Profile for MezzA101

'Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ review: The most fun you’ll have at the theater this summer

 

https://nypost.com/2024/06/20/entertainment/cats-the-jellicle-ball-review-the-most-fun-youll-have-this-summer?

MemorableUserName said: "MezzA101 said: "Horror stories from NYC’s 8th Ave. ‘Strip of Despair’ — where stabbings, drug use and public defecation are the norm

https://nypost.com/2024/06/17/us-news/horror-stories-from-nycs-8th-ave-strip-of-despair?

My intent is not to scare people or to have posters report that it's only the Post and doesn't reflect reality. Rather, that there is enough truth to the perception andBroadway has to deal with a reduced interest from out of town because of the perception. I was amazed seeing how often "Sweeney Todd" had lots of tickets available often just days before every performance and yet still managed to sell out. It's not just the new post- Covid reality. All of us here care about Broadway and this perception is a major threat. Saying your experience is proof that the reality is different will not bring in the tourists."

I was trying not to feed this thread, but since it won't die, I'll just ask. What's the problem with this or what is it intended to prove?

I was amazed seeing how often "Sweeney Todd" had lots of tickets available often just days before every performance and yet still managed to sell out.

Post-pandemic, ticket buyers aren't buying in advance, which has nothing to do with purported crime. It has to do with restrictions and lack of refunds and people not wanting to plan in advance. If the show still sold out, what's the problem?

Similarly, last week, Inside Out 2 was being projected to open to $85 domestically and $135 globally based on advanced sales. When the actual numbers came out, it made $155 domestically due to walkupsand day-of purchases. People simply aren't buying in advance as much."

Walk-ups are done by people locally, be it theater or film. Producers obviously prefer lots of advance sales. Posters are looking at availability in the weeks ahead, predicting if shows will close. I'm just looking at articles that out-of-towners read before making vacation travel decisions.

I believe NYC includes migrants as "tourists" when announcing that tourism is up.

 

 

How NYC’s massive Palace Theater was lifted into the air: ‘An inch an hour’

 

https://nypost.com/2024/06/19/entertainment/how-nycs-massive-palace-theater-was-lifted-into-the-air-an-inch-an-hour?

The spread on the price of a ticket for the final performance is now $599-$1299.

First-Time Tony Winners Talk About Their Victories

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/theater/first-time-tony-winners.html?unlocked_article_code=1.000.R96_.VMKPg1iXjvsw

The Sisters Who Turned a Sondheim Flop Into a Tony Winner

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/theater/maria-sonia-friedman-merrily.html?unlocked_article_code=1.000.gDO7.DdwLXieIy5rq

Eddie Redmayne's Abstract 'Cabaret' Emcee Divides Tonys Audience

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/eddie-redmayne-abstract-cabaret-emcee-divides-tonys-audience-1235924636/

dramamama611 said: "It's best to go back in time to purchase them. I bought my tix for tomorrow night back in January (I think, it was within a week of the extension being announced, whenever that was) for approx a hundred bucks a piece for front row balcony."

Please report back on how "It's a Hit!" goes. Gonna be something special.

 

 

Horror stories from NYC’s 8th Ave. ‘Strip of Despair’ — where stabbings, drug use and public defecation are the norm

https://nypost.com/2024/06/17/us-news/horror-stories-from-nycs-8th-ave-strip-of-despair?

My intent is not to scare people or to have posters report that it's only the Post and doesn't reflect reality. Rather, that there is enough truth to the perception and Broadway has to deal with a reduced interest from out of town because of the perception. I was amazed seeing how often "Sweeney Todd" had lots of tickets available often just days before every performance and yet still managed to sell out. It's not just the new post- Covid reality. All of us here care about Broadway and this perception is a major threat. Saying your experience is proof that the reality is different will not bring in the tourists.

‘Cats’ Returns, Ditching the Junkyard for Queer Ballroom

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/theater/cats-ballroom-revival-pac-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k0.WSt5.hXyiKP8ehasI

Tony Awards: Jay-Z Surprise to an F-Bomb, What You Didn't See on TV

 

https://variety.com/2024/legit/news/tony-awards-jay-z-f-bomb-what-you-didnt-see-on-tv-1236039864/#recipient_hashed=bcb67c2711d628387f045db3518221bd5ed178f4e4c2f399d0538a827b1aa7ad&recipient_salt=04f4c96625f0da735542bcec5f6a7b2ae30c104b0600175621c5a99e27a72d09

Daniel Radcliffe, Pete Townshend and Sarah Paulson Party for the Tonys

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/style/tony-awards-after-party.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0U0.BmJ4.qwIi6UbrzkaE

Save on ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ tickets to see Tony-winner Daniel Radcliffe

https://nypost.com/2024/06/17/entertainment/merrily-we-roll-along-ticket-discount-see-tony-winner-daniel-radcliffe?

Tony Awards 2024 Snubs and Surprises: "Hell's Kitchen," F-Bombs, More

 

https://variety.com/2024/awards/news/tony-awards-snubs-and-surprises-2024-1236039564/#recipient_hashed=bcb67c2711d628387f045db3518221bd5ed178f4e4c2f399d0538a827b1aa7ad&recipient_salt=04f4c96625f0da735542bcec5f6a7b2ae30c104b0600175621c5a99e27a72d09

Broadway’s Pop Era Broadway’s Pop Era

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/briefing/tony-awards.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E0.mP4V.MxTXzgUq3Las

Broadway’s Best: 25 Tony Awards Record Holders

 

https://www.billboard.com/lists/tony-awards-record-holders/production-with-the-most-nominations/

5 Ways This Year’s Tony Awards Reveal That Theater Is Changing

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/theater/tony-awards-broadway-theater-changing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E0.Vt8g.qByKqf0bz3lE

yyys said: "wow, they're charging $364 a ticket for the last row in the balcony!"

 

And they just jacked up the price of some tickets for the final performance from $899 to $999.

Sondheim and Prince must be laughing in their graves.

 

 

Inside the Tonys’ most legendarily debauched after-party: Fights, fires and passed-out-legends

 

https://nypost.com/2024/06/15/entertainment/the-tonys-awards-wildest-after-party-is-at-the-carlyle-htoel?

2024 Tony Awards Predictions: What Should Win, and What Will Win?

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/2024-tony-awards-predictions-what-should-win-and-what-will-win