Broadway Cost Data

Hello!

I'm an undergraduate researcher working on my capstone. I chose to examine the profitability of Broadway shows, and like all research projects there's one aspect that is slowing me down.

Broadway shows have revenues reported, and are easily dug up in machine-readable formats. Initial capitalization and weekly/monthly expenses are much more difficult to find. When they are disclosed, it's often in a "Hooray, we recouped!" type article. Articles are very difficult to parse with programming, and here's where I'm wondering if anyone here can help me.

I'm hoping that some database already exists showing capitalization and expenses for Broadway shows. I haven't found anything like this in my research yet. If it does exist, can someone point me to it?

If such a thing does not exist, that's fine, I can just comb through the internet and try to find the information on the 390 shows I have in my sample.

Anyway, thanks in advance!

Doesn't exist. Also, a lot of this information is not available publicly, so you may run into problems getting accurate data, as KCW said. You're dealing with private business here.