Gershwin Theatre

[hayleyann]

Posted: 2/3/20 at 6:14pm

Is something up with the Gershwin?  The newest grosses on playbill have it listed at 1,807 seats, but wasn't it 1,933?

[Justin D]

Posted: 2/4/20 at 8:05am

maybe they started doing what the broadway theatre sometimes does when they section off some of the balcony in the slow months and dont sell those seats at all?

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 2/4/20 at 9:07am

Took a look at random dates this month and into March/April...everything look available for sale. Maybe it was a misprint?

[hayleyann]

Posted: 2/6/20 at 2:50am

I'm not sure but you go back dates in the playbill grosses (the week of 12-29-19 for example), capacity is listed at 1,926 (i thought it was 1,933 but it sounds right).  Now it's at 1,807.  Just odd for 119 seats to go missing. 

[Fosse76]

Posted: 2/6/20 at 3:14am

Well, without actually counting the seats, looking at Ticketmaster it's doesn't appear that any seats are not being sold, so there must be some sort of misprint.

[OrchardAndRivington]

Posted: 2/6/20 at 3:53am

In 2002, for the revival of Oklahoma!, the Gershwin was reduced from 1933 seats to 1670, partly due to a wall being built behind row J of the Rear Mezz (other seats were lost in the front of the Orchestra due to the Oklahoma thrust stage).

When Wicked first opened the Gershwin Capacity was 1773. During the first year of Wicked's run, (beginning with Week Ending August 8, 2004) the center wall was removed and the center section of the Rear Mezz (Rows K, L, M) was added back to the Gershwin inventory bringing it to 1809.

In 2013, just after the 10th Anniversary, they opened up the house right and house left walls in the rear mezz, bringing the Gershwin back up to its current full capacity of about 1926. The last 4 rows of the rear mezz Right and Left sections total 119 seats. So it seems when they expect sales to be lower on a slow week, they take the last 4 rows offline to lower their capacity/tighten their inventory in order to capitalize on the dynamic pricing structure now in play.

Similar to when the Rear Mezz curtain is closed at the Broadway, limiting its capacity from 1740 (West Side Story) to 1480 (Dr. Zhivago) and the St. James when they close the Balcony, bringing its capacity from 1684 (Frozen) to 1303 (Side Show).

[Fosse76]

Posted: 2/6/20 at 4:42am

But again, looking at Ticketmaster, it doesn't look like they are holding back any inventory. It's hard to tell because the show looks like it's selling well, but there are random available seats for sale in the sections that look like they can be closed off.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 2/6/20 at 7:03am

Fosse76 said: "But again, looking at Ticketmaster, it doesn't look like they are holding back any inventory. It's hard to tell because the show looks like it's selling well, but there are random available seats for sale in the sections that look like they can be closed off. "

Well, if the numbers were adjusted for a past week there’s no way to really know or check if there were “random available seats for sale in the sections that look like they can be closed off,” is there?