Frank DiLella on Broadway's Affordability Problem (and Why It's Not Dying)

Mounting a small play in London costs about £2 million. The same play on Broadway? Around $8 million. That's the math Frank DiLella lays out in this conversation about why Broadway tickets cost what they do — and what New Yorkers can actually do about it.Frank has covered Broadway for Spectrum News' On Stage for nearly 20 years. He teaches at Fordham University. He's a multiple New York Emmy winner. And he's the person this city calls when it wants to know what's happening on a Broadway stage.We get into the affordability question head-on: union costs, real estate, and the rush tickets, TDF memberships, and Broadway Week deals New Yorkers should actually be using. We talk about why the Public Theater keeps minting hits that change the form — from A Chorus Line to The Normal Heart to Hamilton to SUFFS — and why Frank says Broadway is not dying, even when it sometimes feels that way.Frank also walks through the Hillary Clinton and Julissa Reynoso sit-down he just landed, his pick for the most underrated show of the season heading into Tony nominations on May 5, and the Liza Minnelli memoir he's been listening to on a loop.A New York story about the beating heart of the city — and the people doing the work to keep it pumping.Book recommendation: Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!: My Memoir by Liza Minnelli with Michael FeinsteinShow pick:Liberation by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White