Broadway ends 2014 with a 13 per cent jump in attendance figures and record receipts

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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, a theatergoer buys Broadway tickets at the Times Square TKTS discount ticket booth in New York. Broadway ended 2014 with a bang _ a big New Year’s Eve holiday take capping off the highest grossing calendar year on Broadway. The total gross was .362 billion and total attendance was 13.13 million for the year just ended, according to the Broadway League. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Broadway ended 2014 with a bang — a big New Year’s Eve holiday capping off the highest grossing calendar year in history.

According to the Broadway League, the total gross was $1.362 billion and total attendance was 13.13 million for the year that just ended.

The total take was a 14 per cent uptick over last year boosted by premium pricing, making 2014 the highest grossing calendar year on Broadway. And there was a 13 per cent increase in attendance over 2013.

A hugely profitable Christmas week led to the highest grossing New Year’s holiday week, with “The Elephant Man,” ”It’s Only a Play,” ”The Book of Mormon,” ”Aladdin” and “The Lion King” all breaking theatre records. Crowds also said goodbye to “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” ”Once” and “Pippin.”

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