Profile for UsedToBeTheKing

The Broadway lotteries use social media authentication so they don't have to store and maintain user information (emails, usernames, passwords). It's easier and more secure for developers to use an integration with a social media site like Facebook/Linkedin/Twitter than to have to deal with properly sending/receiving/storing passwords. This comes with the added bonus of being able to push "Share your entry on Facebook/Twitter" incentives to users to serve as advertisement for the show, but th...

Gotta echo the sentiments here that most of my cell phone horror stories come from adults. Last December, a man in front of me was wrapping up a business call during the Beetlejuice overture (no idea how he could hear over the music). As inconvenient as this is, at least the pouches can give the people convinced they are the CEO of Amazon/Google/Facebook a night off from compulsively checking work emails, and prevent the show from being ruined for the rest of us.I just hope they remember to c...

Didn't see this week's schedule posted so: 2/25 - 2/27: Dana Steingold2/28 - 3/1: Presley RyanWent tonight hoping to see Dana (and with a very delusional part of my brain hoping to see the Lydia replacement appear on stage with no announcement whatsoever) (I kid, I kid). I was not disappointed; she was amazing! The show was great, as per usual. It was kid's night, so the crowd was rowdy (though mostly from adults in my section either glued to their phones or using kid's night as an excuse to ...

I guess it's too early to try star casting to recoup the cost of a move? (Just kidding, I wouldn't want to see any of this cast touched, except to see Danny Pudi take over Adam for a while. He looks to be available right now scheduling-wise, and I don't think the role is any more vocally challenging than when he was first in the show, but I'm guessing that we're too early in David's contract to even consider it.)

In the future, there is already a Little Shop lotto thread with plenty of details on how it operates and months of people reporting their crowd/luck findings.OMG U Guyz said: "Yes it was not easy when Groff was still in - they’re only 10 tickets and people are allowed up to two. It’s also badly managed - the box office told me one thing and the person running the lottery told me the exact opposite. She also had an attitude which after waiting in the sleet for a while for the lottery it was no...

18 people there tonight (Wed, 1/29) and 14 tickets available. The group was so small they didn't even put the barricade up like they normally do. All ticket winners were row G, right side.No cancel line today cause the show wasn't sold out, but there were discounted tickets at lotto loser pricing. I didn't catch how much those go for. There's also a $69 flash sale from now until tomorrow, 1/30 at 9PM. The show was amazing, by the way, and Gideon Glick was fantastic as Seymour. My first time w...

No TOOTSIE? That's the worst of the shows I personally got to see (though maybe not fair to call it "worst of the decade", I know I'm probably in the minority). I heard justifications for the book, but I thought the book was worse than the music. The changes they made from screen to stage made absolutely no sense! They took a screenplay that is taught in screenwriting classes and touted as a shining example of storytelling and removed most of the aspects that made it work. CURSED CHILD is a s...

Totally agree on theatre being more accessible than people make it out to be. I think people often include their own air fare and hotel stay when claiming Broadway tickets are "too expensive." Most shows offer ticket lotteries every single night for less than $50. A show like BEETLEJUICE has advance partial view orchestra seats for about $73 (including fees). Saying tickets should be less for some kind of moral or ethical reason is like saying no one working on the show deserves to get paid f...

Disappointing, but expected. Upsetting how much the negative (and sometimes downright scathing) reviews likely had on those initial ticket sales, given that the final show improved immensely compared to previews. It may be an assault on the senses, but that's better than a snooze-fest in my book. Shame they might not even get the chance to recoup. Hopefully the tour will be a success bolstered by the show's large high school demographic. Bought my tickets for closing night already.

chuckydisc said: "Which seat number(s)?"Can't find my ticket, but I believe it was row A seats 8-9.

I love the proshot of Victor/Victoria. Part nostalgic feelings from watching it every day after school for a month in high school, and part appreciation for the cast. It was around a lot longer than most of these shows, but with less than 50% recoupment, terrible reviews, and the myriad of production issues I think it's fair to call it a flop.

Oddly enough, I also won this lottery because of unclaimed tickets. 11/20 evening, second row orchestra left. Relatively obstructed because it's so far forward and so far left, but a lot of empty seats around. I believe the rows behind and in front were lotto as well.