ALNM holiday and closing weekend ticket prices... WTF???

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 10:22pm

For performances
Tuesday, 12/21/10 through Thursday, 1/6/11
Orchestra/Front Mezzanine: $147

For performances
Friday, 1/7/11 through Sunday, 1/9/11
Orchestra/Front Mezzanine: $157

Are they kidding me? And the discount expires in November. This sucks.

[dragonlp86]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 10:27pm

It's possible they might release another discount code. I keep holding off on buying tickets to some shows for December (early December, so not quite 'holiday' season) in the hopes that they'll release new codes.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 10:28pm

Ahh Capitalism...

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 10:32pm

How is this by ANY stretch shocking? When tickets first went on-sale, before discounts showed-up, a regular house seat was going for $132 even. Especially around the holiday season, this should come as no surprise.

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 10:35pm

With Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch, yes this is surprising. With CZJ and Lansbury I don't think holiday prices were even this high.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 10:37pm

Only suckers pay full price anyway. The Walter Kerr is tiny & I don't think you'd miss anything in the mezz.

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 10:41pm

I've seen the show from the orchestra, front mezz, rear mezz, and balcony. The only bad section is the balcony. But I definitely prefer seeing this intimate show from the orchestra.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 10:45pm

y'all could rush and get $35 front row seats. its fantasmigorical.

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 10:48pm

I don't think I'll be able to rush on January 9th. I'll figure something out though.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 10/9/10 at 11:33pm

If I'm not mistaken, $157 would make it the top priced show on Broadway, with the possible exception of maybe Spiderman. It's not even holiday pricing the last week, since the holidays are over. It's essentially price gouging, and I'm really curious if people will pay it.

y'all could rush and get $35 front row seats. its fantasmigorical

No, "y'all" can't, given that it's restricted to students. And, that's probably going to be an overnight rush situation, and I don't sleep on the street, especially not in January.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 1:16am

If the people will pay it, they will ask for it.

LOTS of shows have higher prices at xmas through New Years. And most shows pull discounts too. It's their biggest selling time....if sales don't respond, the discounts will return.

Updated On: 10/10/10 at 01:16 AM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 1:21am

Their holiday price is actually $147. They're RAISING the price by $10 for the final week.
Updated On: 10/10/10 at 01:21 AM

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 1:42am

I'm confused... isn't their rush $27 and on the sides of the orchestra?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 1:43am

I'm suprised that more shows DON'T do that already...seeing how so many want to be a part of the closing "experience". And again: if tickets don't sell, the price will drop or discounts will abound.

(Not that it doesnt suck, but not much you can do about it.)

[binau]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 1:46am

"Only suckers pay full price anyway. The Walter Kerr is tiny & I don't think you'd miss anything in the mezz."

"only suckers pay full price anyway" wtf, I mean really?

Please, I am paying thousands of $$$ flying 24 hours and spending hundreds of $$$ on hotels just so I can see NIGHT MUSIC with Peters/stritch and NEXT TO NORMAL (as I did with Jones/Lansbury) and I paid full price for both (x2 performances for each in December) . And I would happily do it again. I am completely aware that discounts are likely to become available, but if I am paying so much money to get there and flying so far, why would I risk waiting for a discount, especially when perhaps I wouldn't be able to get the seats I wanted anyway...when in the end I'm talking about what, an extra $40 per ticket?

Oh, and of course I guess I am supporting some of the shows financially too, so that investors don't think that WICKED et al. are the only shows people are going to pay full price for.

I don't know, I just find this a little annoying (it isn't the first time that I've read people looking 'down' on people who pay full price tickets, I mean please).

And I'm 19 and work a minimum wage job, and go to Uni full time too. So it's not as if I am particularly wealthy or anything, and I worked a lot of hours to do this.

Updated On: 10/10/10 at 01:46 AM

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 2:02am

Well that was a waste of a rant...

You really got that worked up? Yes, if you live in NYC (Or get there easily & quickly like AdamGreer) you are a sucker to pay full price.

[binau]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 2:03am

Twas.

I am just angry at life, I suppose :P.

Posted: 10/10/10 at 2:08am

Truly this is the most heinous act ever perpetrated on mankind.

[dshnookie]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 2:11am

Don't like the price? Can't afford it?

Don't go.

...especially when you've already seen the show. I mean enough is enough.

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 2:22am

I can afford it. But I will not pay $157 to see this cast, even if it's their final performance.

..especially when you've already seen the show. I mean enough is enough.

And you are?? Why are you telling me how many times I can see a show?
Updated On: 10/10/10 at 02:22 AM

[dshnookie]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 2:25am

OK so don't pay it. No need to post about it as if the world (or the producers) have cheated you in some way.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 8:23am

Ljay -- I never thought you took this as a huge injustice but rather a disappointment as well as a chance to be informative.

Some folks need to relax.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 9:13am

...especially when you've already seen the show. I mean enough is enough.

What does that have to do with anything? And when did you decide when enough was enough. Ljay wasn't posting as if the world was ending or that this was a huge injustice. He was simply expressing disappointment at something new that this show is doing; something other shows don't do.

This is the first time, to my knowledge, a show has raised its prices like this for the final week of performances. Yes, shows have eliminated discounts, but has a show ever raised its top ticket price $25 before? It certainly seems like something that warrants discussion. Or would you prefer we just continue to endlessly dissect the first preview of Women on the Verge?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 10:25am

This puts to rest the myth that theater is an art form . It is a business.

They introduced premium seating,facility fees, ever increasing prices & higher prices for aisle seats.They got away with all of it. Hopefully, there will at least be a cigarette after this & talk about how great the ******* was.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/10/10 at 10:33am

To the PRODUCERS, it's a business.
To the actors and the directors and the designers: it's BOTH. It has to be. They need to make a living in order to keep creating art.

This is NOTHING new Roxy. Nothing. Nor is it the end of anything.

They get away with it? If people are willing to pay, why shouldn't they? If people aren't, then the price will be reduced. Just like show that are selling fantasically don't automatically hold rush/lotto and/or give out discounts. WHY should they?

If I make the best pasteries around and can sell 100 of them at 50 cents profit per...I make 50 bucks. But if folks are willing to pay more and I can make 1.50 profit per I make a 150 bucks. Really, which would YOU do?

Supply and demand. Supply and demand. It's not an outrage.