Yes it's nice that producers have rush set in place. But, as others have stated, there is a need for a limit of some kind. Most shows that offer rush of any kind generally have a set number of tickets put aside for each performance. And when they are sold, then thats it and they are done.
Most (if not all) Broadway theatres have a policy that they will stop selling tickets a half hour prior to showtime. Now, I have been in situations where the person at the box office doesn't always adhear to that rule, but that's neither here nor there.
The point is, if the people want to sell a ticket after half hour, then it's up to them. But that doesn't mean that they should do it at whatever price you want. If there are a particular number of rush tickets set aside for each show and they aren't sold by two minuets prior to the show, then that's one
thing to ask for them. But if they are nice enough to sell you a ticket that late in the game doesn't mean that you can dictate the price. They don't have to sell it to you that late in the game. And as others have said, if everyone could get a rush price ticket ten seconds prior to the start of the show, then
who would buy it?
And I am sure that the producers is a show wouldn't want to make cheap seats so easily available and they would rather loose money rather then make cheap seats available left and right.
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