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CMV: All musicals need to have official movie releases like Hamilton.

Like everyone else, I recently saw Hamilton and loved it, boy howdy do those slave owners sing real good. But my biggest takeaway was, "why the hell aren't all plays filmed and released like this?" Don't get me wrong, I get why you would keep your play exclusive to live performances for a short period of time. But when it's been out for a while, **I see no reason not to widely release a recording of every play.**             
         
Wide video releases give many, many, *many* more people the opportunity to experience these pieces of art, especially in their original forms. Obviously very few people can afford to see a play on Broadway, and even if everyone could, cast members would eventually leave and be replaced. There's also people who are hard of hearing who need subtitles, or blind people who might need descriptive audio.     
     
Now, I assume the counter argument is that video releases might hurt the profits of live performances, but I don't think this will be the case. If anything, I think video releases would encourage people to see live performances even more. Think about it, you can listen to all the music in the world for free on the internet, but people still pay tons of money to attend concerts (or at least we used to, before *the end times*). Even if sales of live tickets were lost, I think the money made up by video sales/streaming would make up for it.      
     
Really I see no reason not to do video releases. More people get to experience the art, and I think it would result in a larger profit anyways.
gpt
I’d imagine the simple answer is most Broadway plays/musicals don’t make Hamilton money or create the same kind of buzz. Considering the political climate, it seems to be a viable candidate if there would be one. I’m not really into musicals, but it seems to me that many popular musicals have had a film version.