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Does anyone in the performing arts realize that theater is going the way of the CTA? Prices are constantly being raised, ridership is declining, more and more bus routes, el stops, and schedules are being eliminated, and worst of all, no one seems to be making the connection.
When will producers learn that by considering ticket prices such as $38.50 to be reasonable they are slowly alienating such audience members as the lower-middle-class, the blue-collar class, students, and the nonworking classes (not to mention more and more of the upper-middle-class) that are necessary to secure the survival of the theater? Yes, Virginia, there actually were times (ancient Greece and Rome, the Elizabethan age, and the Depression, to name but a few) when everyone attended the theater, not just an elite.
W. Melrose
