Group rate for Cats with an artist meet and greet

Hey guys, I am trying to put a group of 12 together to see Cats on September 11th at 7pm. If we have enough people we can save a nice amount of money. I also happen to be friends with one of the cast members and she said that she would be willing to do a meet and greet if I got a large enough group together. Her name is Gina Pazcoguin, really cool girl!!! All the seats would be in the orchestra, and it would be $130 per person. Considering the individual ticket in the orchestra is over $140 without the meet and greet, I thought it would be a great deal. If interested, let me know, I have a site where we can all purchase our individual space.

The group rate on Broadway.com was only $99 as well, but I figured the sit down Q&A with Gina was well worth the extra... I wasn't sure how much extra they charge for those meet and greets.

While I would love to do this I believe they discount the full price tickets which is kind of ridiculous when they have cheaper ticket deals out there

When I danced with Gina in NYCB we got paid $200 per back stage tour. So I set this up with her on my site so she could make a little extra. This would cover tickets, her fee plus credit processing. Thought it would be nice.

Lol......I've NEVER paid an actor for a talk back session. My large group donates to BC/EFA...for a talk back, and it usually gets about 1/3 of the cast to come and chat. And it certainly doesn't come close to the "price" you suggest.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt when it comes to your intentions in doing this, but this is all really tacky. Does she know you're trying to assemble a group of strangers on a message board to pay $200 to meet her?

This will be in the Theater, so it won't be tacky :) Gina would be taking care of getting clearance from the stage manager. It would be a small group of 12, and I thought it would be nice for everyone to be able to meet a cast member on a more intimate bases. A lot of these large group q & a's don't offer the same amount of time for questions.

Yes, entertainers do A LOT for free...I was once one of them... but after seeing management and unions taking a lot of the money coming in, while the dancers could barely pay rent, I realized the dancers were getting taken advantage of. I thought it would be great for Gina to run it herself. Since the audience members are interested in meeting the performer, I thought why should the money go towards all the other hands in the pot...

Sorry to come off as greedy, but after dancing in a company where the boss made well over a mill a year, and the dancers union not being able to negotiate a decent raise for the dancers... I want to give dancers new forms of revenue.

Cheers

Updated On: 8/14/16 at 06:44 PM

How is it tacky for a performer to get paid? I would understand if the lead, who is making a ton, was trying to make a few extra buck... but this is the chorus. They aren't making what you may think they are. Too many performers do too much for free, and don't know their worth. One could say, based on their salaries, the work they already do is charity. Giving dancers and performers direct access to new revenue streams, instead of the big guys taking home all the extras, is not tacky, it is fair.

May as well! If your job asked you to stay overtime, you would want to be paid... somehow performers are expected to work overtime for free :)