Broadway ticket prices are completely out of control — Denzel Washington’s show is charging $900 for just Row M
nypost.comOthello” starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, which sold a mammoth $2.63 million in tickets last week over just seven performances.
That’s right — a Shakespeare play took in $1 million more than Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop history hit, and it managed the feat during the post-holiday/pre-spring break period that’s usually the slow season for Broadway.But this is not a triumphant victory for the classics.
It’s a war on your wallet.People are paying as much as $921 — that’s $79 less than $1000 — to sit as far back as Row M. Aka 14 rows from the stage.Can you believe it?To quote “Oklahoma!”: It’s a scandal!
It’s a outrage!“Othello” is one of several limited-run, celebrity-fueled plays this spring that are charging obscene prices — exacerbating Broadway’s reputation of being only for the wealthy and debt-prone.Wanna see recent Oscar winner Kieran Culkin in David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” from Row M?
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