Why are Broadway tickets so expensive?
A typical Lion King performance starts at $169 with fees, and a typical Wicked performance at $131. The middle listed price runs $264 and $215.
A small house, eight shows a week
A Broadway theater holds under 2,000 seats, a tenth of an arena. A hit plays the same house eight times a week for years, so the price you see reflects one small room on one night, not a stadium.
Where you see it moves the price more than when. Wicked starts near $50 in Greensboro, NC, $139 in New York and $176 in Cleveland, OH.
What each show starts at
The Lion King starts near $169 across 406 performances, with matinees at $179 and evenings at $164. Wicked starts near $131 across 454 performances, with matinees at $136 and evenings at $128. Hadestown starts near $100 across 343 performances, with matinees at $108 and evenings at $96. Beauty and the Beast starts near $87 across 147 performances, with matinees at $95 and evenings at $86.
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