Broadway Grosses: Hurricane Irene Wreaks Box Office Havoc as Most Shows Cancel Three Performances
It was an extraordinary week on Broadway, as the majority of shows cancelled three performances on August 27 and 28 in anticipation of Hurricane Irene and the shutdown of New York City’s buses and subways. (To be precise, 18 shows played five performances rather than the usual eight; four shows played six performances; and Billy Elliot only managed to play four shows for the week ending August 28.) The timing o…