Family, religious-themed Broadway productions have holiday success
Broadway gross ticket sales increased dramatically for the week ending April 8, with sales up $4 million (17.5%) from the previous week, mostly due to Easter weekend earnings. Gross ticket sales for the Great White Way totaled just under $28 million, according to figures posted by The Broadway League. Not counting the five new productions that opened last week — "A Streetcar Named Desire," ($309,488) "Leap of …