This is seriously devastating to me, those effing prices for decent seats, especially when you're a picky mofo like me and consider only the first 8 rows to be in any way "decent"!
I have religiously stuck to getting seats within the first eight since I began attending live performances back in the early 90s. I've always been able to obtain them one way or another, with a last resort including some splurging.
I never thought I'd find it painful to purchase tickets to something I've long been passionate about, have planned whole trips around, and have spent a considerable amount of time and energy contributing to its fan communities.
I am sorry, but at $190 per seat--and not even in the center orchestra--this is a problem that splurging won't solve this time. Not if I must do that for every show that comes here or I plan to attend on Broadway.
It isn't right what they're doing. There's something so not right about it, making theatre as inaccessible as it is these days. Infuriating, really.
Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.