Posted: 1/22/18 at 5:50pm
Attended Brodwaycon for first two years and doing it again this weekend. Am concerned about the schedule of events. It seemed that in prior years, there were better programs and this year's schedule looks much less. They are promising more programming to be scheduled but with four days to go, I am concerned.
Posted: 1/22/18 at 5:54pm
You're not the only one who feels this way.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1106170
Posted: 1/22/18 at 5:57pm
The schedule does look very boring.
What happened to playbill as a sponsor?
Posted: 1/24/18 at 11:54am
I imagine losing Playbill contributed to at least some chaos.
I wish this new Broadway News site (which is still its new sponsor, I assume?) would attempt some outreach. Right now it's very dry and mysterious.
Posted: 1/24/18 at 12:22pm
Is there any tea on why Playbill dropped? I'm fascinated by BroadwayCon, as on one hand I'm glad it exists, but on the other, it just seems like such a mess and waste of opportunity.
Last year they at least offered some tickets discounted, and now the cheapest you can go is for $90/day. So unreasonable, I haven't even considered going, and I'm as big of a "Broadway" fan as they come. Their target audience fascinates me.
Posted: 1/24/18 at 12:34pm
I will have gone to all three of them, and this year seems the most scattered. I was also surprised at the lack of discounts this year as opposed to last — they're still at the Javits, but I wonder if they're renting fewer rooms or have a smaller space overall for whatever reason.
Posted: 1/24/18 at 12:36pm
Posted: 1/26/18 at 11:38am
Would their issues with the actors union last year be an issue? I went the first two years, but last year was rather disappointing as a lot of the performances were cancelled because the union wouldn't allow it.
It's one of the reasons why I'm not going this year. As someone that goes to a lot of cons, the price seems outrageous. At least lots of performances made up for that a bit.
Posted: 1/26/18 at 11:43am
The union wouldn't allow it because the Broadway Con producers didn't want to pay them.
Posted: 1/26/18 at 2:47pm
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