The "Taylor Swift Effect" on Broadway (aka "obscene" ticket prices.) Dimming dilemma addressed. Stageworthy News of the Week.
Tickets for "Othello" are selling for $921, even as far back as Row M, which helped the Shakespeare play starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal gross a record-breaking $2.8 million last week, "more than any nonmusical has ever made in a single week on Broadway." (NY Times)Â "'Othello' is one of several limited-run, celebrity-fueled plays...