Theatre Trivia Tweet: Broadway by the Numbers

Theatre Trivia Tweet: Broadway by the Numbers

The New Amsterdam Theatre is one of Broadway’s oldest houses.

A two-part question. How many Broadway theatres are there now, and, back in 1928, when the number of theatres reached their peak, how many were there?

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There are now 40. Back in 1928, there were a total of 76 Broadway houses, as a decade-long Broadway building boom came to an end with the Great Depression. After 1928, the number of theatres would begin to decline and reached their low point in 1940 when there were 32.