PND News - D.C. Arts Groups Enjoy Robust Box Office Rebound

PND News - D.C. Arts Groups Enjoy Robust Box Office Rebound: "D.C. Arts Groups Enjoy Robust Box Office Rebound
Performing arts groups large and small in the Washington, D.C., area have noted a solid resurgence in ticket breceipts as they close their books on the 2003-04 season, indicating a robust rebound after an attendance slump that began with the 9/11 terrorist attacks and was exacerbated by sniper attacks, two blizzards, and two power outages, the Washington Post reports.
For example, the Washington Performing Arts Society, which books plays and concerts in twelve different venues, recorded a 172 percent increase in its sold-out performances for the season just concluded. And this summer, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts posted its best season ever for ticket sales, finishing $500,000 ahead of last year. At Arena Stage, 90 percent of full-season ticket holders renewed their subscriptions for 2003-04 performances, the highest renewal rate in recent years, and 120,000 single-ticket purchasers attended performances, the highest level in the past six "