What does the Phantom of the Opera and Cats have in common? Answer: They are the longest running plays in the history of Broadway. Phantom is currently still performing its spectacular production and nearing its 7,500th performance. Cats closed on September 10^th, 2000 after 7,486 shows. What is the allure of Broadway and these two plays?

Unlike most of the products we buy in our modern age, flowers can not be mass fabricated. A growing, living creature, flowers need to be cared for throughout their entire existence. The amount of labor needed for the process of a finished bouquet is tremendous. There are growers, who then pass over their blooms to shippers, who carefully transport this living gold to flower shops, which then is cared for and arranged by the florist. Thus, flowers will never be inexpensive.