The Problem The Public Theater Created

And of course the simple way to fix it is not relying on film and television starts like Al Pacino in the first place:

A band of amateur businessmen have launched a service that lets theatergoers skip the line for Shakespeare in the Park — always one of the hottest free tickets in town.

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Here’s how it works: Hand over anywhere from $75 to $125 to a professional line-sitter and you can forgo the mind- and butt-numbing side effects of queuing up for a fix of the classics. Al Pacino starring as Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice” promises to be a must-see show this season.

Maybe this is part of what they meant when they said “For every one dollar, we generate eight”?

Location Scout: Delacorte Theater.