Les Miserables... just for something different :)

Gill wrote:
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........Someone has put up the money to stage this production and while it may be a successful gamble, they also stand to lose it if the show fails to sell enough tickets.


At those bloody prices, it may well fail to sell enough tickets. Why would I pay $50 to see one amateur musical when I can see four for that price? Why on earth would I spend that much when the talent isn't even being paid? Why would I pay that much when I could spend the same amount and see a renowned and critically acclaimed Shakespeare company with a massive and intricate set (which they have paid huge amounts of money to cart around Australia or the world) perform at the Maj?

Why, why, why??? What am I paying for that the other four amateur musicals won't give me? (That's a genuine question by the way...)

I'll give you twenty bucks. And even then I'm paying more than I would for the usual amateur musical, in veiw of the larger venue.