Does rain keep people away from Broadway?
Yes — more rainy days goes with higher how full theatres are.
Across 1287 weeks, each extra rainy day lines up with about 0.61 capacity points more in how full theatres are.
The evidence
Correlation r = 0.1 (95% confidence range 0.05 to 0.16), based on 1287 weeks.
How we measured it
We compare weekly averages and check the link is bigger than random noise. Based on 1,287 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.