Yes---TKTS does serve a great purpose though I do not recall them being 1/2 price. Also, the shows that are up are usually the ones that had trouble selling full price tickets. Which is only proper. As to the "lottery"---I can only say "big deal". That is throwing crumbs to the pigeons ---and you know what that looks like. The producers also discovered another great gimmick---sell $450.00 seats for a section of a hit show. That started with The Producers when they found scalpers were making a fortune.

I still like Bway---but, as I said in my earlier note, you can find quality for a lot more affordable prices in local and regional theater---and even off Bway.

By the way---did anyone here know that the Tonys are limited only to shows that in certain select theaters in a geographical area in the Bway area. Off Bway shows are barred from them. Talk about exclusivity and narrowness.


Bill Hahn