Broadway Blog - Instant Theatre Audios

EMI, one of the world's leading music companies and record labels announced yesterday the launch of "Abbey Road Live, a new live music recording and instant production service. The new service will enable fans to instantly purchase high quality live recordings of shows they have just attended. Mixed and mastered on site by a dedicated crew of experts, the recordings will be made available in a range of formats including CD, DVD and USBs or via secure digital delivery to home computers or mobile handsets as streams or downloads."

So, would the same work for theatre? 

I don't believe that anything can really do true justIce To capturing a live theatrical performance other than the experience of being there and the memories that good (or bad) theatre can create for a lifetime, but I do still love this idea. I've always preferred live (legal) recordings to studio ones, and this could certainly be an additional way for shows to make money while giving their fans VERY unique souvenirs. 

What do you think?