I don’t generally pay attention to ticket prices. I figure my job is to tell you what I saw at a given show, and how I took it, and leave you to decide whether it’s worth the gate. But Cascabel is a special case.
This time around the main rate is $300. Which is to say, whoa. The fee may be justified on economic grounds, I don’t know. But on opening night it felt as if a psychological frontier had been crossed. We’d passed over into the At-These-Prices Zone. At these prices, you ask yourself, shouldn’t there be more menu options? And how come we’re sharing common bottles of wine, water, and beer with the strangers around us?
Through 8/31: Tue-Sat 7 PM, Sun 5 PM Goodman Theatre 170 N. Dearborn 312-337-0665lookingglasstheatre.org $215-$375
