What's the most you'll spend ...

i dont wanna play this game, but if your trying to get in for Hedwig put the time aside and do standing room, you get a twentysomething dollar ticket.

I can't imagine I'd ever pay over face value for any show, starring anybody. But that's just me.

To whom do you need to justify it? It's your money, isn't it?

Which show? I would think that Hedwig is the more special of the two -- and who know how long NPH will be in it.

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The fact that someone actually finds $173 "cost effective" is the very reason that we are stuck with $173 tickets.....and rising.

$70 sounds about right to me, but every "discount" flyer I get in the mail seems to be a little bit less of a discount on an overly inflated ticket price. 30% off is the new 50% off and it's off higher and higher prices. Soon 20% off will be the new 30% off. I have to wonder why some of these shows that are playing to ridiculously low capacities don't figure out a way to do seriously substantial discounts, or just lower their prices altogether. Would the producers like fifty dollars per ticket to fill seats at partially empty shows or no dollars at all? Yeah I know, TDF and TKTS and all that but not everyone has access to TDF and when the price point is already do high, even TKTS is often restrictive. I'm well aware that affordable tickets are not a "right", so as prices continue to skyrocket, I guess any of us who are not in the 1% can just go sit in a park and play with dirt instead.

I would guess producers don't lower prices beyond a certain point for the same reason hotels don't do so and are OK letting some rooms sit vacant: price/value anchoring. There is ample consumer spending research that reinforces the important of anchoring the perceived value/cache of your product using price.

Producers want to anchor the perceived value of a ticket to their show at the full price level and not discount it too far beneath that as doing so would risk that lower price becoming the anchor in a purchaser's mind as to the quality of the show and what it is really worth. It's partially why JCP had to drop its "always low prices: and go back to the inflated retail price/weekly sale game: consumers want to feel like they are getting a deal.

Indytallguy, I hear you. Your comparison to hotels makes me wonder if a Priceline type service would work for Broadway. You pick your price and the show's management can accept or reject it. Seems better than seats going empty.

I think anything more than $100 is ridiculous.

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Stubhub sold some Hedwig first previews tickets for $400+

I would never pay over face for a ticket be it theater, concerts, sporting events whatever. There's just nothing I need to attend that badly. As far as what "they" charge for face value, they charge what they charge because they can get people to pay it. When they are no longer able to do so, they will lower the prices. This happens on a daily basis when premium seats are converted to regular seats shortly before curtain when it's clear they will not be able to sell it for premium prices This folks is economics 101 and is the answer to every question on here that starts with "well why can't the producers just lower prices by..."

A very good seat at a baseball or basketball game costs $250-300, same with great seats for a concert. Some of the people on here think theater tickets are the only things in the world that cost a lot. As has been said, if it's too much money, don't go. So you'll only see 60 shows this year instead of 65. So you'll only see Hedwig 6 times instead of the 8 times you'd like to go. But the constant whining that certain people on this board endeavor in is so tiresome to listen to and completely unproductive.

I have still not not seen BOM because I will not pay those inflated prices. However, I feel if it's an artist you really want to see or an exclusive event, you should pay whatever you can afford because it will make you happy and you will always have those memories.

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Everyone has his or her own financial situation so it's hard to compare.

For me personally, I do a lot of lotteries, standing room, etc when I can and I always look for discount codes. Because I am lucky enough to live in the city, I always buy at the theater and don't think I have ever paid the surcharge to order on line.

I think the most I have ever spent on a ticket for something really special is about $160..and that's rare and usually involves getting tickets that are involved with a gift for someone else. I would not consider a $200+ for really anything..

Updated On: 5/2/14 at 08:33 AM

$ 300 for a balcony seat?

You just have to laugh at something so preposterous. Ticket prices will continue to rise because people will pay this absurd price. Add to that people who see the same show 20 or 30 times. Producers see with examples like these the sky is the limit. Unfortunately, that ruins it for average folks who cannot pay these absurd prices.

I have no desire to see Mr Hedwig and his angry counterpart. Next season the prices will be worse and so on and so on every year. As long as there are enough suckers, producers will keep jacking up the prices ad nauseum.

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