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On Broadway: Broadway’s annual audience has hit a plateau of about 8 million people but its gross ticket sales of 1989-90 were up 8%, reflecting a rise in box-office prices of up to $60 a ticket, the League of American Theaters and Producers said Tuesday. The league’s report on the season, which ended last Sunday, noted that gross ticket sales had set a record for the third consecutive year and were at an all-time high at $283 million. Ticket sales for the 1988-89 season were $262 million. Musicals such as “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway” and “Grand Hotel” accounted for 75% of gross receipts and 67% of attendance. Also, box-office receipts for Broadway shows touring the United States and Canada soared to a new record of $367 million, a 43% increase from $256 million last season. The national audience was 12.9 million, according to the number of tickets sold, up 33% from 9.7 million last season.