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Broadway enjoyed a great year as the 2005-2006 theatergoes bought up a record-breaking 12 million tickets.

The League of American Theatres and Producers said that ticket sales were up 4.1 percent over last year's total of 11.53 million. The Richard Greenberg play Three Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts has brought in a lot of that in spite of critics dissing it.

That wasn't the only hit as several highly successful Tony Award-winning musicals Monty Python's Spamalot, Wicked, The Lion King, The Producers and Mamma Mia! did well.
 
The revenue for the year also increased by 12 percent for a total of $861.6 million in comparison to last year's $768.5 million.

Offerings along the Great White Way were bulging close to capacity with a 81.6 percent total, most of that is attributed to New York City's burgeoning tourist trade.

This is the best-grossing year in its history too as the increase in price of orchestra seats to $111 each, along with "premium" seats selling as high as $300.
 
Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, has been the sucess story of the year as it has been nominated for seven Tony categories.