On Broadway--Being There

I have a brilliant idea. Why keep it a secret?

In past years I have gone to three operas which were live at the Met but which I saw at my local theater simultaneously broadcast in, of course, a wide screen HD format. Moreover, they actually, during intermission, took us behind the stage, interviewed opera stars and showed us how the set was constructed. We saw it all from the comfort of our local big screen theater but without the expense of travel, hotel and arduous walking or standing in line for those of us (and there were many) who cannot walk well, are seniors or those who are more severely handicapped. I think I paid around $25 for it and BEST of all I paid so little for so much. If one sat close which we did one thought one was at the Met itself in NYC.

My idea, as you probably have guessed, is why can we not bring Broadway plays to the general public at local theaters as opera now does through HD capability?

I checked what was on Broadway now and there is much I would absolutely love to see such as: "The Book of Mormon", "Kinky Boots", "Janis Joplin", "The Winslow Boy" and Off Broadway "Avenue Q". But I cannot. All of it is priced out of my range and worse out of my physical capability for NYC travel. I would, in a nanosecond, spend money as I did for the opera but spend it instead for Broadway at my local theater. I even have a great title for the business: "On Broadway." If I had business savvy and finances to risk I would risk it on that.

Think about it. What a bonanza it could be to have Broadway come to a theater near you OR even better would be the ability to purchase Broadway shows from your own cable TV provider instead of buying obnoxious shows like violent wrestling we can purchase now.

I do not think it would obviate the New York Broadway experience. Nothing can compete with being there but it can, I think, come close.