New York Daily News

Those ‘white’ lights of B’way

- Joe Dziemianow­icz

THE GREAT White Way is living up to its monochroma­tic moniker.

Figures released on Thursday show that 78% of Broadway tickets were bought by Caucasians last year.

And 68% of theatergoe­rs are women, the Broadway League reported. Tourists accounted for 66% of the audiences last year.

But in positive news from a long-term perspectiv­e, the average age of a Broadway theatergoe­r dropped to 42 1/2 from 43 1/2 the previous year. Meanwhile, ticket buyers aged 18-24 amounted to just 14% of the tickethold­ers.

And attendance by Hispanics rose to 7.6%, up 2 points from two years ago.

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