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Broadway show producers donate unneeded house seats (usually very good locations) to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, which re-sells them at a premium (the proceeds going to the cancer research activities of the Foundation). The cost above the full box office price is tax-deductible:
http://www.cancerresearchfund.org/btHowItWorks.html
Thanks for this heads-up. Just scored some great tix to Spamalot.