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| THE SHED GENERAL PUBLIC SALE | |
| Posted by: den 12:12 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| Gee that was easy! I logged on to The Shed at noon precisely and was done by 12:05. Good range of prices and seat selection for the December dates I was looking for. I’m actually a little suspicious about how smoothly this went ! Perhaps they ironed out all the glitches during member pre-sale. | |
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| I feel bad for those of you who bought the premium memberships | |
| Last Edit: DistantDrumming 12:43 am EDT 07/21/23 | |
| Posted by: DistantDrumming 12:41 am EDT 07/21/23 | |
| In reply to: THE SHED GENERAL PUBLIC SALE - den 12:12 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| I did the $10 level, so, it was worth it to me in the end. I wonder how successful of a membership drive this was for them. They were smart to keep so much of the detail -- the scheduled run, the theatre capacity, the cast -- unknown until shortly before the presales. That FOMO because of a potential scarcity of tickets probably paid off for them with a minimal amount of promotional effort. And, now, they can kick the marketing into high gear to sell more of those seats. (Theoretically) | |
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| All that fretting and | |
| Last Edit: Mmac72 02:03 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| Posted by: Mmac72 02:01 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| In reply to: THE SHED GENERAL PUBLIC SALE - den 12:12 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| There are tons of seats still available across the board, many at the lowest price point. If we’re lucky maybe this will show up on TodayTix! ;) | |
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| I found interesting that dynamic pricing occurred | |
| Posted by: dramedy 02:27 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| In reply to: All that fretting and - Mmac72 02:01 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| From higher membership to $10 membership where front center seats jumped from $225 range to $350. It seems like side orch remained the same at $170 and those side stage at $125. So getting the $100 membership for a pair would have saved money. The real question is will the $350 drop back down now. |
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| re: I found interesting that dynamic pricing occurred | |
| Posted by: Ann 03:10 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| In reply to: I found interesting that dynamic pricing occurred - dramedy 02:27 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| Front center was under $200 in the first round (without fees). It's surprising to me that Days of Wine and Roses seems to have been a tougher ticket than this, but I don't know what kind of marketing has been done. |
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| re: I found interesting that dynamic pricing occurred | |
| Last Edit: mikem 07:13 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| Posted by: mikem 07:08 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| In reply to: re: I found interesting that dynamic pricing occurred - Ann 03:10 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| I think the main difference is the number of tickets available. Days of Wine and Roses originally went on sale for 7.5 weeks in a 199-seat theater, while Here We Are is on sale for 14.5 weeks in a 500-seat theater. So there are over 4 times as many tickets available for Here We Are. I think there are other factors -- I think cast is key for many ticketbuyers, and Kelli O'Hara plus Brian D'Arcy James is probably a bigger box office mover for the Guettel/Sondheim ticketbuyer than the Here We Are cast (it goes without saying that we all know that box office is not a reflection of talent); Here We Are tickets are more expensive for comparable seats; and I think the Here We Are rollout has seemed like it was almost a case study of trying to determine how little information ticketbuyers could be given and have them still buy tickets -- but I think ticket quantity was probably the main factor in terms of scarcity. I'm not sure any dynamic pricing happened except for the first row center. The second row was always at the highest price point according to someone at BWW, so the first row was just brought up to match the second row price. |
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| re: THE SHED GENERAL PUBLIC SALE | |
| Posted by: andPeggy 01:35 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| In reply to: THE SHED GENERAL PUBLIC SALE - den 12:12 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| Same experience - Sat matinee of a holiday weekend. $169 | |
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| How well publicized for general public? | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:41 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| Have there been ads for on sale dates? Not that you know this, but I wonder if theater saved folks buy the presale to get early access but general public really aren’t on board yet until word of mouth kicks in. | |
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| Tons of tickets still available | |
| Posted by: Maguire75 12:53 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| In reply to: How well publicized for general public? - dramedy 12:41 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| The market for sight unseen Sondheim is passioinate but still niche - at least at the very expenisve prices. Some of us are okay waiting to hear what quality the material is before diving in. | |
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| re: Tons of tickets still available | |
| Posted by: bobjohnny 01:58 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| In reply to: Tons of tickets still available - Maguire75 12:53 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| Late Sondheim is an especially tough sale. There has been no Bway revival of "Passion," as well as no Bway production of "Road Show" ever. | |
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| Assassins took over 10 years | |
| Posted by: dramedy 02:24 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Tons of tickets still available - bobjohnny 01:58 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| And it was revived by a nonprofit and not commercial production. | |
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| Posted by: steveva 12:30 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
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| Got Row L side for $169 for December 16 matinee. Much better than $299. | |
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