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Scott Cohen and Samuel West in <i>Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?</i> at the Public Theatre.
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Scott Cohen and Samuel West in Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? at the Public Theatre.

You might want to think twice about seeing Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? at the Public Theatre. The radical politics of the distinguished feminist playwright aren’t giving me pause; it’s the $50 tickets that trouble me.

I’m no mathematician, but by my reckoning, $50 for an evening lasting 45 minutes amounts to $3,852 a minute. If you ask me—and please do—that’s outrageous. It’s a lot. Facts don’t lie.  read more »