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| re: Some Like It Hot --- not like the pre-Pandemic times | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 04:57 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Some Like It Hot --- not like the pre-Pandemic times - FrenchDip 04:50 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
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| We can argue it, but if we are talking about how well a show is doing, and people point to percentage of capacity as a sign (as seems to be happening here), then it can be a misleading sign. And it wasn't done that way till June 2009. |
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| re: Some Like It Hot --- not like the pre-Pandemic times | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 09:09 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Some Like It Hot --- not like the pre-Pandemic times - AlanScott 04:57 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
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| Seems to me there's no reason there can't be a layered figure... I think amount of seats that had a body watching the show is an important thing to know. Which of those were comp'd is also important. So is how many were bought at full price (or, perhaps, above a certain level of cost) or discounted. In the scheme of things is my $40 rush ticket really gonna matter compared to a $120 ticket in the row next to mine? So that different is important too. But also... capacity is capacity, and people in the house who didn't pay are still contributing to the capacity, and are still seeing the show. It's not part of the sales numbers but the body count of viewers is worth knowing too. If I get a comp it's not always true that I wouldn't have paid otherwise, or that I'm going to see it as a favor or obligation or whatever... how many people saw the show any given night matters on its own level. And that includes people who stood in the back. Hey, if previews don't count toward the length of the run for some insane reasoning, then sure, balance it out by counting comp seats as part of capacity even if they use capacity to mean tickets. |
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| re: Some Like It Hot --- not like the pre-Pandemic times | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 10:29 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Some Like It Hot --- not like the pre-Pandemic times - Chazwaza 09:09 pm EST 12/16/22 | |
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| No reason why they can't include comps, although I would like it if they also included tickets that were actually sold. The point is that if someone uses percentage of capacity as a way of saying that a show is doing well — especially if, as I think is the case here, it's for opening week — it is not necessarily a reliable indicator. That's all. A show might fill every seat, but 50 percent or so might be comps, and most of the rest might be discounted. So if we read that it played to 100 percent and say that it must therefore be doing well, we would likely be wrong (unless the nut was very low). | |
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