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Article: PERFORMING ARTS ARE CROWD PLEASERS IN BOSTON
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2004
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More than three-fourths of metropolitan Boston residents took in a
performing arts event in 2002, according to the results of a new
national survey to be released today at City Hall.
In fact, more Greater Bostonians attend performing arts events (78
percent) than professional sports events (56 percent) each year,
according to a report by the Performing Arts Research Coalition.
The survey of households in Boston; Austin, Texas; Minneapolis-
St. Paul; Sarasota, Fla.; and Washington, D.C., shows that, contrary
to conventional wisdom, performing arts audiences are neither graying
nor rich.
Attendance at live arts performances was slightly higher in Boston
than in the four other cities.
Greater ...