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700 Sundays - $$
#25re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 9:30am
A few comments which may not prove to be popular..
1) Can we not throw the word Nazi around as if it barely means anything? There are plenty of ways to say the house staff acted unfairly (if that is your opinion) or rudely. It's not only extreme to use Nazi as a descriptor, but also offensive to many.
2) You can always pick up a playbill. Leaving early wouldn't prevent you from politely going to an usher saying "I'm sorry. I have to leave and it appears someone's made off with my playbill. Do you think I could get another?" I would find it almost impossible to believe that any usher would refuse
3) (and this will be the very unpopular part)
It is a benefit, perk or bonus for an usher to allow you to change seats - especially if you are standing room. You did not pay for a regular seat and the people who you'd be sitting next to did. I find it wonderful and nice when it's possible to move seats, but I would never assume or get angry if it wasn't allowed. Any feeling of a "second class citizen" because you're standing is your own "issue." I would just about guarantee that no one in that theater is thinking once or even twice about you or the fact you are standing except to say "wow.. this show is oversold, people have to stand..."
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
Updated On: 5/26/05 at 09:30 AM
#26re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 9:37am
Well, if there are open seats wouldn't you think the standing people should be allowed to sit? At lesat just befor ethe second act begins, so as not to disturb anyone? Women and children first :).
Only possible caveat - some people who may have paid for more than one seat, and leave one empty for the extra room (if they are large for example), may not appreciate someone taking a seat that they paid for..... Not sure how much that happens though, but they are small seats.
Eileen2
Stand-by Joined: 11/27/04
#27re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 9:44amI loved 700 Sundays and personally preferred it by far to Dame Edna. In terms of the extra seats, I think it's rare for the ushers to allow SRO people to sit in the extra seats basically because of the price difference, no matter what theater you're in.
#28re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 10:27am
So people are buying standing room seats and then getting mad because they have to stand?
And this makes sense somehow?
If you want to sit, by a ticket that entitles you to a seat. If you buy SRO then, by golly, odds are you're going to stand throughout the show.
This isn't rocket science.
bostonbroadwayfan
Featured Actor Joined: 2/14/05
#29re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 10:57am
I was in NYC last week and stopped by the theater, there was a rather rude woman selling tickets or I should say telling me that everything was sold out and kind of gave me attitude, like don't bother me with your dumb question.
Billy said there will possibly be a tour.
BTW if I paid full price for a good seat and someone came down from standing room,
I really don't think I would care or feel ill will towards that person.
Updated On: 5/26/05 at 10:57 AM
DefyingPopular
Featured Actor Joined: 4/10/05
#30re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 11:28am
I went w/ my mom and aunt on May 4th, and I have to say... it was the funniest thing i have ever seen. I didn't think I'd enjoy it, seeing as tho I was the youngest one there *i'm 23*, but it really was brilliant. Across the aisle from me was Candice Bergen and Dan Aykroyd, and rumor has it Milla Jovovich was in the back. The whole show is just hilarious. For sure worth the price.... and we had to pay premium!
He really is a comedic genius.
the only problem i could see w/ SRO is that it's a LONGGGG show.. he makes it go till 10:59 every night... however, regardless, it's worth it.
#31re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:17pmIf I paid to stand I guess I should expect to stand - BUT - if I see some open seats I don't see why I can't have one - if nobody is using it! It's the chance I take when I pay to stand (that there might not be any open seats for me ). But lets at least be nice and let standees sit if seats are going unused.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#32re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:22pm
if I see some open seats I don't see why I can't have one - if nobody is using it!
Ever heard of latecomers? Billy Crystal is all sold out all the time, so EVERY seat is taken. If you see an empty seat, it doesn't mean that it will be empty for the whole show. You obviously have no idea how much aggro it can cause to have someone with an SRO ticket help themselves to a seat they think is open.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#33re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:30pmOK - if it's still empty after intermission at least! And if the ticketholder shows up after intermission (highly unlikely), I'll get up.
#34re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:32pm
Sitting in a seat is a privelage reserved for people willing to spend the extra money to sit in that seat. If you pay for SRO then you stand.
If you're willing to PAY for the seat once you get inside and realize there's an empty seat then that's one thing. Which, I'm pretty sure, no one is. They just want to get more than they pay for.
bostonbroadwayfan
Featured Actor Joined: 2/14/05
#35re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:36pm
Just asking, do they hold seats for last minute VIP's?
Can't imagine there being too many prime empty seats even for latecomers
#36re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:42pmJust doesn't seem right to make them have to stand (after intermission at least) if open seats are available. Yes, it's a privilige not a right, but who really cares? Some paid a lot and some paid a little (or got seats free) anyway. Maybe I'm too nice.
#37re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:59pmI'd sell my plasma to see 700 Sundays, even if it meant getting treated like cattle.
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
bostonbroadwayfan
Featured Actor Joined: 2/14/05
#38re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 1:24pm
Sorry JohnPopa, I guess I don't see why you would care how someone got that seat or what was paid.
If I go to a ballgame and there are better seats open I'm gonna try and sit there. If an usher tosses me thats fine. I know ballgames are different than theater but still...
Updated On: 5/26/05 at 01:24 PM
#39re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 1:32pm
Boston-
But that's a different attitude that was presented. There's no harm in asking - but when it comes down to it, if you are denied or refused you shouldn't really complain or consider the person that denied you access rude or obnoxious for doing so. You aren't entitled to a seat. If you are gifted one - great! But just because there are seats that appear available doesn't make it obligatory (or make them evil as one poster commented) for the ushers to allow them to be filled with patrons that did not pay for them.
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
bostonbroadwayfan
Featured Actor Joined: 2/14/05
#40re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 3:20pm
Craig,
I've read here other folks were lucky enough to be seated in empty seats.
So is it really theater policy or one usher just having a different attitude than the next?
But I agree I wouldn't argue with an usher if he denied my request.
#41re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 4:20pmI wouldn't argue with the usher either. I wonder what the usher policy is on this, and if it varies from theatre to theatre?
#42re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 4:28pmWhen I saw the tour of Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby in Chicago, the entire balcony was almost totally empty. We, being broke and cheap, had bought the really cheap back row seats. At intermission, we tried to see about moving forward into the empty seats (This was at the Cadillac Palace. There are a ton of seats up there. They were mostly all empty.) The usher was really mean and wouldn't let us. Oh well, such is life. We didn't argue. You never know when one of their supervisors is around....they're people too, and there are rules they have to follow.
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
#43re: 700 Sundays - $$
Posted: 5/26/05 at 5:44pmI'm 5 feet tall - had a very hard time seeing over the partition with the standing room ticket I had. I was basically on my tiptoes the whole time until intermission when an elderly couple left and gave me their seats to sit in. I took another shorty and we sat in their seats for the 2nd act but even if I had to remain on my toes the whole time I would've still LOVED it! I had a great experience with the show, I think the ushers are only doing their jobs and we really shouln't expect to be seated if we didn't pay for it. Playbills are easy to come by if you lost yours during the show, even if you walk out. And Billy is super nice with the autopgraphs and pictures - at least he was the night I was there. It was one of the most memorable nights of my time in NY. I was on such a high that night from the show that I even tipped the one man band playing underground for cash while waiting for the train!
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