News and notes from around the interweb:
- It’s too expensive to travel to New York, and that’s killing Broadway shows. And this is largely a policy choice.
This article was interesting but misses a key factor: NYC banned construction of new hotels, largely banned Airbnb, and filled up tens of thousands of hotel rooms with illegal immigrants instead of tourists. Policy choices to make hotel rooms scarce are bad for theater. https://t.co/K64i3j039T
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 23, 2025
- The American Airlines employee/family ‘AA20’ 20% discount now extends to cash and miles upgrades.
- Border patrol arresting Uber drivers at Chicago O’Hare
- Works for anyone with an ex- named Logan, too.
- What’s grosser than gross?
- American Airlines hiring Hebrew speakers, maybe they’ll finally return to Tel Aviv after two years…
AA flight attendant openings, languages:
Greek, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian, Czech and Hebrew.
jobs.aa.com/go/Flight-At…
— JonNYC (@xjonnyc.bsky.social) October 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NYC, and Broadway, are doing just fine; though, there may be a strike soon, because the shows workers do need healthcare. Rest assured, the good shows are still packed. Recently saw Waiting for Godot with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter; let’s just say, it was an… excellent adventure.
Oh please. That article came out in the middle of Broadway negotiating with the union. Broadway is not dying. Every show is packed and ticket prices are through the roof. Related story, congestion pricing did not kill Broadway either.
Knowing Ryanair they probably will send that person an annual licensing bill for using their name.
Are you guys kidding? It’s dying. New shows are closing within months of opening. The article cited fact.
Just because wicked and lion king are doing well means little for the overall health of Broadway.
It is currently cheaper to fly RT from Europe to NYC, than it is for 1 night in a hotel there. The average night for a hotel is now around $500 in the off-season. Insanity.
apparently the “but the flight is full so they must be making money” argument applies to theater as well.
just wait until the mayoral frontrunner reallocates even more wealth. It’s no wonder Florida’s economy is growing so much. and every state up and down the east coast. and even a few further inland
It’s only going to get worse when that woke Hamas Marxist becomes mayor.
@Tim first of all, the mayor of NYC has no ability to raise income taxes
second, Broadway attendance is driven by tourists, which would not be affected by NYC income taxes
third, reallocating wealth mean there are _more_ people that could go to the theatre.