I've noticed that tickets to the Bolshoi Theatre and the Moscow Art Theatre now cost twice as much as they did in 2023-2024. Is this a trend everywhere or just in Moscow? And is it true that theaters are recovering their losses this way?
Prices went up everywhere after the pandemic, but Moscow and big theaters like the Bolshoi are leading the charge because demand is higher there and they can afford it. Part of the spike is genuinely an attempt to recover losses and adjust for inflation, but a lot also depends on the ruble's exchange rate, rising utilities costs, and employee salaries. At the same time, theaters usually raise prices in tiers: premium seats appear at high prices, while basic tickets go up slower, but there are fewer cheap seats to begin with.
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