Last week, Billy Elliot played to 78% capacity on Broadway. That doesn't exactly sound like a show in trouble; yet on Monday, it was announced that the show would close on January 8, 2012, after a run of just over three years and 1,304 performances. Look a little closer at the grosses, though, which are published publicly every week, and you can see the problem: some 8,878 people saw the show last week, spending some…
SOURCE: The Stage at 02:01AM on October 6, 2011