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<text id=93AC0325> <title> Performing Arts--Selected Data:1975-91 </title> <history> Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics Arts & Media </history> <article> <source>Time Almanac</source> <hdr> Performing Arts-Selected Data: 1975 - 1991 [Receipts and expenditures in millions of dollars.] </hdr> <body> <table> <tblhdr><cell>Item<cell type=i>1975<cell type=i>1985<cell type=i>1988<cell type=i>1989<cell type=i>1990<cell type=i>1991 <row><cell type=a>LEGITIMATE THEATRE:(1)<cell type=n><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n> <row><cell>Broadway shows:<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell> <row><cell>New productions<cell>59<cell>31<cell>31<cell>29<cell>35<cell>28 <row><cell>Playing weeks(2,3)<cell>1,101<cell>1,062<cell>1,114<cell>1,097<cell>1,062<cell>970 <row><cell>Number of tickets sold (1,000)<cell>(NA)<cell>7,156<cell>8,142<cell>7,966<cell>8,039<cell>7,314 <row><cell>Gross box office receipts<cell>57.4<cell>208.0<cell>253.4<cell>262.0<cell>283.3<cell>267.2 <row><cell>Road shows:<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell> <row><cell>Playing weeks(3)<cell>799<cell>993<cell>893<cell>869<cell>944<cell>1,152 <row><cell>Gross box office receipts<cell>50.9<cell>225.9<cell>222.9<cell>255.5<cell>376.1<cell>450.1 <row><cell>Opera companies:(4)<cell>807<cell>1,123<cell>1,250<cell>1,285<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Major(5)<cell>54<cell>168<cell>187<cell>209<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Expenditures<cell>(NA)<cell>256.5<cell>352.3<cell>403.8<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Other companies<cell>335<cell>576<cell>654<cell>658<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Workshops(6)<cell>418<cell>379<cell>409<cell>418<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Opera performances<cell>6,428<cell>10,642<cell>12,361<cell>15,098<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Operas performed<cell>387<cell>578<cell>658<cell>731<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Musical performances(7)<cell>(NA)<cell>4,983<cell>8,836<cell>9,825<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Musicals performed(7)<cell>(NA)<cell>242<cell>296<cell>279<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>World premieres<cell>16<cell>121<cell>141<cell>165<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Attendance (mil.)<cell>8.0<cell>14.1<cell>17.7<cell>21.4<cell>(NA)<cell>(NA) <row><cell>Symphony orchestras(8)<cell>1,463<cell>1,572<cell>1,572<cell>1,666<cell>1,666<cell>1,666 <row><cell>College(9)<cell>300<cell>371<cell>350<cell>422<cell>(10)<cell>(10) <row><cell>Community(11)<cell>1,003<cell>946<cell>903<cell>924<cell>(10)<cell>(10) <row><cell>Urban<cell>41<cell>89<cell>103<cell>103<cell>(10)<cell>(10) <row><cell>Metropolitan<cell>90<cell>96<cell>123<cell>121<cell>(10)<cell>(10) <row><cell>Regional<cell>(13)<cell>40<cell>57<cell>59<cell>(10)<cell>(10) <row><cell>Major<cell>29<cell>30<cell>36<cell>37<cell>(10)<cell>(10) <row><cell>Concerts<cell>14,171<cell>19,969<cell>17,774<cell>(NA)<cell>16,725<cell>17,437 <row><cell>Attendance (mil.)<cell>18.3<cell>23.7<cell>23.6<cell>(NA)<cell>22.2<cell>22.3 <row><cell>Gross income<cell>124.5<cell>435.4<cell>557.1<cell>(NA)<cell>679.9<cell>702.5 <row><cell>Earned income<cell>70.9<cell>250.7<cell>328.2<cell>(NA)<cell>405.4<cell>412.1 <row><cell>Contributed income<cell>53.6<cell>184.7<cell>228.9<cell>(NA)<cell>274.5<cell>290.4 <row><cell>Gross expenses<cell>129.5<cell>441.8<cell>571.3<cell>612.9<cell>665.4<cell>688.8 </table> <list style=hang> <item>NA= Not available <item>1. Source: Variety magazine, New York, NY. <item>2. All shows (new productions and holdovers from previous seasons). <item>3. Eight performances constitute one playing week. <item>4. Source: Central Opera Service, New York, NY. <item>5. Companies with budgets of over $100,000 and issue American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) contracts to soloists. <item>6. Workshops are primarily college and university opera groups. <item>7. Covers not-for-profit companies only. <item>8. Source: American Symphony Orchestra League, Inc., Washington, DC. Orchestras other than college groups are principlely defined by their annual budgets - for 1988: community: under $135,000; urban, $135,000-$280,000; metropolitan: $280,000-$1,000,000; regional: $1,000,000-$3,600,000; and major: over $3,600,000. Prior to 1987, other budget classifications were in effect. <item>9. Includes youth orchestras. <item>10. No longer classified by type. <item>11. Beginning 1980, includes youth and chamber groups with budgets under $70,000. <item>12. Classification began in 1976. </list> <p>Source: Compiled from sources listed in footnotes. </p> </body> </article> </text>