Why Do Brit Plays Have An Easier Time On Broadway?

“Right now, many of the most prominent plays on Broadway are incarnations of British productions – sometimes recast with American actors, or wholly imported. In a strange transatlantic calculation, the chances of a British or Irish play making it on Broadway are seemingly greater than their US equivalents. A quick look at so-called straight plays on Broadway provides, at the very least, anecdotal evidence that this is so.”