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

[Melissa25]

Posted: 12/24/13 at 2:47pm

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

[allyk]

Posted: 12/24/13 at 3:29pm

I didn't see much this year, but here's my list:
Sister Act (Tour - Boston) $15
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking $44.25
Hands on a Hardbody $32
The Mystery of Edwin Drood $32
Sister Act (Tour - Providence) Comp/Press ticket
The Book of Mormon (Tour - Boston ) $25
Life Could Be A Dream (NYMF) $25
Wicked (Tour - Boston) $53
Evita (Tour - Providence) Comp/Press ticket (Opening night)
Les Miserables (Ocean State Theatre Company, Rhode Island) $49
The Last Five Years in Concert (The Huntington - Boston) $25
Total Shows: 11 (2 Broadway, 1 off-Broadway, 1 festival, 1 concert, 1 regional and 5 national tours)
Total Spent: $300.25 (much lower than my 2012 total of $634.25 for 15 shows)

I am going to try the Wicked lottery in Providence on New Year's Eve, so that might get added on. I should add, I turned down free tickets to Once and Ghost in Providence, as well. (Once because I was sick, Ghost because it was Game 1 of the World Series and I am a huge Boston fan.)

Updated On: 12/24/13 at 03:29 PM

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 12/24/13 at 4:07pm

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.

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 12/25/13 at 12:34am

There's a whole lot of comps being listed
And a whole lotta rush and tdf prices

Does this reinforce so many folks on here are insiders and not average theatergoers?

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 12/25/13 at 12:43am

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

[theatregeek6]

Posted: 12/25/13 at 6:59pm

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

[theatregeek6]

Posted: 12/25/13 at 6:59pm

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

[mrgiovanni]

Posted: 12/25/13 at 7:01pm

Once - $30(?) rushed
Pippin - $35(?) rushed
Cinderella - $75 bought in advance
I might be attempt lotteries this upcoming Monday so I'll get to add hopefully one more! I've only been in NYC a month so I don't rank as high as some of you do

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 12/25/13 at 7:48pm

49 shows. 4 Chicago, 40+ regional ( mostly LORT). Maybe $300 total spent. Most are comps. Updated On: 12/25/13 at 07:48 PM

[ZoeM]

Posted: 12/26/13 at 8:54am

I've been lurking for a couple of months, but I'm so list-obsessed that I had to sign up to post in this thread. These are the shows I saw:

Cinderella - $89
Guys and Dolls (Shaw Festival) - gift
Once - gift
Kinky Boots - $60?
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder - $49
After Midnight - $49
Buyer and Cellar - $31
A Christmas Carol (Virginia Theater Machine in Williamsburg) - free
Peter and the Starcatcher - $31
Fun Home - $35
Les Misérables (Toronto) - gift
Aladdin (Toronto) - gift

My personal spending was about $350, but it would be double that if I included tickets gifted by my parents. And most of these shows were in the past two months, so I imagine that next year will be much more expensive....

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 12/26/13 at 9:18am

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

[Marianne2]

Posted: 12/26/13 at 11:49am

Annie-$39

This was not a good theater year for me. Money was sort of tight and too many more important expenses came up.

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 12/26/13 at 1:54pm

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

[LittleEdieFan]

Posted: 12/27/13 at 4:33am

My first ever post! I live in Sydney, Australia but travel to New York York for 4-5 weeks every year to catch some shows.

In New York (January - February) I saw:

The Mystery of Edwin Drood x 2 ( my favourite show all year)
Once
Newsies
The Phantom of the Opera
The Book of Mormon
Nice Work if You Can Get It
Cinderella
Evita
Passion
Bare
My big gay Italian wedding
Old Jews Telling Jokes
Forbidden broadway

In Australia I Saw:

The Addams Family
An Evening with Julie Andrews
Kristin Chenoweth in Concert
Idina Menzel in Concert
Angels in America
Hot Shoe Shuffle
Albert Herring
King Kong the Musical
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. x 2
Carrie
Atomic! The Musical

I also saw many cabaret shows in New York, Sydney, and Melbourne. Spent about $3000 on tickets, but many $$$$ more on airfares and accommodation..

[Jyn326]

Posted: 12/27/13 at 12:04pm

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.

[chimaera24]

Posted: 12/27/13 at 9:35pm

All shows seen in NYC

Chicago - comp
The Nance - $30
Wicked - $75
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike - $37
Two Character Play - $25
Peter and the Starcatcher - $25
The Glass Menagerie - $32
Newsies - $30
A Time to Kill - comp
No Mans Land - $75
Motown The Musical - $150
Machinal - $10

About $500 total
~$42 per show

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 12/31/13 at 4:29pm

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.

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

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 12/31/13 at 5:48pm

I honestly don't wanna know my calculations but for touring shows I paid full price but it's discounted a little because of us being a member of broadway in boston, and for most of the bway and offbway shows I payed full price for the first time and if I saw it again it was a rush/lottery price:
Book of Mormon Tour
Book of Mormon Bway
Matilda
Kinky Boots (2x)
Motown
Pippin
Sister Act Tour
Wicked Tour
Jersey Boys Tour (3x)
Jersey Boys Bway (3x)
Jersey Boys Las Vegas (Yes Jersey Boys is my fav)
Wicked Tour
Glass Menagerie
Cinderella
Annie
Nobody Loves You
Vanya and Sonia
Assembled Parties
After Midnight
Big Fish
A Christmas Story Tour
Million Dollar Quartet
We Will Rock You
I Love Lucy Live on Stage
Newsies
Memphis Tour
Peter and the Star Cather

I think theres a few others that I can't remember at the moment but I'm so blessed to be able to see all these shows and can't wait to see this many next year!!! Happy New Years everyone!