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| OH NO THEY DON'T! lol | |
| Posted by: ryhog 01:54 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
| In reply to: OH YES THEY DO! - TheHarveyBoy 06:24 am EDT 09/03/22 | |
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| First of all, it makes zero economic sense for the commercial producer of this show to give up prime real estate to LCT member tickets. Such a proposal unquestionably would have been turned down if proposed. As you say, LCT could have refused to make a "bad" deal. That's true, but what are the alternatives? I see three. 1. They could have produced a show [but that costs money]. 2. They could have secured better seats for a different show [e.g., Kite Runner, but I doubt that would satisfy the members any more (and maybe less)]. 3. They could have done nothing [which would have elicited even greater outrage around here]. I am on record as not being enamored of the LCT leadership but sometimes one has to put things in context. As they used to ask on some TV show, what would you do? |
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| re: OH NO THEY DON'T! lol | |
| Posted by: den 08:27 pm EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: OH NO THEY DON'T! lol - ryhog 01:54 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
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| What would you do? Perhaps LCT might have considered skipping a fall offering that would have been comparable to a show at the Beaumont and extending memberships for six months so that current members would have had access to Camelot in the spring and a yet to be determined show next fall. It seems that the decision to offer OSM under the terms the producers of that show have presumably set has fostered considerable ill will among LCT members, and I’m not sure the deal will pay off for LCT. | |
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| re: OH NO THEY DON'T! lol | |
| Posted by: ryhog 11:12 pm EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: re: OH NO THEY DON'T! lol - den 08:27 pm EDT 09/04/22 | |
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| Thanks for responding and offering a suggestion. TBH I don't think the extension idea is something that would cross their mind. I think most people see the fifty bucks as a relatively nominal fee. Even if they buy Camelot and nothing else, it's pretty much covered, and of course the idea is that it will also let people see shows downstairs at a good price. Your assumption that there will be a different fall show in the Beaumont may also be something that had not occurred to them. It just seems to me that you are advocating for less rather than more, and I think that's a hard argument to make. A person who does not want to see OSM doesn't have to. I think quite a few people will. What surprised me, I guess, is the idea that anyone thinks that (let's say) $300 seats are going to be priced in line with the Beaumont. Or are people expecting that they will be offered at some higher price like $200? I guess I just don't understand. I guess another question I have is how much ill will there really is. We have a tendency here to get well ahead of the outrage curve sometimes. Let's assume that Audra is going to create something good. How much ill will do meh seats for good theatre generate in comparison to good seats for meh theatre? I would probably be more exercised about this if the membership were considerably more. As I see it, the histrionics over basically $25 max (apportioning $25 to Camelot and assuming one gets no other benefit from the membership) seems disproportionate and I suspect that's what prompted the reactions. ymmv, of course. |
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