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It Could Cost You $1900 to See David Bowie's Musical Before It Closes

By Savannah Cox | January 13, 2016 11:14am | Updated on January 13, 2016 11:45am
 David Bowie performs at the 2001 Concert for the New York City.
David Bowie performs at the 2001 Concert for the New York City.
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While many New Yorkers rushed to pay homage to David Bowie after Monday's news that he had passed away, there's one way to experience one of the artist's last creative works before it disappears in a few days.

"Lazarus," a musical Bowie composed, premiered on Dec. 7, 2015 and is due to close on Jan. 20, DNAinfo confirmed Wednesday with the New York Theatre Workshop, the organization producing the show.

There are, however, three tickets left for Jan. 16 matinee on ticket re-selling site Stubhub, but they can come at a high price: two orchestra seats cost $598.49 each, and a middle front row seat will require you to part ways with $1,900.

If you're feeling lucky, you can enter a lottery on the TodayTix app to win one or two day-of tickets, where you will pay $25 per seat if your name is drawn. When contacted for comment, a TodayTix representative said he was unsure how many of these lottery tickets would be made available each day.

The production starring "Dexter" actor Michael C. Hall, is a sequel to the '70s science fiction film (and 1963 book by Walter Tevis) "The Man Who Fell To Earth," in which Bowie starred as an alien who is tasked with bringing water back to his home planet.

The musical features new songs from "Blackstar," Bowie's 25th album, which was release on Friday, his birthday, two days before his passing.