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Thursday, May 26, 2022
Broadway Producer Emanuel Azenberg: “We’ve chased away an audience.”
New York Theater: “When I was a kid in the Bronx, I went to the theater for $1.10,” says Emanuel Azenberg. Granted that was a while ago; he’s 88. But he is also a Broadway producer and general manager with nine Tony Awards, including one for Lifetime Achievement, and six decades of experience with some hundred plays and musicals right up to the present. And his analysis, which he explained in a TEDx Broadway talk this week, is that Broadway has lost its way, and not just because of ticket prices – but definitely because of them.
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