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| Maybe it is the high cost of tickets | |
| Posted by: NJGUY 03:24 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Some Like It Hot --- not like the pre-Pandemic times - carolinaguy 01:50 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
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| I have been going to Broadway for over 50 years (I saw Sugar for $2 in the early 1970's) and though it has been mentioned repeatedly, Broadway and its ticket prices are for the rich and the tourists. Overall many millennials--the future of Broadway- (I have three of them, and one of my kids is trans) - have zero interest in this material. And many Boomers I know are currently not enamored with Broadway. It appears that Broadway does best with star casting (think Music Man and Funny Girl). As an avid theater goer, for me, it does not fill in any sort of need for buying tickets to it. Also -between the crowds and the traffic-Times Square is one of the most unpleasant parts of Manhattan to be in. For me, I would rather spend my $300 on 2-3 off-Broadway plays. | |
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| re: Maybe it is the high cost of tickets | |
| Posted by: raregems 06:33 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
| In reply to: Maybe it is the high cost of tickets - NJGUY 03:24 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
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| Agreed wholeheartedly | |
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| re: Maybe it is the high cost of tickets | |
| Posted by: schauspieler 04:11 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
| In reply to: Maybe it is the high cost of tickets - NJGUY 03:24 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
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| I think that's definitely a factor. As recently as 5 or 10 years ago, if you heard about an upcoming high profile show you definitely wanted to see, you could buy advance tickets in excellent locations for normal, affordable prices. Now that's almost never possible. I also think the ever increasing numbers of the tripledemic are a factor. |
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| re: Maybe it is the high cost of tickets | |
| Posted by: mikem 08:46 am EST 12/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Maybe it is the high cost of tickets - schauspieler 04:11 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
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| I don't believe either Some Like It Hot or Kimberly Akimbo has a widely available discount. Before the pandemic, a struggling show typically had a discount. Now, it's TDF if you qualify, or something on that day or the day before: rush, lottery, or TKTS. I'm finding the lack of discounts confusing. Wouldn't a producer rather than someone locked-in well in advance? Ticketbuyers are being trained to wait until the last minute to buy a ticket. | |
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