Friday after thanksgiving matinee audiences

HI
Were the theaters full? i saw ragtime and it was empty. I hope it was just that people are shopping friday afternoon and not going to the theater, I hope it doesnt mean no one is buying tickets,. The show is fantastic!

Gazillion Bubbles -sold out

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That worries me as well. The Friday matinee after Thanksgiving is a notoriously busy day for Broadway. I'm surprised to hear that the theatre at Ragtime wasn't full. Kind of curious as to how "empty" it was.

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Well the first preview and the Friday before Opening were both majorly comped.

Well Ragtime was pretty full tonight (the orchestra, anyways). A LOT better than the dreadful state of the mezzanine the past few week days I've been. And the lotto was a MAD HOUSE

Updated On: 11/28/09 at 01:55 AM

I think Black Friday is becoming a shadow of itself. Thanks to the advent of online shopping fewer and fewer people are making the mad rush to the stores. Why fight the crowds when you can get free shipping?

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All of them must have been here in Harrisburg, PA. You couldn't even get into a parking lot to get into a store.

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My cousin has two kids who are 8 and 6. Usually she would take them to a family friendly Broadway show and being from NYC, she knows that it would be wise of her to get tickets in advance. However, she felt that they had seen all the family friendly shows that were out there already and instead took them to Wintuk. However, when she was looking at other shows for her and a friend to go to, she noticed that it wasn't as hard to do as in years past. She said that she felt that with the combo of the economy being bad and people curtailing how they spend money, that people might not be going to as many or any Broadway shows during their weekend here. Rather opting for other cheaper options of things to do around NYC.

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^ I went into the Christmas Tree Shops at Highpoint Commons and walked right back out! The line to pay was around the store twice!

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Here in Chicago, the streets were full, the sidewalks were full, the stores were full and the theaters were full. I saw Addams Family Friday night and it was sold out. The scalper I talked to had four tickets left, had sold all his Jersey Boys Tickets early and had come over to help the "new kid" sell in front of Addams.

I can't speak to Friday's matinees, but Ragtime was quite full on Wednesday night. A smattering of empty seats in the mezz but not many. And a very enthusiastic crowd. I feel like word of mouth is going to be more important for this show than reviews and that we'll see its audience growing. I hope so, at least. I selfishly want the chance to go back whenever I want!