How to get COMPS?
How to get COMPS?
coolkid11776
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/06
#1How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 3:59pmI know that 13 have given away a lot of Comp tickets. How would I go about getting a couple for my family and I?
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#2re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:02pmNo, you don't know that 13 has been papering the house. You assume 13 has been papering the house, based on the unsubstantiated stories you've read here.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#3re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:03pm
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#4re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:05pmUsually you can get comps by walking up to the box office and asking for them. You're limited to two at a time.
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Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
coolkid11776
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/06
#6re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:14pmBroadwaynerd I'm not stupid I know that most of Broadway is dark on Monday's except for a few shows. 13 is one of those shows that does not have Monday Performances.
Rent
The best show on Broadway. I was at the closing. BEST night of my Life.
April 29th 1996-September 7th 2008
12 years of love
"No Day But Today"
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#7re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:15pm
I think McDonalds is giving 13 comps away with every Happy Meal.
While supplies last.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#8re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:15pm
ALL SHOWS are up and running on Monday. But Monday is the official "DON'T TELL COOLKID THERE'S A SHOW" day!!
And you're not stupid? Gasp!!
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#9re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:20pmEssentially, in order to get comps, you need to know someone in the show...and even then the show must be offering comps to them, otherwise you won't get any. Comps are generally available to the "public" through papering services...but you have to be a member (which can be $100 a year), and even then they aren't common for Broadway shows, and not all papering services will have comps to the same shows.
#11re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:32pm
Or you need to be a concierge. They get comped all the time. My friend is actually going to concierge night at "13" this evening. You also get a pre-show event most of the times. And I have been lucky enough to be his guest on several occasions!
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Updated On: 10/1/08 at 04:32 PM
coolkid11776
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/06
#12re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:48pmWhat are some papering services and are they worth the membership fee to join? How many shows would I get a year?
Rent
The best show on Broadway. I was at the closing. BEST night of my Life.
April 29th 1996-September 7th 2008
12 years of love
"No Day But Today"
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#13re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:56pmYou can technically see one show a day, every day of the year through a papering service. But at $100+ a year and $3.50 a ticket, that gets awfully pricey.
#14re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 4:57pmLindenmeyer and Hammerhill are two of the major paper companies, and they paper in groups of 500. You can usually join at any Staples.
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coolkid11776
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/06
#15re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 5:17pmAny links so I can join online?
Rent
The best show on Broadway. I was at the closing. BEST night of my Life.
April 29th 1996-September 7th 2008
12 years of love
"No Day But Today"
#16re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 5:22pmD2 is right. I joined at my local Staples a few months back. It's pretty "hush-hush" so ask the manager for the forms. Updated On: 10/1/08 at 05:22 PM
#17re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 5:30pmGet on your knee's and say please...
I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"
#20re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 5:47pmThere's a whole pile of comps on the curb outside Lehman Bros and NYSE right now... Go grab yourself a couple!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#18re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 10:24pmAre those comps good for any shows or just NYSE shows?
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#19re: How to get COMPS?
Posted: 10/1/08 at 10:39pm
"Get on your knee's and say please..."
I was very worried about what was to follow "Get on your knee's and...".
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
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