Rant #012b - The Premium for "Premium" Seats

How much of a premium should one pay for "premium" seats?

Part Two of my rant about tickets to see "Spring Awakening" on Broadway.

The latest in a series of videos about rational decision-making and economic behavior.

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[kipesquire]

Very much! =)

[BTLM1994]

did you like the show ?

[kipesquire]

Your opinion is worth no less than anybody else's. =)

[kipesquire]

Having now seen the show, I wouldn't want those seats under any circumstances. ;-)

[BTLM1994]

first three rows are definetly not the best. they kill your neck. but that just my opinion.

[Kyorynn]

For the frist time seeing the show, I wouldn't recommend on-stage seating either :)

[Kyorynn]

While you are looking up a little, the stage is farther back from the front rows than most other shows, because there is a set of stairs leading up to the stage.

[kipesquire]

Those seats get mixed reviews from a visual perspective (you see people's backs), but other have said the musical experience is incredible.

[kipesquire]

The New York Philharmonic is the same way: the most frontest orchestra rows are actually cheap seats. I think it's because you have to look up at the stage rather than see it at eye level.

[Kyorynn]

Of course, if it's a matter of closer=better=pricier, then this show has got it wrong. You can be onstage for $31.25, the cheapest seats in the house, save student rush.