BOM sets ticket price record

Good lord! i don't think any musical is worth that!

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Good grief...that amount would pretty much pay for my July trip in its entirety.

Another proof of Barnum's adage. Idiots.

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I actually said quite a bit. Put your glasses on and read carefully.

Updated On: 6/17/11 at 10:47 AM

Even before they raised them a concierge friend of mine said they were going for up to 800 bucks through brokers. A month ago when I was at the box office I witnessed a woman throw down seven hundred ninety some bucks in cash for two premium tickets.

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Oh, please, Jordo, try harder! All one has to do is review any number of threads to find numerous sexual comments from you.

Is this argument going to pop up in every thread? Do we need to throw more sand and toys in the box?!

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FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

^I love you. Thank you very much for that. I'm always happy to see people employing economics in their thinking.

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I know I will regret this- but what does Chuck Schumer have to do with the price of theater tickets?

I haven't seen Book of Mormon yet ( I unfortunately live in Ohio... ) but I definitely noticed the prices of tickets when I was planning my next trip in October or November. Pretty ridiculous. A question for those who have seen it, do the actors go through the isles or something? Because those tickets are about 30 dollars mo expensive than other orchestra seats. Not that I can afford either of them.....

A "White Elephant" is a gift that is expensive or troublesome to maintain. People refer to "The elephant in the room" when they speak of a problem that is painfully obvious but ignored. I am not really sure what the "White elephant in the room" refers to. Ticket prices sure aren't ignored- It gets mentioned every single day here. You have brought the issue up repeatedly. You mention that fact in your above post.

Meanwhile, people want to see Book of Mormon. Far more than can be accommodated in a week or month or even several months of performances. Theater is NOT a mass market experience- at least not at this level. Movies, for example, are: When a new Harry Potter movie is released, movie theaters will show the thing around the clock to packed houses, and the film will play in five thousand theaters or more.

So why shouldn't Book of Mormon (or any show) charge more when they are hot? Despite how some folks here feel, theater attendance is NOT a need, it's a luxury. And the experience is available to a very few- a few thousand people in and around the New York Area. Eventually there will be more productions and more opportunities and yes, ticket prices will come down.

Meanwhile, just for perspective- I take a prescription medicine that costs about the same as one of those highly priced tickets. There is no shortage of it. It is not particularly expensive to produce. And I (and tens of thousands of people) need to take it to live. Why don't you get worked up about that?