A Chorus Line Lotto Rigged — Page 8

It's not forgettable at all. It's a carbon copy of the original, yes, but as a tribute to what a good show it was. The quality, however, is still stellar. I've seen it 6 times and it never gets old.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha this thread is ridiculously fabulous

First of all SPECULATION SPECULATION SPECULATION one person saw a few cast members family get tickets and suddenly its all fixed and a huge conspiracy (god forbid they just happened to have been drawn fair and square!! thats not a story)

You should count yourselves lucky we don't get anything like this in the UK.

And even if they did decide to give a few of the tickets to cast members family(if you were the cast members family i bet your argument would be very different).

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This has nothing to do with how much cash the cast makes. This has to do with them rigging the lotto. In any show I can almost garuntee that the perso running the lotto knows who is in the cast and who they are. That being said, if Alisen Porter, Mari Davi, Heather Parcells signed up the person running the lotto would know who they are. And, because they are in the cast they are goiong to give them the tickets. I was at the RENT lotto a long time ago when Caren Olivio signed up with Matt Caplan. It was no shocker that Matt's name got called considering the fact that he is in the show.

the point that I am trying to make is that this hafs n othing to do with how much the actors made. If actors familyu was in town I am sure that every so oten no matter how much they spende on lessons and fees ect tnhey can buy thier family members a ticket.

Is it fair that the epople doing lotto are going to defenitally give ther cast nmember a ticket. Of course it is unfair. But, there isn't much you cvan do about it.

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Must be an only child. Give me a break. You didn't get a ticket.. no matter who got it.

broadwayguy2, I assume this was directed at me, since I was the original poster. I just got a chance to come back to the thread so I haven't read the whole thing yet.

I'm not complaining because I didn't get a ticket. I'm complaining because the contest was rigged. I have no problem with family/friends of the actors entering the lotto, as long as it's fair. If they want a guaranteed seat they should pay full price like the rest of us have to; if they want to pay $20, they should have to take their chances in a fair contest.

You didn't know it was a recreation when you attempted the lottery?

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Ben, why would you want to change something that's already perfect? Frankly, I just think you are making excuses now.

When I lottoed for ACL, I was standing right next to Mara Davi who was waiting with her friend, and he didn't win... so sorry... theory proven wrong. :)

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I can do dat? Ebonics works for you

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SongAndDanceMan i agree can you imagine this system in the UK? "Little Red Dots All Over The Pavement" The whole set up sounds like an incredible set up. Theres full price seats OK, theres the TKTS booth OK, theres rush seats OK- i cant keep up with the choices. Good luck to you guys but theatres in the UK wouldnt dream of this.

I think that the next time anyone goes to the ACL lottery and wins, they should refuse the ticket and scream at the top of their lungs that the lottery is rigged. Now that would be making a statement.

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Wicked, why are you bemoaning the fact that so many Broadway shows offer myriad options for students and frugal theatregoers alike to enjoy the shows? Every time I've been to London, I've bought tickets for 20 Pounds at cheapest from some online site (I'm not even sure what the official outlets are) and had no choice of seating. I'd love to be able to see an extra show while I'm there, but there seems to be no rhyme or reason for how to get good seats cheap. At least here, I know there are many shows where I can sit front row for a fraction of the price whether it involves a lottery or waiting in line. Don't act like the UK is so much better because they would "never DREEEEEAAAAM" of holding a lottery for the general public.

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Wow just saw this thread & don't have the patience to read all 8 pages but:
I did the lotto YESTERDAY with my friend. The same lady who has done it every time did it. She picked the names right infront of us & called the names INSIDE. It was by NO way fixed. She didn't even open up the names. She picked the 10 or so winners & gave the slip to the security guy. HE looked at them but obviously he couldn't do anything to fix it.
So maybe it could be fixed when a cast member wants tickets but I know yesterday 100000000% it was NOT fixed.

Edit::: There's also a thing called 'luck'...I'm just saying you never know. Because like it's been said, Ave Q usually has just 6 winners & when I played, my mom won first & my friend who we were with won right after her so we all got tickets. People could have said that was fixed but sometimes it's just pure luck.

Updated On: 6/28/07 at 05:25 PM

I wonder if the producers of the shows, or for that matter the owners of the theaters know about this.

No matter how you slice it, if the post a notice ANYWHERE that members of the public can read it saying they will pick winners in a lottery for tickets to the show, that is a form of advertising. If the lottery is rigged in any way, that is false advertising. If the producers turn a blind eye, that is conspiracy, if the owners of the theater know about it and don't stop it, that is aiding and abetting a fraud, perhaps collusion....

You see how a simple "favor" for a cast member could, should the State Attorney General choose to investigate, morph into a huge problem for theater owners and producers?

This is how the rigging scandals began in the 1950s in television game shows. So they slipped a few answers to contestants to zetz the ratings. Everyone thought it wasn't harming anyone, but it grew into a monster that destroyed careers.

Now, it is utterly common to see the "no family members of frends of any employee may participate" disclaimers all over every lottery in the country.

The same should apply here. There are not cheap tickets when sold at face value, so this may be more serious than some of you realize.

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