| Often unused house seats | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:54 pm EST 12/29/22 | |
| In reply to: If the tickets were sold with no exchanges and no cancellations, how can there be any tickets for a "cancellation line" - aleck 08:20 pm EST 12/29/22 | |
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| Often the last-minute tickets are unsold house seats. This used to happen — maybe still does — at the Newhouse with shows that were supposedly sold out sometimes playing to lots of empty seats. When I saw Contact there, when it was probably considered the hottest ticket in town, I would say around a third of the seats were empty. Only a handful of people were on the cancellation line when I got to the theatre. If only people had known. Later it was announced that the Wendy Wasserstein play Old Money was supposedly sold out, with many LCT members having been unable to get tickets. Later it showed up at the TKTS booth. It was probably there a lot. Especially when high-powered people are connected with a production, there is the likelihood of seats becoming available in the last 48 hours because those high-powered people often have house seats in their contract. At least this is my understanding. On a number of occasions over the years, I have gotten great seats either by getting on the cancellation line, including on Broadway, or going to the box office between around 48 and 24 hours before the performance. Anecdotal evidence tells me that there usually is some way — or was up till fairly recently — to contact a theatre if you are unable to use your tickets. |
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