But recently bat boys have been unable to get much respect from Broadway audiences.

Whose money the Broadway audience is spending is a deeper question.

Every other person in the Broadway audience has an English accent.

"Some productions do not seem compatible with Broadway audiences," he said.

This is not a sound often heard anymore among Broadway audiences.

"This production cannot survive on a traditional Broadway audience alone," he said.

The Broadway audience, according to the league, is a little more than 60 percent female.

More than half the Broadway audience is between the ages of 35 and 64.

It never occurred to me that this show was pitched too high for a Broadway audience.

"I'm touched and moved by what happened to me," he said to his Broadway audience on a recent evening.