BY THE NUMBERS

Estimated or average audience for: A street musician on Hollywood Boulevard 8 A strip show in a Sunset Boulevard club 50 A graduate recital at UCLA 90 Pot Luck Night at the Comedy Store 125 A Sunday matinee at the Mark Taper Forum 620 A rock band at the Palace 1,000 A musical at the Ahmanson 2,050 An opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 3,200 A mixed bill by the Kirov Ballet at the Shrine 5,500 A major rock act at the Sports Arena 15,877 A Tchaikovsky Spectacular at the Hollywood Bowl 17,000 The Grateful Dead at Calaveras County Fairgrounds 40,000 Madonna at Anaheim Stadium 70,000 The upcoming papal Mass at the Coliseum 100,000 A rerun of “The Cosby Show” 20,976,000 Sources: local producers, club management, university officials, Billboard, A. C. Nielsen Co.