Producer Ken Davenport does the math: In the 1950s, 69% of all new musicals opening on Broadway had cast sizes greater than 30. In the 1960s, 67% had cast sizes greater than 30. In the 1970s, 31% (!) In the 1980s, 24% In the 1990s, 38% In the 2000s, 27% Nothing we didn't already sense, of course. But the numbers--and the steep fall off circa 1970--are striking. Especially when you consider that those higher percentag…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 12:51PM on July 14, 2011