Cheap is Dear: Two Hopeful Signs for the Cash-Strapped Theatergoer
As a theater critic for more than 25 years, I'm used to getting free tickets to the plays I see, be they off-off-Broadway showcases or the latest multi-million dollar blockbusters in Times Square. It's part of a long-standing tradeoff between producers and us journalists: we're granted free passes in exchange for publicizing the shows in question. Of course, critics aren't obligated to write positive things, but our …