Another sign of the struggling economy? The article posits one theory that Broadway is vulnerable because it is under pressure for business. It has an excess of supply (many shows opening) and demand is less because of the recession. So in response it has reduced prices, allowing people in who generally do not go to the theater and thus do not know how to behave at a live show.
I guess it might be an explanation, but I just think that boorish behavior is on the rise in general and theater audiences are just a subset of the population and reflective of this. I don't have any hard data to back this up, but it just seems to me that good manners, politeness and civility have been in decline for some time now.
I guess it might be an explanation, but I just think that boorish behavior is on the rise in general and theater audiences are just a subset of the population and reflective of this. I don't have any hard data to back this up, but it just seems to me that good manners, politeness and civility have been in decline for some time now.
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