Do bigger Broadway theatres run fuller or emptier?
Not really — there's no clear link.
Across 91 weeks, the link between seats and how full the house is looks like random noise — nothing dependable.
The evidence
Correlation r = 0.17 (95% confidence range -0.03 to 0.37), based on 91 weeks.
How we measured it
We compare weekly averages and check the link is bigger than random noise. Based on 91 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.