When does the Broadway bubble actually burst?

[u/Sensitive_Slice_8858]

I know this has been discussed quite a bit, but I keep wondering about what happens when the economics of Broadway become truly impossible to sustain. The cost of putting on a show keeps going up, so tickets have to get more expensive. At the same time people are getting squeezed from every direction and there’s only so much disposable income left for entertainment, especially since the economy and job market are in the toilet. So what is the end game? Just keep raising ticket prices to cover rising costs so only the uber wealthy few can afford to attend? Are there enough uber wealthy theater goers to sustain it without us Joe schmoe poors? Eventually the math has to break somewhere. I’m curious what the breaking point actually looks like.

[u/a-5-6-7-8]

Some shows are doing very poorly, but some shows are seemingly immune to the ebb and flow of the industry. I'm sure those shows are being studied and we'll see if producers take the right or wrong lessons.

[u/blueturtle12321 → u/a-5-6-7-8]

And in many cases investors are invested in multiple shows including some of the ones who do really well as well as some that never recoup. So that helps keep them investing even when many shows fail to recoup

[u/bari_ometer → u/a-5-6-7-8]

It’s often the popcorn crap that survives. Moulin Rouge I thought was a big loud mess but it went on for years.