Originally Posted by
PTravel
There is no question that dividing line between tourist audiences and theater audiences is drawn between musicals and plays. However, musicals have not always (and only) been the kind of dreck that accounts for 90% of current production. Musicals have suffered because of the Disneyfication of Broadway.
The point was the dress code, and blaming tourists for bad dress, where you get the same outfits at plays as you do at musicals.
We've been heavy NYC theatergoers for nearly 20 years (4-5 trips/year, with 3-4 shows/visit), and I haven't seen too much difference between tourist garb and native garb.
Meanwhile, if you haven't seen Venus in Fur, GO, and be prepared for two of the strongest acting performances you have seen in a quite some time.