#1
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:32am
On 4/18 Broadway star Matthew Morrison (Hairspry, Light) was the second name pulled in the Wicked lotto. Why would he be on line, doesn't he have friends and money?
Matthew Morrison won WICKED Lottery
#2
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:34am
maybe he wanted to play the lotto for fun. is that a crime?
#3
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:34am
Over the summer when Wicked was touring L.A., I saw Stephanie win the lottery. Yep, even they can't get tickets for their own show at times. Pretty crazy, eh?
Edited to add: She was playing to help get friends in to see her.
Edited to add: She was playing to help get friends in to see her.
Updated On: 4/20/06 at 12:34 AM
#4
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:53am
I saw Eden Espinosa at the Wicked lottery about a month ago...she too was helping friends. But my friend won, and since we already had tickets to the show for that night (we were only lotto-ing to try to get front row seats) we ended up selling our tickets to Eden's friends. Eden seemed very nice.
I also met Tracy Miller back in October at the Wicked lottery. She was trying to get tickets for her sister and nephew. Needless to say we all lost.
I don't think there's anything wrong with an actor playing the lotto, especially at a show like Wicked where you have to buy tickets months in advance. Besides, actors are people too.
I also met Tracy Miller back in October at the Wicked lottery. She was trying to get tickets for her sister and nephew. Needless to say we all lost.
I don't think there's anything wrong with an actor playing the lotto, especially at a show like Wicked where you have to buy tickets months in advance. Besides, actors are people too.
"Free from what, Tracy? Free from what?"
#5
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:55am
that would be cool!
"hey, i loved you in the show you were just in. but i'm winning this, not you."
"hey, i loved you in the show you were just in. but i'm winning this, not you."
::bust a move::
#7
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:57am
I don't see how Matthew Morrison playing the Wicked lotto is any different than someone who isn't an actor playing the Wicked lotto...I highly doubt that EVERYONE who plays the lotto does so solely because of financial constraints. So just because he's an actor means he should be paying top price for a show?
I've had an actor friend help me with thier own lotto before...which I think also isn't any different than having a non-actor friend help with lotto.
I've had an actor friend help me with thier own lotto before...which I think also isn't any different than having a non-actor friend help with lotto.
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#8
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:59am
Maybe Matt was trying to help someone out...? There is a chance he has connections to get tickets, so I wouldn't be suprised if those tickets weren't for him.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#9
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:59am
Dont the Wicked cast get house seats? Or is it such a big fat hit that they dont even get the freebies!
#10
Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:08am
maybe he just decided he wanted to see it last minute...
#11
Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:08am
Ooooh you're GRAVELY mistaken. No one gets freebies. House Seats are never free. House seats are full-price, they're just "reserved" for performers, producers, etc. But no, they are not free, they are the full price of all the rest of the seats around them.
And Matt may very well be at the lottery. Who wants to pay $100 for a show, when they can pay $25?
And Matt may very well be at the lottery. Who wants to pay $100 for a show, when they can pay $25?
#12
Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:09am
I don't think its out of the world..just wanted to post a sighting!
#14
Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:27am
i think all performing unions should get some kind of broadway discount by showing your equity card. its research after all!
at least its tax deductable! MOST actors are out of work and poor...all others are the exception! sad but true!
at least its tax deductable! MOST actors are out of work and poor...all others are the exception! sad but true!
#16
Posted: 4/20/06 at 10:51am
SWEET curtain! i'll make my list of what i've got to see :-P
::bust a move::
#17
Posted: 4/20/06 at 10:52am
It's not uncommon. This past Summer Mary Bond Davis was at lotto, and the Wicked ensemble members do it all the time.
#18
Posted: 4/20/06 at 10:55am
There's nothing wrong with it, maybe he wants front row or cheap tickets, I mean he is also really young, he's not loaded.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#19
Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:56am
Isn't it just something fun to do?
Like, see if you win the lottery or go to the movies.
And doesn't it just mean he's lucky?
Like, see if you win the lottery or go to the movies.
And doesn't it just mean he's lucky?
#20
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:53pm
Wow...I never knew that house seats needed to be paid for. I always thought it was a perk that the performers got. I figured that not every cast member would get an equal amount. I think I thought that everyone was entitled to a certain number per month, but I always thought they were free.
#21
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:53pm
Nope.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#22
Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:56pm
Michele Federer managed to get me and my friend house seats for a birthday gift, yet its assured we paid 100 per seat. No different, just nicely reserved seats.
I would have died if I was lottoing amongst distinguished names lol
I would have died if I was lottoing amongst distinguished names lol
#23
Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:04pm
A Miss Saigon lead gave me a house seat they had received as a comp when they stepped in for the role, but it is rare, and it was very sweet.
#24
Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:08pm
House seats aren't always comped. My aunt is friends with one of the company managers from Jersey Boys and although we got amazing house seats, we had to pay for them.
"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe
#25
Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:33pm
House seats to Wicked are NEVER comped. Not even for whoever's playing Elphaba or Glinda. They are regular price, which now I believe is $110. Maybe at other shows they might make occasional exceptions, but not at Wicked.
"Free from what, Tracy? Free from what?"
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