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re: What I'm sick of, OMWF, is ...

Posted by:	NewtonUK 01:42 pm EST 11/19/14
In reply to:	re: $12 a ticket???!! - OnceMoreWithFeeling 01:59 pm EST 11/17/14

... people coming in a 8.05 for an 8.00 show and being seated, because the 1556 of us who arrive on time are asked to wait til 8.10 or 8.12 at most shows for the 10-20 rude people without watches to be seated. If I have $450 to the Met, and my waiter doesn't bring the check quickly, or I can't find a parking spot, or my train is delayed, or there was a lot of traffic at the tunnel/bridge, and I arrive at 8.01, I am not admitted til intermission. And I don't get a refund or exchange. Why should I? I mistakenly arrived for a performance of KING LEAR at the NT aeons ago that started at 6.30pm - I thought it was 7.30, I didnt read my ticket. It would never cross my mind to hold the theatre accountable to fix my stupidity. All I'm saying is - if all Broadway shows began a policy of starting on time, no latecomer seating - after about 1 year, there would be no latecomers. We all know that 5 minutes late is never a problem on Broadway. I remember seeing the recent dismal revival of BETRAYAL - emails were sent to all ticket holders telling us sternly to arrive on time as the show would start at the stroke of 8pm,. and no latecomers will be seated, no refunds, no exchanges. OK. There I was in my seat at 7.45. 8.00 came. 8.0 came. 8.10 came. No show had started. I asked my usher who said - 'Oh, we want to be polite to everyone - we don;t want anyone to miss the show'. It started at 8.14. Balderdash.

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