Call The Box Office
One NYC StageHand
Chorus Member Joined: 10/26/07
#2re: Call The Box Office
Posted: 11/9/07 at 2:24pm
its kinda hard to figure that sometimes and most of the time..they dont answer..
Would Telecharge & Ticketmaster have that info?
J*
#2re: Call The Box Office
Posted: 11/9/07 at 2:34pmUnfortunately most Box Offices on Broadway have unpublished numbers. I would keep checking Telecharge or Ticketmaster for any updates.
#3re: Call The Box Office
Posted: 11/9/07 at 2:43pmNow that I think about it Box Office employees at theatre's on Broadway are also IATSE so if there's a strike wouldn't they not be at the theatre to answer the phone?
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#4re: Call The Box Office
Posted: 11/9/07 at 2:47pm
Tele-charge IS the box office for Shubert owned & operated houses. They also have a pretty good customer service dept who calls customers when stuff like this happens.
Believe me, the news will be all over the papers and the web if the strike happens.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#6re: Call The Box Office
Posted: 11/9/07 at 3:28pm
"Now that I think about it Box Office employees at theatre's on Broadway are also IATSE so if there's a strike wouldn't they not be at the theatre to answer the phone?"
No. Think of IATSE as a corporation, and the locals being the actual unions. They are separate entities that work under one organization, like subsidiaries of a corporation. ALL theatre employees are under IATSE...even the ushers. And like all IATSE members, they can choose not to cross the line, but won't be mandated to. Yes, they can call upon all IATSE members to strike, but the impact is more immediate when members of the same craft strike in support.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: Call The Box Office
Posted: 11/9/07 at 4:00pmfosse76 - could we kindly not say "even the ushers" as if they were gum on your shoe on a hot summer's day. thx.
#8re: Call The Box Office
Posted: 11/12/07 at 11:13am
they can choose not to cross the line, but won't be mandated to. Yes, they can call upon all IATSE members to strike, but the impact is more immediate when members of the same craft strike in support.
Looks like the Treasurers chose not to cross the line.
#9re: Call The Box Office
Posted: 11/12/07 at 11:15am
Box offices are closed- didnt you know abut the picket lines!!!
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#10re: Call The Box Office
Posted: 11/12/07 at 11:17am
"fosse76 - could we kindly not say "even the ushers" as if they were gum on your shoe on a hot summer's day. thx."
I was saying that because they COULD have been an entirely different union...but they aren't. It wasn't meant as disparaging.
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