Ever since Thespis stepped out of the chorus of a Greek play a few millennia ago, people have complained about the prohibitive cost of live theater. The 'good old days' of the theater always seems to be about forty to fifty years in the recent past. It is true that during the last 'Golden Age of the Theater' in the 1950's, librarians, teachers, and young couples on a date could actually afford cheap seats and attend the theater on a regular basis. Now, with tickets topping out at $450 a pop (i.e...
Ever since Thespis stepped out of the chorus of a Greek play a few millennia ago, people have complained about the prohibitive cost of live theater. The 'good old days' of the theater always seems to be about forty to fifty years in the recent past. It is true that during the last 'Golden Age of the Theater' in the 1950's, librarians, teachers, and young couples on a date could actually afford cheap seats and attend the theater on a regular basis. Now, with tickets topping out at $450 a pop (i.e...
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