Ticket Fees

New York Times: "Take the case of the new Broadway musical “Curtains”: on its own, an orchestra seat runs $110, but add to that a mandatory $1.50 “restoration fee” for the upkeep of the Al Hirschfeld Theater, a $6.50 “service charge” to buy the ticket through Telecharge and a $2.50 fee to have the ticket e-mailed or held at the box office, and the new total is $120.50. It’s $4 instead of $2.50 to have the tickets mailed, or $19.50 if you want them by second-day post."