Broadway Posts a Slight Increase in Receipts for Most Recent Season

NYTimes.com: "Broadway musicals and plays had total gross receipts of about $943.3 million during the 2008-9 theater season, a slight increase from the previous season and a record for total grosses, according to data released this week by the Broadway League, the trade association of theater owners and producers. Those numbers reflect the enduring appeal of entertainment as a form of escape in the midst of a recession, some producers said on Wednesday."