The ultimate solution is a truce. If the Broadway establishment created a subscription service—say, $30/month for access to a rotating library of professionally shot stage productions, released two years after closing—the bootleg market would collapse overnight. But until that happens, the culture persists.
However, the legitimate industry is slowly adapting. exists, but its catalog is thin. National Theatre Live (in London) has mastered the cinema broadcast, but Broadway has been slow to follow.
This is the shadow economy of the Broadway bootleg.
The ultimate solution is a truce. If the Broadway establishment created a subscription service—say, $30/month for access to a rotating library of professionally shot stage productions, released two years after closing—the bootleg market would collapse overnight. But until that happens, the culture persists.
However, the legitimate industry is slowly adapting. exists, but its catalog is thin. National Theatre Live (in London) has mastered the cinema broadcast, but Broadway has been slow to follow. Broadway Bootlegs
This is the shadow economy of the Broadway bootleg. The ultimate solution is a truce