Thursday, October 18, 2007
COST OF CLASS STRUGGLE
NY Post: "The musical, which will open in the fall of 2008 at the Imperial Theatre, is budgeted at $18.5 million, making it one of the most expensive non-Disney musicals ever."
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Spending $300 to watch a musical based on a story about working class, is it funny? With the computer technology's development, the technology of making a film progress promptly. It may make “Mission Impossible” possible. Apparently the audience enjoys a lot in this kind of visual miracle. Do the Broadway producers want to compete with the film industries by launching huge money? Actually the film Billy Elliot is not a high cost film. But when it turns into a live production, the investment seems to be an ironic contrast with its story background.
The irony here is quite amazing. Only 300 dollars a ticket to watch a play about socialism...one would hope that the producers would take the point of the play to heart and find someway to discount the tickets.
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