"They jumped on you for not "expecting" absences. Pu-leeze. You gave as good as you got, and offered a persuasive case as to why you deserve to see the person(s) billed as stars of the casts."
I was not going to respond, but that woman irked me. Unless I was a psyhic, I would have had no way of knowing that Mr. Sunjata was going to be absent. When you ask the theatre directly if he will appear, and they say he will, there's nothing more you can do. He doesn't list his absences on his message board. The show doesn't list them on the telecharge page (Although it does list his upcoming exit). If you sell a ticket under false pretenses, you should be held accountable. I asked if he would appear. I was told yes, and I bought the ticket.
That other board must be run with actors or producers because there's little concern for the ticket buyers/audience members. These people forget that if people like me get fed up with such deceptive practices, and don't return, they're going to loss money. They should keep that in mind. If there's no audience, what are they going to do?
"It's one of the biggest industries this city has (and anyone here during 9/11 knows how scared B'way was of losing tourists...)"
I've read dozens of articles about how the Broadway community suffered ecnomically because of 9/11 and the loss of tourists. That's why I'm so surprised that many theatres behave as if they simply deserve ticket buyers.
"I had Saturday matinee tix, and Nell Carter and Armelia McQueen were BOTH out -- two of the 3 women. Yet both played the evening performance. This was NOT a posted substituion. I was devastated, and you know what? The understudies were okay, but just didn't rock."
I know exactly how you feel. Even if the understudies were great, that's beside the point. You bought the tickets specifically to see the three women. Did you try to get a refund or an exchange?
"If she's missing now to attend WICKED, as has been reported, or to film a sitcom pilot, then MILLIE isn't exactly a priority. And if it's not her first priority, then why is she in it?"
Apparently, she was picking up an award last Tuesday when she was out. I agree with you. If these actors don't give first priority to the plays/musicals, why bother staying with the shows? If Mr. Sunjata gives priority to this F/X pilot, what does that say to a ticket buyer who made a special effort to see him in the play? If Sutton Foster had gone to see WICKED when I missed her, nothing could contain my anger. I'm angry enough, but that would have sent me over the top.
"I read her brother took the night off from LSOH to go to the opening of TABOO."
Got to be kidding. What nonsense. IT shows you how much they consider the fans so why should the fans give them any consideration?
Updated On: 11/17/03 at 08:35 PM
