

Started talking to my dad about how unfeasible the idea of me going to New York to see Spamalot really is. Iapos;d never thought about it in terms of actual numbers before tonight. It would cost $555.34 for a plane ticket, a Spam ticket, and a hotel room. Food would probably another $100. Transportation wouldnapos;t be so bad because the hotel is literally a couple of blocks from the theatre, though there would be the problem of getting from the hotel to the airport and vice versa. So, what, another $100? Unless, of course, one wanted to see more than just Spam, in which case one would have to rent a car.
So, anyway, for one person the approximate cost would be $755. Now, since my parents wouldnapos;t let me go to NY on my own, Iapos;d have to add another $407 for a Spam ticket and a plane ticket. Plus, more food and maybe more tacked on with the hotel room. So upwards of $1200, probably, for two people to go see a Broadway play.
One could drive, of course, but itapos;s about 1000 miles from where I live to New York and about 15-20 hours. So one would have to take a minimum of five days, two days to drive up there, one to see the show, and two more to drive home. And thatapos;s without really doing anything else in the city.
And, the thing is, the theatre and so on and so forth would only get about $120 out of that $1200. I agree with my father on this: why doesnapos;t Broadway take a couple of performances to tape the shows and sell the DVDs? If itapos;s a rights problem, then that seems like small potatoes. I mean, movie companies buy the rights of plays all the time, donapos;t they? Moulin Rouge? Chicago? Rent? And if you did it this way, you still charge $20 for the DVD, but you donapos;t have to pay Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor or teach them to sing/dance or build new sets or hire a crew or any of that because itapos;s already paid for with the show.
*sigh* A year ago, before I flipped for Clay Aiken, I had to write a "bucket list" for an English class. I put "see a Broadway show" on that list. I didnapos;t have a particular one in mind; I just wanted to see one. Now I do have one in mind and itapos;s, essentially, impossible. Now Iapos;m depressed.
And coming down with something, I think. Feel sick.
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