Average Broadway Ticket Price Increases $1.40 in One Year

A New High Mark for 'The Lion King'.  (The New York Times, 9/22/2014)

The high cost of theater.

Over all, Broadway musicals and plays grossed $22.3 million last week, compared with $19.5 million for the same week last year. Attendance was 220,312, compared with 195,355 a year ago.