We had a huge drop off last year. Things are improving for us this year, but not quite back to what we had prior to last season.

I work for quite a few different companies in the metropolitan Denver area. Many of the shows I have designed in recent months have had losses, due to reduced audiences. In only a few cases, I think I can blame the choice of production. It seems that audiences are smaller because people aren't going out to see live theater as much. I am sure there is a way of explaining this from a macroeconomic perspective, but it is a huge disappointment. Subscription campaigns just aren't working the way they have previously, and you can't count on positive press or word of mouth to get people in the door for the time being. I am not aware of anyone in these companies having success with new, out of the ordinary marketing strategies, either.

The production that we just finished at one of our local theaters was close to setting an attendance record for a drama.  Comedies and musicals always seem to draw bigger crowds, but we were pretty happy with the attendance for this show.