Broadway’s 2024 – 2025 Season Wraps with 14.7 Million Attendances and Grosses Of $1.89 Billion

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Episode Transcript

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The Broadway League has releasedend of season statistics for the
2024 to 2025 season which began on May 20th, 2024 and ended on
May 25th, 2025. During the 2024 to 2025 season,
Broadway shows yielded 1.89 billion in grosses and total

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attendance reached 14.7 million.The 2024 to 2025 season is the
highest grossing season in Broadway recorded history,
overtaking the record-breaking 2018 to 2019 season in grosses,
and was the second best attendedseason in recorded history after
2018 to 2019. The season included 77

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productions, 43 of which opened in the season that collectively
ran a total of 1712 playing weeks and 13,404 performances.
Audiences filled 91.2% of available seats.
Compared to last season, the 2024 to 2025 season was up 23%

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in gross to 1,892,650,959 and 19.3% in attendance, reaching 14
comma 658, comma 531. As a point of reference, 2024 to
2025 was a 53 week season. Most seasons are 52 weeks which

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total 364 days, so every 7th year a 53rd week is added to
catch up to the calendar year. Looking at 2024 to 2025 just
through week 52, grosses were 1,845,375,500 and 3619.9% higher

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than last season and attendance was 14,316,400 and 5516.5%
higher. During the 2024 to 2025 Broadway
season, 43 productions opened, 33 productions continued from
prior seasons, and one production began previews.

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The 43 productions that opened during the season included 21
musical, 16 original, 5 revivals, 21 play, 16 Original,
5 revivals, and one original special engagement statement
from Jason Locks, President of the Broadway League.

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There is so much to celebrate about the 2024 to 2025 season.
Looking back, it was never a given that audiences would
return to their seats or that every theater S lights would
come back up. It has taken the hard work and
imagination of thousands and thousands of dreamers and doers
to bring the magic of Broadway back.

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As we look to next season, we have to be sober about the
challenges Broadway faces. We can't be satisfied with 2019
S definition of success anymore.With rising costs hitting every
facet of production, it is becoming harder and harder to
bring live theater to the stage.Shows today have an ever shorter

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window to get on their feet. The investment that fuels
Broadway is something we can't ever take for granted.
As a community and industry, we have a lot of work ahead of us
to meet these challenges by growing audiences and addressing
costs so we can sustain this cultural treasure and economic
engine. For full Broadway season

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statistics, visit the Research section of the Broadway League
website here.