Broadway ticket sales hit hard by post-summer slump
The post-summer slump arrived on Broadway in full force last week as students returned to school and tourists returned home. Main Stem box office receipts plunged $4 million from the previous week, down to $14,305,209 for the week ending September 11. Nearly every show on the boards took a hit in both gross and attendance after Labor Day, a traditionally difficult frame for New York City theatre. Overall attendance w…