With the UK recession truly upon the businesses of London, could the city’s beloved West End keep the ticket sales coming in? Over in Broadway, NY, the theatre shows can be found being hit with reduced show revenue as loads of theatre goers are choosing to entertain themselves at home rather than go out. Many people, especially couples and families are staying at home watching the latest blockbuster films than heading out to watch a musical. The Broadway shows have responded eagerly by lowering show prices to get people back, so far with amazing results. Infact, Shrek the Musical is offering a family musical ticket bundle of two adults paying whole price with up to 3 kids under sixteen attending the show for free. With the reputation of the Shrek films, the popularity has of course transferred to the Broadway adaptation.
Over in London’s Theatre Land, the musical ticket revenue have also seen a reduction. This downturn has caused tons of musicals and plays to track their profit line even more than usual. And with some musicals employing pricey stars, like Daryl Hannah and Orlando Bloom, the theatre production organisations require to redeem this outgoing. Luckily for the capital city and of course the shows there are half price musical ticket booths that allow theatre show goers to find tickets for top musicals at a small fraction of the ticket price. These well known musical ticket booths have observed a growth in ticket revenue ever since the economic crisis and this permits the theatre show lovers of London and its awesome tourists to be able to actually afford to witness their favourite theatre shows without spending too much cash.
As the economic crisis continues, we will probably find that some theatre productions will probably start to offer similar show packages to that of Broadway with family show bundles. Nevertheless, there are a handful musicals that will stand the test of gloom and doom - west end shows like Grease and Wicked have been around for numerous years and show no signs of lower tickets sales. The half price ticket booths at Leicester Square retail tickets for Les Miserables and other top west end shows.
