| At a $250 average ticket price, practically everything becomes irrelevant, except "stars" and spectacle. | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 04:08 pm EST 11/30/17 | |
| In reply to: Thoughts on why playwrights like NEIL SIMON have become irrelevant on Broadway? - NJGUY 10:39 am EST 11/30/17 | |
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| Fifty years ago, in Simon's 1960s heyday, Broadway's top ticket hovered around ten dollars. In such a climate, a play could be nothing more than lightly amusing (or just mildly thought-provoking, if it wasn't a comedy) and still be a hit. People went to the theater casually, on impulse, and were willing to sit through a lot of things they wouldn't sit through now (at today's Broadway prices), because they didn't have to spend their life savings to do it. At today's prices, a show had better be a life-changing event (or at least be generally perceived as such) if it wants to survive on Broadway, and of course few shows are that, or even trying to be that. This is why plays in general--and not just Simon's--are in eclipse on Broadway at the moment. | |
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