No, that would have been true in the past but a few years ago Ticketmaster caught on and raised the prices for the first 10 rows, etc. On popular shows Ticketmaster sets prices at what the traffic will bear. As I mentioned upthread I just looked at tickets for that show from Ticketmaster and can confirm. Those are the original not scalped prices.
Yes, you may be right. I love socialist-loving B’way. I never had any interest in Hamilton. I hate rap. It’s bad enough I have a friend in The Color Purple and my husband keeps telling me we have to go see it. Yuck-o!