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Why aren't more Broadway shows preserved on film?
 Sep 8 2019, 01:25:37 AM

It is sometimes claimed that watching a recording of a show would result in many potential audience members no longer feeling the desire to see the live show. The reverse is actually true – a fact I hoped to highlight by showing that if you enjoy a show, you will return many times to experience it.

You are stating that you feel a show like Wicked, which requires no additional direction, acting, choreography, scoring, etc can only be filmed for no less than seven figures?


Why aren't more Broadway shows preserved on film?
 Sep 7 2019, 05:46:36 PM

HogansHero said: "Your premise is wrong, for several factual reasons, but this is not the place to get bogged down in false analogies."

I have some questions for you, HogansHero:
1. Do you personally only ever see a specific Broadway show one time?
2. How much money do you assume it costs to film a Broadway show for DVD/Blu-ray release? If you don't know, then how do you think filming Wicked, for example, compares to the cost of filming a TV show, movie


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