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Most in a season?
Yooper2
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Most in a season?#1
Posted: 8/29/19 at 5:47pm

Greetings all. I've been reading The Best Plays of 1927-28, and the book says there were 270 productions on Broadway that season. Is that the biggest number of shows ever on B'way in a season? Thanks.

Sethwp2
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Most in a season?#2
Posted: 8/30/19 at 7:24pm

Yes, the 1927-28 season seems to have been the busiest year for Broadway. Some sources claim there were at least 280 new productions (consensus says between 250 and 280). There were over 70 Broadway houses at the time, with about 30 of them newly constructed. And 50-100 performances wasn't too bad.

Compare that with today's average of 36 new productions in 41 houses... And the $0.75 ticket price versus $125 average.

SWP
Updated On: 8/30/19 at 07:24 PM

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