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. June 29, 2007 -- MEL BROOKS has created a monster - and it s his ticket prices. The best seats on weekends for Young Frankenstein, Brooks highly anticipated new Broadway musical, will be priced at a whopping 450, according to a production memo obtained by The Post.
The 450 seats, a record high for Broadway, are being called premier, and will be sold along with large blocks of so-called premium seats, priced at 375. (Prices drift down to 350 and 275 on weekdays - what a steal!) These seats, about 250 per performance, are 100 costlier than the most expensive ones for Broadway s two biggest hits, Wicked and Jersey Boys.
Clearly, Brooks is confident he s got a winner on his hands with Young Frankenstein. But a lot of industry insiders say the sky-high prices reek of arrogance. The show isn t even running yet, and they re treating it like it s already the biggest hit ever, one veteran producer sniped yesterday.
Group-sales ticket agents were fuming yesterday, worried that many of their customers will balk at paying such high prices. And ticket brokers - who snap up most of the best seats early so that, if the show s a hit, they can sell them at even higher prices - fear heavy losses if Young Frankenstein isn t the greatest musical of all time.
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