#1
Posted: 6/28/04 at 10:42am
Assassins to close July 18...reports Broadway.com
#2
Posted: 6/28/04 at 10:46am
What the heck is wrong with people--they'd rather sit through dreck like 'Bombay Dreams' than beautiful, brillant Sondheim (which he isn't always, but he certainly was when he wrote Assassins.)
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#3
Posted: 6/28/04 at 10:54am
Your headline is deceiving.
ASSASSINS MAY CLOSE EARLY.
It's just a threat. Entirely possible, but still not a closing notice yet. A threat to try to drive up the advance.
ASSASSINS MAY CLOSE EARLY.
It's just a threat. Entirely possible, but still not a closing notice yet. A threat to try to drive up the advance.
Hamlet's father.
#4
Posted: 6/28/04 at 10:55am
Um...so If I have tickets for the 24th...how does this work? And if they extend again will I be able to keep them? Argh! This is why I'm going to New York.
KC
KC
Jesus saves. I spend.
#5
Posted: 6/28/04 at 10:58am
Call Roundabout.
My feeling is that you could gamble and book a show prior to the 18th. If and when it closes early, you'll get a refund for the original tickets.
They will probably tell you that you can't do anything with the current tickets until they officially post closing. But you never know.
My feeling is that you could gamble and book a show prior to the 18th. If and when it closes early, you'll get a refund for the original tickets.
They will probably tell you that you can't do anything with the current tickets until they officially post closing. But you never know.
Hamlet's father.
#6
Posted: 6/28/04 at 11:04am
I already have my schedule and all my other tickets purchased...ARGH! Boo-Hoo...Weep...Sob
KC
KC
Jesus saves. I spend.
#7
Posted: 6/28/04 at 11:08am
Oh NOW they're releasing the good seats they always had. NOW I don't have to sit in shin-bleeding seats for a not very good discount. My leg is still bruised a week later...I thought I'd sat in every section at Studio 54-- apparently not!!
I've seen this show twice within a space of a couple weeks, and I'm not a big Sondheim fan...however, I absolutely love this. I was looking forward to it being my summer show and ushering/doing student discount...damn.
But you know, this IS Roundabout, and they'll do ANYTHING to get money. Too bad I was willing to shell out for an expensive seat last week. I can't afford it now!
I've seen this show twice within a space of a couple weeks, and I'm not a big Sondheim fan...however, I absolutely love this. I was looking forward to it being my summer show and ushering/doing student discount...damn.
But you know, this IS Roundabout, and they'll do ANYTHING to get money. Too bad I was willing to shell out for an expensive seat last week. I can't afford it now!
#8
Posted: 6/28/04 at 11:13am
Well, I tried to get tickets for July and telecharge said none were available at all.
#9
Posted: 6/28/04 at 11:14am
If you go to the assassins ticket site: Assassinsonbroadway.com you can buy tickets for all of july...and they just released good seats last week...
KC
KC
Jesus saves. I spend.
#10
Posted: 6/28/04 at 11:17am
How reliable is this? We all know that Broadway.com hasnt always been correct.
#11
Posted: 6/28/04 at 11:31am
I'm confused. Paid attendance for the week that ended June 20th was at 94.5%. For the week of the 13th, 95.7%. For the week of the 6th (prior to the Tonys), 93.4%. And the average ticket price has increased every week (as the discounts have expired). Shows doing numbers like that simply don't close early. EVER. Heck, Wonderful Town is still going and hasn't cracked 60% in months.
Could this be a pre-emptive move on their part in anticipation of a strike -- I believe they were about to shift over from the LORT contract to the production contract that's at issue in the strike. Or perhaps a ploy to get some advantage in their contract negotiations with the actors? Or an attempt to goose up the box office? Or perhaps, Broadway.com just screwed up again.
I don't get it.
Could this be a pre-emptive move on their part in anticipation of a strike -- I believe they were about to shift over from the LORT contract to the production contract that's at issue in the strike. Or perhaps a ploy to get some advantage in their contract negotiations with the actors? Or an attempt to goose up the box office? Or perhaps, Broadway.com just screwed up again.
I don't get it.
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Updated On: 6/28/04 at 11:31 AM
#12
Posted: 6/28/04 at 12:10pm
Well, it really isn't misleading. Some sources are saying that it definitely WILL...others that it MAY
"Life is a lesson in humility"
#13
Posted: 6/28/04 at 12:27pm
Broadway.Com says July 18
Playbill.Com says July 12.. who do we believe?
Playbill.Com says July 12.. who do we believe?
#14
Posted: 6/28/04 at 12:36pm
#15
Posted: 6/28/04 at 12:41pm
Playbill says the 18th as well...though this seems like madness...How can you possibly complain about the lack of an advance when untill last week you have advance tickets blocked off to everyone but American Express Gold members? Tickets after the 18th have only been available recently...This is extremely odd.
KC
KC
Jesus saves. I spend.
#16
Posted: 6/28/04 at 12:48pm
#17
Posted: 6/28/04 at 12:55pm
Yes... well I passed along a message from an actor in our current show that went like this:
"Can you tell [director] that I can't meet him for lunch? I'm taking [fellow actor] to her doctor appointment"
Next thing, the person who was to deliver the message had called the director of marketing and told him that one of he actors was on the way to the hospital, who called the stage manager who heard that the actor was in the hospital... People came in, the theatre was prepping for a cancellation.
At half-hour, there were about 10 people waiting with baited breath at the stage door when the actors showed up.
**
Sometimes a story just needs a little push and it's off to the races. Just look at all of this free marketing!
"Can you tell [director] that I can't meet him for lunch? I'm taking [fellow actor] to her doctor appointment"
Next thing, the person who was to deliver the message had called the director of marketing and told him that one of he actors was on the way to the hospital, who called the stage manager who heard that the actor was in the hospital... People came in, the theatre was prepping for a cancellation.
At half-hour, there were about 10 people waiting with baited breath at the stage door when the actors showed up.
**
Sometimes a story just needs a little push and it's off to the races. Just look at all of this free marketing!
Hamlet's father.
#19
Posted: 6/28/04 at 1:03pm
Great. I hope we don't end up missing this show, too. I was counting on getting it at TKTS. We don't arrive until the 15th.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#20
Posted: 6/28/04 at 1:05pm
To me the situation that I shared is similar because one statement, in this case from Mr. Haimes, can set off a whole lot of alarms. Sometimes intentional (like Haimes), sometimes unintentional (like my story).
Haimes statment definitively says "might". Yet these trusted sources are reporting "will"... it's a bump, a shot of publicity that may have gotten out of hand... A "Gypsy" maneuver.
Haimes statment definitively says "might". Yet these trusted sources are reporting "will"... it's a bump, a shot of publicity that may have gotten out of hand... A "Gypsy" maneuver.
Hamlet's father.
#21
Posted: 6/28/04 at 1:17pm
It's apparently the advanced sales that are way down, not the current ones, though I would agree it's a bit odd to think that the drop would be *that* much since it's been selling so well the past few weeks.
Anyway, my guess is that they're hoping the possibility of closure will boost those sales back up and they'll "extend." We shall see!
Anyway, my guess is that they're hoping the possibility of closure will boost those sales back up and they'll "extend." We shall see!
#22
Posted: 6/28/04 at 1:22pm
You mean similiar to the Macy's 1-day sale concept? HAHA
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#23
Posted: 6/28/04 at 4:18pm
The American Express site is showing seats well into August! Hooray!
I may take my chances and book those dates. If they close, We'll see something else.
I may take my chances and book those dates. If they close, We'll see something else.
It's only for now... - Avenue Q
#24
Posted: 6/28/04 at 4:46pm
Nooooo! I was planning on seeing it in the fall. I'm broke as it is, and have several other shows to see this summer. 
I hope this isn't true.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
I hope this isn't true.
#25
Posted: 6/28/04 at 4:51pm
If it's true, it's a damn shame. The show is brilliant.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
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