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On Hamilton ticket prices
June 10, 2019
Live theater is inextricably wrapped up in FOMO, conspicuous consumption, and artificial scarcity. There’s certainly a frisson, an immediacy to a live performance, but I think it stems in large part from the fleeting nature of it – the scarcity. twitter.com/mogwai_poet/st…
This is a subject I care a lot about, and Hamilton is an educational example of what theater artists intend and how that fits uncomfortably with the realities of the business.