Research

Original data studies from the Broadway Scorecard corpus.

2026-07-12
Critics vs. Audiences: 582 Productions, One Persistent Gap
We compared the critic CriticScore and aggregated audience score for every Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End production with enough data. Audiences score shows 7.3 points higher on average, and disagree most sharply on a familiar list of musicals.

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Critics vs. Audiences: 582 Productions, One Persistent Gap