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ALL SHOOK UP Sets Balcony Ticket Price @ $19.55

Posted: 11/30/04 at 6:09pm

Watching CNN and scrolling on its marquee was news that ALL SHOOK UP set ticket prices for its balcony at $19.55 since its set in 1955 and thats how much prices were.

They also said its the cheapest non-discounted ticket for a Broadway musical.
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re: ALL SHOOK UP Sets Balcony Ticket Price @ $19.55

Posted: 11/30/04 at 6:14pm

Now lets hope that forces every other broadway musical to set their prices lower to compete. Wouln't want ALL SHOOK UP to steel all the business.
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re: ALL SHOOK UP Sets Balcony Ticket Price @ $19.55

Posted: 11/30/04 at 6:16pm

It's a fact. I've never sat in the balcony at the Palace but hey, it's better to be in the balcony than sitting at home. :) I can't wait for 'All Shook Up'.
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#6

re: ALL SHOOK UP Sets Balcony Ticket Price @ $19.55

Posted: 11/30/04 at 6:38pm

Just a slight correction -- the $20 top for Broadway shows didn't happen until the 70s. The top ticket price in 1955 was actually less than $10 (not counting scalper's prices for hit shows). I believe Promises, Promises was the first to go to $15 (for Friday and Saturday night shows in 196re: ALL SHOOK UP Sets Balcony Ticket Price @ $19.55 and I believe "A Chorus Line broke the $20 plateau in 1975.
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re: ALL SHOOK UP Sets Balcony Ticket Price @ $19.55

Posted: 11/30/04 at 6:41pm

I remember seeing "Evita" for $30 in 1980 and thinking that was expensive (especially since I was still in high school). I was so afraid to tell my parents how much I spent on the ticket.
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re: ALL SHOOK UP Sets Balcony Ticket Price @ $19.55

Posted: 11/30/04 at 6:46pm

And I remember paying $35 for Dreamgirls seats in 1982 -- it's outrageous that the top price has tripled in just 20 years -- that far outstrips the rate of inflation. And not only that, they've gotten rid of the cheap seats as well -- balcony seats went for as little as $5 as late as the early 80s. Now they have the nerve to charge as much as $65 for the last row of the balcony. GREEDY.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
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re: ALL SHOOK UP Sets Balcony Ticket Price @ $19.55

Posted: 11/30/04 at 7:22pm

I couldn't agree Margo. If anything it turns people of from theater. It isn't to easy for some people to get $65 just to barely be in the theater. Even with discounts (which apply to orchestra seats) tickets are upwards of $55. It's terrible, but that's what happens when they try to cover shabby stories and flimsy songs with actors they pay $100 grand a week and million dollar sets.

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