"Holler If Ya Hear Me" — Page 3

The new seating has to be specific to this show. I can't see them losing hundreds of seats just to put in stadium seating?!

My issue with their marketing strategy is how close they are unrolling everything to the ticket on-sale. No other show I can think of rolled out a website two days before selling tickets, and not telling people who was in the show, or what exactly it is. I guess in circles that I don't run in, they figure Tupac is enough to sell it initially?

That was posted last year, for a workshop.

So it seems like they are going to be installing an entire structure of seats on the orchestra level... are the stadium style orchestra seats going to slope up to be level with the mezzanine?

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The fact that everyone is so concerned with what it is about? How it's going to do? Who is in it? Why are they not marketing? How are they going to fill this theater? I think is quite enough marketing within itself, the buzz and the questions with this show is enough to make people wanna come out and see it.

The subject matter of the show struck me as kind of odd, but the way they are keeping everything so secret and I know a lot of the actors involved. Makes me even more intrigued.

"I often buy tickets when they first go on sale for shows i know I want to see. None of the reasons you listed are making me $129 worth of curious, they are making me wait until this is in previews before I do anything. Plus, most people on BWW have questions like: Anyone have a discount code? Anyone know how the view is from the weird obstructed seats in ZZ 6 and 8? Any rush? Any lotto? "

I was speaking in general. Not particalary to you or the Message Board Community. Everyone in the Broadway Community seem to be asking all the same questions. Our dressing room is all a buzz with questions, and that's what I'm speaking on. Mind you none of the questions you brought forth have nothing to do with what I was generally speaking on.

And I said that I was intrigued. I never said intrigued enough to buy a ticket. If i see it, it will more than likely be for free, thanks to my fellow community. So I'm safe in saying my intrigue level is good where she is. Meanwhile you will only hear feedback from me if its personally touching enough to write about.

Updated On: 4/6/14 at 10:01 AM

Well with only 4 weeks of rehearsal I'll be surprised to see the shape it will be in. The minimum rehearsal for a NEW show especially including tech is about 6-8 weeks. And that's even for a small show. And you can certainly believe the buzz about what it's not isnt moving anyone to buy tickets.

Updated On: 4/6/14 at 02:29 PM

$42 for a rush ticket in the balcony of the Palace?


"Get the fvck outta here"

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This still does not make me want to rush and buy a ticket...LOL!

Sounds like they've done a "Dude" or "Candide" to the theatre eliminating any seats that were on the orchestra level under the mezz so now you have one continuous level from the stage to the top of the mezz. Could be very cool, but unless the stage level was also raised the balcony folk are going to have trouble seeing things downstage. I gotta give it to them this is sounding more interesting than anything that has opened this season.

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Well, the casting has definitely increased my interest in this.

Rehearsal Video

A lot of powerful people involved in this, big producers, all that. Sadly, Broadway audiences and Rap/Hip Hop audiences don't overlap as much as they think they do. Not to fill an 1800 seat theater night after night.