MERRILY will transfer next fall — Page 10

I am sure more tickets will be purchased when sales are open to the general public tomorrow, but Merrily is more niche Sondheim. I don’t know exactly how it will sell. There are stars in the cast, but except for Daniel Radcliffe, not stars who the general public knows that well. Jonathan Groff has been in movies and on TV, but I’m not sure how that translates. (It was easy to sign up to buy tickets, but that doesn’t mean everyone did that.) It seems like the cheapest and most expensive tickets were prioritized by buyers today, especially for the first month.

The Into The Woods tour has a somewhat similar dynamic, except people aren’t rushing to buy the cheap seats. The expensive seats went fast, though, and prices for those seats have skyrocketed. In San Francisco, where the tour is stopping for a week, producers even added a ‘Premium Plus’ category for $299. Those people will be sitting next to me, and I bought orchestra tickets for $161 before general public sales started. At the same time, there are plenty of unsold mezzanine and balcony seats along with a few in the orchestra.

The Hudson is a small theater, and I’m sure the show will do well in its limited run. But I suspect, or perhaps just hope, that there will be decent seats available later.

Well, dynamic pricing is dynamic in all directions! Prices are back down. 

It's still heinous to think of these numbers as the "cheap" seats, but there are now some $69 and plenty of $110 balcony seats available. 

I've sat in G108 which is one of those centered seats with a column between them.  As a result, lots of legroom and a nice clear view of the entire stage. If I remember right there are two rows like this.

There were no aisle seats available within my price range in the Dress Circle, and the Balcony is a bit too high, in my opinion. I am tall, so I'm just gonna have to wing it, I guess. It can't be as bad as the Lyceum is. 

Wow talk about dynamic pricing! The whole section where I bought a seat this morning has jumped up $35 more this afternoon for the same day.

Got 2 aisle dress circle seats today for $154 each. I was on the moment they went on sale for NYTW and still was not able to get them, so I am so excited for this.

Wow premium orchestra I can see for $539 (not a package seat or whatever it is in this instance). So funny that one of Sondheim’s biggest flops may now be his most profitable revival ever. 

hearthemsing22 said: "binau said: "Wow premium orchestra I can see for $539 (not a package seat or whatever it is in this instance). So funny that one of Sondheim’s biggest flops may now be his most profitable revival ever."

I was just thinking maybe yesterday about how it wasn't a popular show until the NYTW production, and now it's selling out in it's Broadway revival. Incredible. I'm sure he's smiling down on that cast"

 

Selling well? Yes.  But FAR from selling out -- there are still plenty of seats available.

Not sure if it's been pointed out before, but their marketing campaign is very reminiscent of "Significant Other," especially with Lindsay Mendez in both shows.

https://merrilyonbroadway.com/_img/photos5.webp

binau said: "I’m quite sure the show will sell out every performance. Even if some of the ridiculous premium tickets end up at TKTS or reduced to normal prices closer to the time.


The show starts in September and probably has a far healthier advance than many shows currently playing on Broadway."

Just because the tickets went on sale this morning, doesn't mean it won't sell out later today, this weekend, and when the actual box office opens because I know people will want to avoid Hudson/online fees. Just want a few days/week or so. 

Given the cast, I can see this eventually selling out or mostly selling out.

I liked the cast from west end 2014 and Boston 2017 but had it gone to Broadway after Boston, i highly doubt it would be selling like this!

I just hope Radcliffe has negotiated a sizeable proportion of the box office or something because I think he is the obvious draw. 

JasonC3 said: "Someone over on ATC says that the Today's Tix for Merrily are less than th same seats on the Hudson site and you can select your seats. I didn't check whether or not this was true."

I went through TodayTix and paid $2 more dollars. I was fine paying the few extra dollars since TodayTix took the payment method I wanted to use and ATG didn’t.