#1
Posted: 5/8/07 at 11:29pm
Did anyone run into the AVE Q picketer today?
I went to the box office to see if I could get a Playbill and before I went in this guy yells "Hey, you going to see Avenue Q? Can I tell you something?"
Generally I just keep on walking, assuming he's trying to scalp a ticket, but for some reason I stopped and made eye contact.
"I just want to tell you quickly what happened to me over the weekend. I saw the show and left in the first 10 minutes because it's not what I thought the show was. I asked for a refund and the box office told me to come back today to get it. The manager today denied me my refund after I was told I would be getting one. Just thought you would like to know the type of people you're dealing with before you buy a ticket."
"What did you think the show was?," I asked.
"NOT that. The material was, you know, very inappropriate for me and my wife. Not what we were expecting."
So I go inside, get a playbill, and ask the manager if he knows about the picketer. "Yes," he says. "We are aware. What did he tell you?" I told him and he said "No, that's not the reason he told us originally. He told us he wanted a refund because he didn't know the show had muppets in it." Then the manager and I laughed for a good minute.
After I exited the box office, I told the picketer "Best of luck with your future theatre-going experiences!" and went to see the horrible SPIDER-MAN 3.
I went to the box office to see if I could get a Playbill and before I went in this guy yells "Hey, you going to see Avenue Q? Can I tell you something?"
Generally I just keep on walking, assuming he's trying to scalp a ticket, but for some reason I stopped and made eye contact.
"I just want to tell you quickly what happened to me over the weekend. I saw the show and left in the first 10 minutes because it's not what I thought the show was. I asked for a refund and the box office told me to come back today to get it. The manager today denied me my refund after I was told I would be getting one. Just thought you would like to know the type of people you're dealing with before you buy a ticket."
"What did you think the show was?," I asked.
"NOT that. The material was, you know, very inappropriate for me and my wife. Not what we were expecting."
So I go inside, get a playbill, and ask the manager if he knows about the picketer. "Yes," he says. "We are aware. What did he tell you?" I told him and he said "No, that's not the reason he told us originally. He told us he wanted a refund because he didn't know the show had muppets in it." Then the manager and I laughed for a good minute.
After I exited the box office, I told the picketer "Best of luck with your future theatre-going experiences!" and went to see the horrible SPIDER-MAN 3.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
