Broadway’s Touring Shows Find Seats Harder to Sell

New York Times: "the road, which by some measures brings in as much revenue as Broadway, is far more of a boom-and-bust business. It booms when Broadway feeds it appealing, palatable shows like “The Lion King” and “The Phantom of the Opera” and suffers when Broadway’s musicals are edgier or simply weaker. So while New York delivers reliable audiences, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Denver and the dozens of other stops on the road go a long way toward determining the health, or lack thereof, of the nation’s theater business."