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| re: Seating problems, hard curtain at Cursed Child ruined a friend's experience. | |
| Posted by: mikem 03:00 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Seating problems, hard curtain at Cursed Child ruined a friend's experience. - Singapore/Fling 12:57 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
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| I would guess that if the people in the lobby had made it past the ticket checkers, there would have been some kind of announcement to them that they need to stop looking around and get to their seats because the show is about to start. Audience members don't usually ignore that announcement so I am speculating that the audience was still waiting to be processed. You may be right that they just don't have enough staff to process the line efficiently. Prior to the pandemic, HP opened its door very early and encouraged patrons to come early to look around. So they know (or knew) how to get people into their seats. I agree with Ann that if audience members are in line 50 minutes before curtain time, it's reasonable for them to expect that they will be able to be in their seat before the show starts. |
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| re: Seating problems, hard curtain at Cursed Child ruined a friend's experience. | |
| Posted by: Snowgrace 03:38 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Seating problems, hard curtain at Cursed Child ruined a friend's experience. - mikem 03:00 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
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| Wonder why they don't schedule the show start time for a half hour earlier in order to allow the extra processing time, if the goal is to get union tech crew done before 11 p.m. And/or, if they can get enough staff (maybe they can't), try to implement HAMILTON's way of checking in people. | |
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| re: Seating problems, hard curtain at Cursed Child ruined a friend's experience. | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 04:27 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Seating problems, hard curtain at Cursed Child ruined a friend's experience. - Snowgrace 03:38 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
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| They could start earlier on some days, but not on their two-show days. As it is, there isn't really enough time between the shows to give the crew their full break. Really, the show should just scrap the first 20 minutes and start with the true Inciting Incident of the one-part play, which is Harry and Albus' fight, which would bring the show closer to 3 hours... but the original authors are so wedded to the idea of beginning in the train station, and of course they'd lose the fan service of the sorting hat. But, really, the show as a whole doesn't kick into gear until the end of the first act (which used to be the end of the first part), and we don't need nearly as much of Hogwarts as they've left in. |
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