How Much Did You See/Spend on Theatre in 2013? — Page 2

I spent approximately $2500 and saw:

Idina Menzil @ Carnegie Hall
Encores! Fiorello
Rob Fisher Celebrates Kander & Ebb @ Allen Room
Kristen Chenoweth @ Allen Room
Cinderella
Ann
Belleville
Passion
The Flick
Hands on a Hard Body
Encores! On Your Toes
Matilda the Musical
Far From Heaven
Young Frankenstein (Ogunquit)
The Weir
Hello Dolly (Goodspeed)
The Old Friends
The Glass Menagerie
Fun Home
Melissa Errico @ Tilles
The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters
Big Fish
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Patti Lupone @ Carnegie Hall
A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair
700 Sundays
What's It All About? Bacharach reimagined
Pippin

I decided to do a more detailed breakdown for more accurate numbers, so these are all the shows I saw this year, in order:

The Book of Mormon - Chicago sit-down production - $100
My One and Only - Marriott Lincolnshire - $45
Other Desert Cities - Goodman Theatre - $23
My Fair Lady - college production - $10
Orphans - Broadway - $30
Cinderella - Broadway - $72
Pippin - Broadway - $37
Measure for Measure - Goodman Theatre - $46
Godspell - high school production - $7
Big Fish - Chicago tryout - $28
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark - Goodman Theatre - $23
Head of Passes - Steppenwolf - comp
The Glass Menagerie - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company - $27
The Jungle Book - Goodman Theatre - $23
Slowgirl - Steppenwolf - comp
The Drowsy Chaperone - community theatre - $18
The Liaisons Project: Sondheim reimagined for the piano - Ravinia festival - $10
Belleville - Steppenwolf - $15
Driving Miss Daisy - college production - $15
Next to Normal - Drury Lane Oakbrook - $23
The Wheel - Steppenwolf - comp
Joseph - community theatre - $18
The North China Lover - Lookingglass Theatre - comp
Pullman Porter Blues - Goodman Theatre - comp
The Triangle Factory Fire Project - high school - $7
Lord of the Flies - Steppenwolf - comp
All Shook Up - high school - $12
Harry and the Thief - The Pavement Group - comp
The Secret Garden - community theatre - $18
Great Expectations - Strawdog Theatre - comp
The Heiress - college production - $15
Tribes - Steppenwolf - comp
The Normal Heart - Timeline Theatre Company - comp

So that brings my actual total to $622, much higher than my initial estimate. My average ticket price was $18.85, including comps. Without comps, it's $27.04. Not bad either way. Looking at the list, there are some shows I feel I really overpaid for, and some I got comped when I would have gladly paid top-dollar to see them. It all evened out very nicely, so even though there are some show I'm sad I missed (okay, many shows) I feel very satisfied for my year in theatre.

I don't think anyone reads the broadwayworld.com message boards and expects to find average theatregoers posting there.

17 shows. Most by myself. Some with family. List tkts. A few full price about $1750

49 shows. 4 Chicago, 40+ regional ( mostly LORT). Maybe $300 total spent. Most are comps.

Updated On: 12/25/13 at 07:48 PM

Cinderella
Forbidden Broadway
Hands on a Hardbody
First Date 2x
Glass Menagerie
Matilda
Pippin
Big Fish
Disaster (Off)
Annie
Newsies
Cougar (Off)
Bayside the Musical (Off)
Broadway Classics at Carnegie Hall
Faith Prince at 54 Below
Hit List at 54 Below

Average: $62

I still am seeing "Warhorse" tonight for my last show of the year, saw it last year in Toronto...
CT - Community Theater
PT - Professional Theater
HS - High School
NT - National Tour
UT - University Theater
* - 1st time seeing the show (added 25 new shows)
+ - World premiere

Favorites were definitely: Bonnie & Clyde, Shrek, Catch Me If You Can, The Light In The Piazza, Anything Goes, A Little Night Music, Next To Normal, In The Heights, Tommy.

Just love Bonnie & Clyde. The local HS production of Shrek was better than the national tour I saw the previous year. CMIYC is just a fun romp. TLITP is always treat. Same with ALNM. Seeing Rachel York from the 2nd row in Anything Goes is a real treat. A unique staging of NTN with great performances. ITH had its problems, but most of the leads were great and still mustered 4 hankies. Tommy! what to say...

Think I spent about $6000 for 2 tickets/show. Travel/lodging probably another $2K.

1. Curtains CT
2. Big River CT
3. Godspell CT - sweetened cast with profressionals
4. Curtains CT
5. Next to Normal PT
6. Urinetown UT
7. The Lion King NT
8. Young Frankenstein CT
*9. A Catered Affair CT
10. Wicked NT
11. Hairspray CT
12. Sound of Music HS
13. The Book of Mormon NT
14. Little Shop of Horrors UT
15. A Little Night Music UT
*16. Catch Me If You Can NT
*+17. Big Fish (Broadway try out in Chicago)
*18. August: Osage County UT
*19. Memphis NT
*20. Crazy For You UT
*21. Barnum CT
*22. Funny Girl UT
*23. 9 to 5 CT
24. The Drowsy Chaperone CT
25. Catch Me If You Can NT
*26. Honk! UT
*27. Chess CT
*28. My Favorite Year CT
*29. 70, Girls, 70 PT
30. Spamalot CT
31. The Drowsy Chaperone CT
*32. Phantom (Yeston) PT
33. Les Miserables PT
*34. Life Could Be a Dream PT
*35. Tarzan PT
36. Mary Poppins PT
*37. Major Barbara PT
38. Guys & Dolls PT
39. The Light in the Piazza PT (with a talk with Adam Guettel before the show)
40. Fiddler on the Roof PT
41. Anything Goes NT
42. Tommy PT (directed by Des McAnuff)
43. Les Miserables CT - (with professional sweetened cast)
44. Les Miserables CT
*45. Bonnie & Clyde CT
46. Miss Saigon NT
*47. Carrie UT
48. A Little Night Music UT
*49. Merrily We Roll Along (the national simulcast)
*50. Evil Dead: The Musical CT
*51. The Mystery of Edwin Drood CT
52. Shrek HS
*53. Barber of Seville UT
54. In The Heights HS
55. Shrek HS
*56. Ghost: The Musical NT
*57. Elf: The Musical NT

(5. Warhorse NT

Related cabarets:
Wicked After Dark Orlando
The Young Americans

Updated On: 12/26/13 at 01:54 PM

All of these shows were at TPAC in Nashville:

January 22, 2013 - Catch Me If You Can

February 19, 2013 - Traces

March 19, 2013 - Flashdance

May 14, 2013 - The Lion King
(the above was part of the 2012-2013 season package $100 for 6 shows)

March 05, 2013 - American Idiot - $40.40 (ticket price before fees)

Nov 14, 2013 - We Will Rock You - I think these were $30 each (I used a discount code) and took my niece and 2 nephews. Total = $120.

So, I spent roughly $260.40.

Just wanted to make sure I got everything in so my calculations are correct. I won't bore everyone with my complete list since it would be rather long.

I saw 118 shows this year totaling $1,565.25 for an average cost of…$13.26.

Not too bad if I say so myself.

ETA: I'm terrible at math.

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Updated On: 12/31/13 at 04:29 PM