Here's another article about how the current Broadway revival of The Music Man has been drained of much of its meaning by being drained of anything to which someone in 2022 might object. Having not seen the show, I resist the trap of assuming these articles are all correct…but I'm beginning to feel like the main reason I'd like to see it is to find out if these articles are right.
From what I hear, mixed reviews and high ticket prices aren't keeping audiences away from this show. High ticket prices don't seem to be keeping people away from a lot of shows of different kinds. The comedian Kevin Hart just announced four performances — two each night on July 2 and 3 — at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. Ticket prices start (start!) at $300 each for the worst seats and go up to $1,250 and they're just about sold out. This is for 90-120 minutes of one person standing on a stage talking.
People everywhere are complaining about The Price of Everything going up and I think they're sometimes too quick to blame Inflation or government actions or international money fluctuations or things like that. Sometimes, the price of something goes up solely because the people offering it simply thought they could get more money for it…and they're sometimes right.