Thursday, January 11, 2007

Broadway Attendance (Movie theatres) and Grosses Climb

Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) -- The holidays have been very good to Broadway, according to final figures released Wednesday by the League of American Theatres and Producers. The week between Christmas and New Year's resulted in a total gross of $29.1 million for 30
WTen.com - Also on the list of potential upgrades are changes to the mall's Regal Cinemas movie theatres, which may see both stadium seating and more screens added. "They (Regal Cinemas) would stay in the current location and expand them that's being reviewed
Baltimore Sun - The League of American Theatres and Producers' annual report on theater-going says that for 2005-2006, 1.15 million of Broadway's 12 million patrons, or 9.6 percent, were 18 or younger. If that figure sounds modest, it's impressive when you consider
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Minneapolis Star Tribune - In the wake of the news last week that Chanhassen Dinner Theatres won't relocate to downtown Burnsville, city officials say they will forge ahead with plans to build a publicly funded performing arts center. City leaders have said for years that they
Daily Telegraph - Without a doubt," he says now, leaning back in a plump leather chair in his study and smiling incredulously at the memory, "the biggest single surprise for me was seeing how under-utilised the operating theatres were. Theatres are the