broadway League President
Charlotte St. Martin said in a statement.
"We've been saying for several years now that there is something
for everyone on Broadway; to have audience growth of over 13
percent in two years clearly proves our point."
Thirty-seven productions, including 10 new musicals and five
revivals, as well as 11 new plays and nine revivals and two
specials opened during the latest season.
"An American in Paris," a romance based on the Oscar-winning
film, and the lesbian coming-out story "Fun Home" led the Tony
nominations, U.S. theater's highest honors, which will be
presented at Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 7.
Both musicals earned 12 nominations each, followed by "Something
Rotten!," a bawdy parody of Broadway musicals set in 1590s Tudor
England, with 10 nods.
Tony winner and nominee Kristin Chenoweth and actor Alan Cumming
will host the 69th annual Tony Awards. CBS television will
broadcast the live two-hour show.
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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