Are Broadway musicals or plays more expensive?
Yes — musicals are pricier.
Musicals averaged 107$ per ticket, versus 82$ in plays — about 24$ more.
The evidence
Average gap: +24$ (95% confidence range 9 to 40), from 38 musicals and 43 plays.
How we measured it
We compare the two groups and check the gap is bigger than random noise. Based on 81 data points. This is a pattern we spotted, not proof. Plenty of other things move these numbers too — the time of year, which shows are playing, ticket prices — so treat it as a clue, not a rule.
More Broadway questions, answered
Answers are computed from Broadway League weekly grosses (via Playbill) plus weather and holiday data — correlations, not proof of cause. See the methodology on each figure above.