Broadway Bottoms-Out – Shows Close, Theatres Empty, Deep Ticket Discounts In Post-Holiday Slump

Happens every year. But this year somehow it seems more dramatic. The post-holiday January drop in Broadway ticket sales is dramatic – 75 percent in at least one theatre. “Broadway producers said they weren’t panicking — it was a good fall and very strong holiday season, after all — but they were rolling out all manner of marketing to combat the cold.”