The Staggering Cost Of Producing On Broadway (Versus London)

As a (cautionary) example, the current London revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, cost £350,000 (about $565,000) to mount, with weekly running costs of £65,000 ($105,000). Producer Sonia Friedman estimates that a Broadway transfer would cost $2.8 million to mount, plus $260,000 or so to run each week.