The Week contest: Ticket showtune

This week's question: The 2024-25 Broadway season was the highest-grossing in history, at $1.89 billion, with tickets to celebrity-filled shows selling for upward of $800. If a Broadway composer were to write a song-and-dance number about how expensive it is to see a show these days, what would it be titled?
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "Brokelahoma!"
Norman Miller, Farmington Hills, Michigan
SECOND PLACE: "(These Prices Are) Defying Gravity"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
THIRD PLACE: "If I Were a Rich Fan"
Ellen Skagerberg, Santa Rosa, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"To Borrow"
Gary Evenson, McFarland, Wisconsin
"I Feel Pretty (Broke)"
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
"Some Expensive Evening"
Cary Wiger, New Albany, Indiana
"Dance: Ten; Looks: Three; Bank Balance: Zero"
Joel Nelson, Goleta, California
"Suddenly, Pay More"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Shall We Finance?"
Diane Ross, Hatfield, Pennsylvania
"Annie, Get Your Wallet"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"Everything Goes"
Steve Bennett, Tellico Plains, Tennessee
"(Waltzing Past My Landlord to See) Rent"
James Pearson, Anaheim, California
"Give My Charge Cards to Broadway"
R. D. Reedy, San Jose, California
"My Fare, Lady"
Chuck Gaston, Lititz, Pennsylvania
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