Let's pause for a moment and think about that. Cincinnati had another championship season this year, and again it was in the arts. We're casting our votes at the box office. And in those long lines for recently closed European Masterpieces at Cincinnati Art Museum. And in countless family photos with the artful porkers of the Big Pig Gig.
Sports writers like to talk about statistics.
So do arts writers. Even with a couple of tough sells this season, like a tryout for unknown musical Everything's Ducky and the current, controversial Closer, subscriptions topped 21,500. It was a jolly holiday for the Eden Park theater. Attendance for the 10th anniversary of A Christmas Carol was 24,561, the highest sales since 1991, when it was part of the subscription package and drew 32,675. Cincinnati Shakespeare consistently has turnaway crowds.