#26
Posted: 9/28/15 at 4:46pm
neon, the delightful exchange between massofmen and myself was about Matilda, not Wicked.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/27/15 — Page 2
#27
Posted: 9/28/15 at 4:53pm
"Why in the world is AG waiting 4 more weeks to close?!"
I thought it could have gotten a bit of a bump after announcing a closing date. Those who wanted to see it would now have a push to go before it closes. But maybe those people just don't exist.
#28
Posted: 9/28/15 at 5:47pm
Someone in a Tree2 said: "Can anyone explain why the top ticket price for HAMILTON is listed as $275 on this chart, when that clearly is very far from the truth? (And I'm speaking of the prices listed on the HAMILTON website, not a 2nd party seller.)
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I've thought the same thing and I have e two thoughts on it.
1.just because some tix are LISTED at 400+ doesn't mean they are selling at that.
2. When did they raise the price to 400+? Maybe we havent hit the date where it went up. They only get to claim that ticket price once the performance as taken ace, not when it's sold.
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#29
Posted: 9/28/15 at 7:09pm
I know many of us on the board are saying we wanted to avoid midtown this week, but there are tens of thousands of people there to see the Pope in Central Park and MSG. I really am surprised that more of them apparently did not make a little New York trip out of it and see a Broadway show the day before or after their mass.
#30
Posted: 9/28/15 at 7:16pm
I can confirm that performances have already occurred for which face value for premium seats was over $300 and it was not reflected in the top ticket price. I've been wondering why as well.
I don't know that we've past the point where they started selling for $400+, but $275 is not accurate for prices actually paid for shows that have occurred already.
Updated On: 9/29/15 at 07:16 PM
#31
Posted: 9/29/15 at 9:16am
Sometimes the data from the Broadway League is wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.
#32
Posted: 9/29/15 at 2:29pm
It is of course possible that it is an error, especially because that item is not contractual to anyone and thus not audited. It is also of course possible that they simply have not sold a ticket at that price during the frames since the price was increased. That would not be very strange considering that this show has been basically sold out beyond this point since before it started previews. So there may well have been no tickets sold at the higher price.
#33
Posted: 9/29/15 at 7:16pm
VintageSnarker said: ""Why in the world is AG waiting 4 more weeks to close?!"
I thought it could have gotten a bit of a bump after announcing a closing date. Those who wanted to see it would now have a push to go before it closes. But maybe those people just don't exist. "
If that was their plan I think it was incredibly misguided (though that fits in with a lot of other choices the producers of this show have made). A closing notice several weeks or months in advance can boost interest from ticket buyers for the long-running hits, but if nobody has really been interested up to this point, which all signs point to in this case, putting a four week ultimatum is probably not going to drum up any more interest. They simply don't have years of audiences and legions of fans who will feel the need to see it "one last time" (as we recently saw with Mamma Mia).
They would have been more likely to see an uptick in sales if they had announced a closing a week out, as I'm sure there are probably a small handful of people who have been meaning to see it and just haven't gotten around to it. But spreading that small number over the course of several weeks is not going to make any significant change to their numbers for those weeks.
#34
Posted: 9/30/15 at 8:42am
My guess is they had enough money to run that long and no more.
#35
Posted: 9/30/15 at 3:40pm
neonlightsxo said: "My guess is they had enough money to run that long and no more. "
If you are talking about Amazing Grace, they are closing then only because they were kicked to the curb.
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