A Chorus Line Lotto Rigged — Page 3

There are always these theatre wannabees who will blindly follow their beloved cast members to the ends of the earth. These cast members can do no wrong in their eyes.

Gotta love it!

I guess the problem to me is that this just symbolizes where B-way is heading. I mean last time I checked the actors/writers/directors are performing to entertain/provoke the audience... not the "broadway community."

Does it really matter if Charlotte D'Amboise's mom gets to see Chorus Line for the twelth time for 25 bucks? Is that what the lottery is really there for?

Call me a romantic, but I always thought it existed to give the disadvantaged future generation of artists/performers an oppurtunity to see what all the fuss over this live-theatre thing's about.

But I suppose we won't have August Wilson's or Ethel Merman's in the "new broadway." Just a lot of rich upperclass elitists.

Thes, don't forget dance lessons and vocal lessons. The ACL Playbill states that their company members pay close to $7,000/month for DANCE lessons. Vocal lessons can be $50-100/hr sometimes. Add acting lessons to that was well sometimes..
without getting onto equity dues, I will say that an agent takes 10% of pay, if you have a manager, take away another 15-20%... AEA takes 2% of your salary as 'working dues'.. that all is BEFORE taxes...
They don't make a whole lot. And the fact that the cast isn't filled with 'names'.. they won't be making much above minimum.

No one forces them to do it... but no one forces you to be jerk to them either.



musicalsfan,
no one is speaking as a 'wannabe' or as someone who thinks cast members are perfect... believe me.

And who said that someone's mother seen it XX amount of times? Most of that line is leaving in less than a month... perhaps they have family and friends who still haven't seen them? A LOT of people have family and friends who don't, or can't, flock to the first perfromance... In an ideal world they couldn't. But if I booked a Broadway show today and started in a month, my family wouldn't be able to afford a trip here that fast.. and I wouldn't be able to afford to pay for them to go either!

Bitter, party of... *counts posts on this thread*

Updated On: 6/27/07 at 02:21 PM

What does how much the actors make have to do with whether or not their families should be allowed to get tickets under the auspices of playing the lotto?

I'm so not bitter. I'm not an aspiring actor or singer, nor am I a jerk. I just don't think that's an excuse. I don't make a lot either. It doesn't mean I think lottos should be rigged in my favor. If I want my parents to come visit me in the city, we book them a hotel. If they want their parents to come see them, they buy them a ticket or play by the rules. Call me stickler, but I don't think fairness is the same as jerkiness. I agree with everyone who says that if show policy was for them to be able to hold lotto seats, fine. Just don't lie to us.

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No one is arguing that it's okay for the families to get the discount. (Although, I've never heard of it done before.)

Maybe we could hear from someone (aside from Thes) who doesn't have an ACL cast member in their avatar who wants to defend this?

broadwayguy2,

You just don't get it. Sad.

And if you chose not to see the hypocrisy of the situation, then I feel sorry for you.

You'll run into more of this as you get older, and one of those days, you'll be "whining" to your friends about how you were treated.

Updated On: 6/27/07 at 02:34 PM

broadwayguy2 sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil
not about his precious ACL cast members

How can I see hypocrasy that isn't there? They said that they are giving away seats at $20.. which they do.

I actually don't see anything wrong with the cast members nipping a ticket or two from the lotto... pool. I just wish they'd do it before they draw.

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Here's the hypocrisy.

Definition (Webster's) of a lottery: an event or affair whose outcome is or seems to be determined by chance

If every ticket isn't determined by chance, it ain't a lotto.

Why am I not surprised it happened when Alisan Porter was in attendance? First slacking off on stage, now this. I'm glad she's leaving the show.