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| re: Escape to Margaritaville - Why schedule previews (Mon-Thurs) at 8pm if virtually the entire theater is unsold those days? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:05 pm EST 02/11/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Escape to Margaritaville - Why schedule previews (Mon-Thurs) at 8pm if virtually the entire theater is unsold those days? - Ncassidine 01:52 pm EST 02/11/18 | |
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| "I really don't think the vast majority of local theatregoers look at the curtain time as a make or break for whether they are going to see a show." I have no idea what percentage of local theatergoers may consider that a factor, I was just responding to summerhteater, who obviously does consider it as a possible factor. |
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| re: Escape to Margaritaville - Why schedule previews (Mon-Thurs) at 8pm if virtually the entire theater is unsold those days? | |
| Posted by: ryhog 03:00 pm EST 02/11/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Escape to Margaritaville - Why schedule previews (Mon-Thurs) at 8pm if virtually the entire theater is unsold those days? - Michael_Portantiere 02:05 pm EST 02/11/18 | |
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| While you may not, and summertheater may think s/he does, people who make a living selling tickets to Broadway shows do know, and what they know is that precious few people in Queens buy tickets on school nights regardless of the time. And if there is an exception to that rule, it is when shows are papered or possibly on TDF, and guess what, producers don't make a living catering to self-entitled "I am the center of the universe" folks they comp, and especially not at the expense of paying customers. There is a calculus and summertheater's back seat driving doesn't overcome it. | |
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| re: Escape to Margaritaville - Why schedule previews (Mon-Thurs) at 8pm if virtually the entire theater is unsold those days? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:27 pm EST 02/11/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Escape to Margaritaville - Why schedule previews (Mon-Thurs) at 8pm if virtually the entire theater is unsold those days? - ryhog 03:00 pm EST 02/11/18 | |
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| I don't doubt your figures, but let me ask you this: If the weekday curtain time is considered pretty much a non-issue for local theatergoers who have to get up for work, what is the main reason behind the fact that so many (if not most) shows now have 7pm curtain on weeknights -- often except for Wednesdays, when they stick with the 8pm start to give the company more time between shows for dinner or whatever? Is it to get the cast and company members home earlier? To allow theatergoers, wherever they are from, more time to go out to a restaurant, bar, or wherever after the show? A combination of those things? | |
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| re: Escape to Margaritaville - Why schedule previews (Mon-Thurs) at 8pm if virtually the entire theater is unsold those days? | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 10:44 am EST 02/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Escape to Margaritaville - Why schedule previews (Mon-Thurs) at 8pm if virtually the entire theater is unsold those days? - Michael_Portantiere 04:27 pm EST 02/11/18 | |
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| This is just a guess but I think after the Tuesdays at Seven campaign was initiated many years ago, enough shows saw a positive tick, and possibly received favorable feedback from audiences who liked the option of an earlier start time, that they started extending the 7pm start to other weeknights. Personally I like a 7pm curtain on weeknights. I live in the city and even then the evening subway situation can be a drag. I also choose to get up very early in the morning because I like to go to the gym then, so I welcome the chance to go to bed a little earlier. It does make dinner really tight since I work until 6pm, but I think it's worth it. A tourist isn't coming from work so I imagine it is not that hard for them to start their pre-show meal at a time that lines up with the curtain, whether that is 7pm or 8pm. And for those who want to live it up, a 7pm curtain makes it possible to have a late dinner, but not impossibly late (I would consider having dinner after an 8pm show impossibly late). However, I don't think any of this has anything to do with the OP's post, which suggests people are not buying tix to the first week of Margaritaville because of the curtain time. It's the first week and this show is not arriving with any must-see buzz. And on the other hand, there are plenty of popular shows selling tickets to 8pm shows during the week. |
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