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Are the prices really that high?

Posted by: Pig_o_my_heart 11:44 am EDT 03/27/14
In reply to: re: I don't blame them for ave q - broadwaybelter 03:39 pm EDT 03/26/14

Are the prices really that high?

And even if there was a slight increase on the Sampler package, how, pray tell, does one step up quality (increase set design budgets, hire Equity actors) without more money?

One thing I found notable about their season was the ambition of the season. OTHER DESERT CITIES and STAGE BEAUTY, especially, are shows that come with mandated high production values.


(As for the nudity, I can't even believe I have to say this, but for that theatre to survive and grow audiences, they have to become something more than naked boys. All power to them!)


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Posted by: broadwaybelter 03:34 pm EDT 03/28/14
In reply to: Are the prices really that high? - Pig_o_my_heart 11:44 am EDT 03/27/14

The direction, acting, and production values are all, for the lack of a better word, amateur. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy small productions on a tiny budget. And let's make no mistake; Equity actors are by no means stronger than non-equity actors. I really want to like NCTC, but each time I go , the work has been difficult to sit through.


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Posted by: broadwaybelter 03:37 pm EDT 03/28/14
In reply to: re: Are the prices really that high? - broadwaybelter 03:34 pm EDT 03/28/14

Addendum: You don't need more money to be better. Hire different artists. Cut some programming in the season. Magic Theater, which is one of the smaller theaters, formerly operated on a similar budget as NCTC, and produces high-quality productions.


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Posted by: broadwaybelter 04:00 pm EDT 03/28/14
In reply to: re: Are the prices really that high? - broadwaybelter 03:37 pm EDT 03/28/14

Oh, and "ambition"? I'm having a hard time believing that by staging one of the most-produced plays in the country is considered " ambitious".


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