Moulin Rouge Broadway Ticket Prices

[StageyBoy09]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 5:11pm

I wondered if anyone could help with the ticket prices for Moulin Rouge when it transfers to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City. I come to NY every year to take in the new season and am flabbergasted at the ticket prices for this show - the cheapest ticket at the back of the Mezzanine is $199.00 plus fees. Is there a reason why this specific show is so extortionate in terms of pricing? Did they discount or change the pricing structure when the show played Boston? Thank you all so much for any help you can offer. 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 6:01pm

I held off getting tickets for this. Im waiting for a code or something. Im sure the discount will be select back row of the orchestra or back row of the mezz for $5.00 off. Crazy prices

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 6:28pm

I agree. I was going to get a pair and was shocked to find that they are like seeing Bette in dolly or Hamilton. And this is before opening.

I could see that their song licensing would be a lot. But would it be much more than paying royalties to normal broadway writers. I also was wondering if they are trying to cover costs for the property itself. Or if this is simply a ploy by the producers (to make their money back from King Kong ) and they know people are going to pay it to see the show.

[dmwnc1959]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 6:34pm

The suggestion offered to me was to go mid-week where the tickets can drop as much as $60-$100 from the weekend prices.

[mlsheehan]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 7:14pm

Yeah, same experience here.  Planning my early December trip.  And thought, yeah fun time.  BUT not at those prices. 

They will have to offer some substantial discounts to get my and my friends in that theater.  I don’t care how spectacular it looks, not worth it for those prices.  Orchestra section is ridiculously priced. 

I guess they think they have Hamilton level excitement for this.  Good luck!

[FlyHigh523]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 7:33pm

This is a shame because I was thoroughly looking forward to seeing it. I understand that a Broadway is a business, but those prices are some that I (and quite a few others) cant afford.

[ElphabaGoodman]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 8:23pm

This is by far the most highly anticipated new musical to open on Broadway in at least a year (definitely compared to anything from this current season), Im not surprised that the prices are what they are. I do think $199 for the rear mezzanine is quite steep, but the orchestra seats dont seem that much more than standard Broadway pricing.

[Lifesmellsweird]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 10:12pm

It was insanely expensive in Boston too. We paid 200$ for an orchestra ticket, which seemed like a lot for a new show not on Broadway. Its a large cast with what appears to be an extremely expensive setup. The licensing of all the songs must have cost a fortune. I loved the show and want to see it again but I wont be buying Broadway tickets until the price comes down.

[Wick3]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 11:01pm

Yeah the Boston prices were steep when I bought tix (friends and I spent a weekend in Boston last summer.) Since we live in NYC, we'll wait on buying tix and do rush or lottery or SRO. If we absolutely love it and have a need to see it again, then I'll pay full price (or discounted ticket if there are any out there.)

[LuPita2]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 11:27pm

I was purchasing all my Broadway tickets for the Spring and I thought I was seeing things when I clicked on mid orchestra and the price was $399.00.  Insane prices. Yes, it has a very high production cost and huge talent but JESUS CHRIST.  I will hold off, but I doubt they will have a discount any time soon

[Jarethan]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 12:02am

Wick3 said: "Yeah the Boston prices were steep when I bought tix (friends and I spent a weekend in Boston last summer.) Since we live in NYC, we'll wait on buying tix and do rush or lottery or SRO. If we absolutely love it and have a need to see it again, then I'll pay full price (or discounted ticket if there are any out there.)"

I am guessing that you purchased your tickets fairly late.  I purchased my tickets way in advance and they were reasonable.  When I got tickets to see it again, I got worse seats and paid at least $30 more.  I also refuse to pay for premium seats, so I have never paid more than $196 (for Hamilton in Tampa!!!).

I purchased my tickets for New York the first day they went on sale.  At the time, I debated getting Row R center in the orchestra, which was $179, or Row (I think)  G center in the mezzanine, which were $139.  I ended up with the orchestra, but regretted it 5 minutes after buying the tickets (I decided the Mezzanine would give a better view of the experience).  

I am thinking that they have already raised prices based on early sales, which I 'blame' on automation, which enables this constant re-pricing.

I also purchased tickets to see TKAM in May when tickets first went on sale.  I recently needed get a third ticket, and I had to pay $50 more than I paid originally. Supply and demand, further enabled by the automation.

I have raised this issues years ago and gotten pooh-poohed by the board, but I really believe that prices have gotten obscene.  The last row of the second balcony in the Shubert for a drama is $99, plus those bloated fees if you buy on-line.  

I have gotten myself to the point where I find myself happy when shows that I want to see don't get money reviews, e.g., The Cher Show (and I know that is wrong). It increases the probability that I can buy at TKTS or Telecharge Offers, and not have to pay outrageous prices.

Back to Moulin Rouge, based on Boston, I am expecting this to be a monster hit and can only imagine how prices will rise at that point.  I shudder to think.

I would also add that I definitely would have seen Evan Hansen at least a second time (in the old days, who I lived closer to NYC, I'd have probably seen it three times by now), but I have not been able to bring myself to pay the current prices for a second viewing.  Of course, I fear that I will be too old to attend by the time they are reasonable.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 12:04am

mlsheehan said: "Yeah, same experience here. Planning my early December trip. And thought,yeah fun time. BUT not at those prices.

They will have to offer some substantial discounts to get my and my friends in that theater. I don’t care how spectacular it looks, not worth it for those prices. Orchestra section is ridiculously priced.

I guess they think they have Hamilton level excitement for this. Good luck!"

 

People are still paying $749 for Orch Premium , Mid-Premium Orch/Mezz $449 and $235 rear mezzanine for Hamilton and that's during the week NOT weekend prices!

Updated On: 1/21/19 at 12:04 AM

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 12:15am

Jarethan said: "Wick3 said: "Yeah the Boston prices were steep when I bought tix (friends and I spent a weekend in Boston last summer.) Since we live in NYC, we'll wait on buying tix and do rush or lottery or SRO. If we absolutely love it and have a need to see it again, then I'll pay full price (or discounted ticket if there are any out there.)"

I am guessing that you purchased your tickets fairly late. I purchased my tickets way in advance and they were reasonable. When I got tickets to see it again, I got worse seats and paid at least $30 more. I also refuse to pay for premium seats, so I have never paid more than $196 (for Hamilton in Tampa!!!).

I purchased my tickets for New York the first day they went on sale. At the time, I debated getting Row R center in the orchestra, which was $179, or Row (I think) G center in the mezzanine, which were $139. I ended up with the orchestra, but regretted it 5 minutes after buying the tickets (I decided the Mezzanine would give a better view of the experience).

I am thinking that they have already raised prices based on early sales, which I 'blame' on automation, which enables this constant re-pricing.

I also purchased tickets to see TKAM in May when tickets first went on sale. I recently needed get a third ticket, and I had to pay $50 more than I paid originally. Supply and demand, further enabled by the automation.

I have raised this issues years ago and gotten pooh-poohed by the board, but I really believe that prices have gotten obscene. The last row of the second balcony in the Shubert for a drama is $99, plus those bloated fees if you buy on-line."
 

Balcony seats for TKAM are now $89, but, for more than 6 months, they were $49 for rows A - D, and $39 for rows E - J, which were $39/$29 on Wednesday matinees. Hardly obscene, and people had plenty of time to take advantage of the pricing. If someone waits to buy tickets until a show opens to rave reviews, I have no sympathy for them. Also, for what it's worth, there's still an active discount available. 2 days ago, I saw most of left balcony row J available on 2/5 for $35 per ticket, using the code.

Updated On: 1/21/19 at 12:15 AM

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 1:27am

Because I attended Moulin in Boston I received a fan promotion mailer for pre-sale tickets several months ago - and I don't even remember signing up for the promo!  Be that as it may, I'm set for July 17 evening show. Two great mezzanine seats on the aisle for $159 each.  Glad that I acted in an expeditious manner.  

Sorry to hear that prices are so obscene, but not surprised in the least.

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 1:40am

StageyBoy09 said: "I wondered if anyone could help with the ticket prices for Moulin Rouge when it transfers to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City. I come to NY every year to take in the new season and am flabbergasted at the ticket prices for this show - the cheapest ticket at the back of the Mezzanine is $199.00 plus fees. Is there a reason why this specific show is so extortionate in terms of pricing? Did they discount or change the pricing structure when the show played Boston? Thank you all so much for any help you can offer.Â"

Hon, are you going to a second/third party seller?  I just went to the official website that connected me to Ticketmaster and found reasonably priced tickets in all sections.  Range seemed to be $99 to $249.

Please don't tell be that you are going to those sites.  Por favor, Anita!  Please go here and click on "Tickets": https://moulinrougemusical.com/

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 1:46am

Helpful Teen Tip.  KIDS!!!!!   ALWAYS go the the official website for the shows.  At the very least you will see what Ticketmaster or Telecharge (the two major sellers) offer, be that standard prices or tix of resale value.

Again, for Moulin Rouge:  https://moulinrougemusical.com/

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 9:15am

Yes, there are tix for over or aound 300 bucks- which are premium. But I see LOTS of tix for under 200.

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 1:47pm

So much for me seeing that show. I can't imagine spending $200 not counting ticket charges to almost sit in the last row .

[dmwnc1959]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 1:57pm

^ ^ ^ I’m seeing a lot of Tuesday-Thursday ticket prices @ $154 including fees (base price is $139) that are about 1/3 back in the mezzanine. Not sure why people keep repeating the $200 ticket price for last row seats unless you’re looking at weekends.

Updated On: 1/21/19 at 01:57 PM

[Jarethan]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 3:04pm

CT2NYC said: "Jarethan said: "Wick3 said: "Yeah the Boston prices were steep when I bought tix (friends and I spent a weekend in Boston last summer.) Since we live in NYC, we'll wait on buying tix and do rush or lottery or SRO. If we absolutely love it and have a need to see it again, then I'll pay full price (or discounted ticket if there are any out there.)"

I am guessing that you purchased your tickets fairly late. I purchased my tickets way in advance and they were reasonable. When I got tickets to see it again, I got worse seats and paid at least $30 more. I also refuse to pay for premium seats, so I have never paid more than $196 (for Hamilton in Tampa!!!).

I purchased my tickets for New York the first day they went on sale. At the time, I debated getting Row R center in the orchestra, which was $179, or Row (I think) G center in the mezzanine, which were $139. I ended up with the orchestra, but regretted it 5 minutes after buying the tickets (I decided the Mezzanine would give a better view of the experience).

I am thinking that they have already raised prices based on early sales, which I 'blame' on automation, which enables this constant re-pricing.

I also purchased tickets to see TKAM in May when tickets first went on sale. I recently needed get a third ticket, and I had to pay $50 more than I paid originally. Supply and demand, further enabled by the automation.

I have raised this issues years ago and gotten pooh-poohed by the board, but I really believe that prices have gotten obscene. The last row of the second balcony in the Shubert for a drama is $99, plus those bloated fees if you buy on-line."


Balcony seats for TKAM are now $89, but, for more than6 months, they were $49 for rows A - D, and $39 for rows E - J, which were $39/$29 on Wednesday matinees. Hardly obscene, and people had plenty of time to take advantage of the pricing. If someone waits to buy tickets until a show opens to rave reviews, I have no sympathy for them. Also, for what it's worth, there's still an active discount available. 2 days ago, I saw most of left balcony row J available on 2/5 for $35 per ticket, using the code."

Re $89, I guess it depends on when, because I did just buy a (second) balcony seat for $99,  It was a lousy seat, which I expected, because the show is a big hit and time had gone by (amazingly the purchase for a non-musical was 5 months out and there were very few seats, which I am happy about).  I still feel the pricing is wrong, it prices so many people out of even buying last row of the balcony; and don't tell me they can rush...there are so few seats available and a lot of people do not live or work in Manhattan.  If they even know about Rush seats, they probably have to be at the theatre (and it is now winter) at the crack of dawn.  Now, if they are not in-town, what are they going to do for the next eight hours if they are successful with their purchase, and don't live / work in Manhattan?  

Admittedly enough years back that some of your parents were not even born, you could get cheap tickets to the hardest ticket in town, and they would cost around 1/3 of the high priced tickets (this is before premium pricing, so I am talking an apples to apples comparison).  I was able to see Funny Girl for $3 when the orchestra was $9.60 and Hello Dolly for a similar price, and Fiddler and Man of La Mancha and Hair, i.e., classic hit that were the most in demand shows early in their runs.  For several shows -- I don't remember how many -- Harold Prince raised the price of the orchestra to $12, and used part of that to subsidize the mezzanine seats he sold for $2.  I know I saw Cabaret and Superman for $2, don't remember if there were others).   I saw an amazing number of shows for about the equivalent of about 2 hours of work on a part-time job I had later in high school.  Now, I imagine that a student would need to work 8 - 10 hours for that same ticket.  That is going to hinder young people from developing the passion that I, and I assume others on this board, have had since our teen years.  

One other thing.  How often are middle class people who do not live in Manhattan are going to think about coming in to see a show if their perspective is based on the $99 second balcony seat for TKAM they managed to get or the $99 Frozen tickets they got in the second balcony (before the show opened, per your earlier point).  I can not remember which one, but I am positive there is a show opening this season that is charging $109 for the front of the second balcony.  

My ultimate fear: a lot of non-regular theatre goers (who could become more frequent attendees) are assuming all shows are as expensive as the few they have seen.  

Now,I will get off my soap-box.

[RWPrincess]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 3:19pm

Jarethan said: "One other thing. How often are middle class people who do notlive in Manhattan are going to thinkabout coming in to seea show iftheir perspective is based on the $99 second balcony seat for TKAM they managed to get or the $99 Frozen tickets theygot in the second balcony (before the show opened, per your earlier point). I can not remember which one, but I am positive there is a show opening this season that is charging $109 for the front of the second balcony.

My ultimate fear: alot of non-regular theatre goers (who could become more frequent attendees) are assumingall shows are as expensive as the few they have seen.

Now,I will get off my soap-box."

I live about a 40 min train ride from Manhattan. I work from home too so rushing is not easy for me and probably wouldn't make sense unless I had a full day planned already in the city. At these types of prices, I would either wait and see how the show does or I would try my luck at a digital lottery assuming one will exist. 

I agree about non-regulars. In this case, they would likely just skip the show altogether. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 3:27pm

Jarethan said:   Re $89, I guess it depends on when, because I did just buy a (second) balcony seat for $99, It was a lousy seat, which I expected, because the show is a big hit and time had gone by (amazingly the purchase for a non-musical was 5 months out and there were very few seats, which I am happy about). I still feel the pricing is wrong, it prices so many people out of even buying last row of the balcony; and don't tell me they can rush...there are so few seats available and a lot of people do not live or work in Manhattan. If they even know about Rush seats, they probably have to be at the theatre (and it is now winter)at the crack of dawn. Now, if they are not in-town, what are they going to do for the next eight hours if they are successful with their purchase, and don't live / work in Manhattan?

Admittedly enough years back that some of your parents were not even born, you could get cheap tickets to the hardest ticket in town, and they would cost around 1/3 of the high priced tickets (this is before premium pricing, so I am talking an apples to apples comparison). I was able to see Funny Girl for $3 when the orchestra was $9.60 and Hello Dolly for a similar price, and Fiddler and Man of La Mancha and Hair, i.e., classic hit that were the most in demand shows early in their runs. For several shows -- I don't remember how many --Harold Prince raised the price of the orchestra to $12, and used part of that to subsidize the mezzanine seats he sold for $2. I know I saw Cabaret and Superman for $2, don't remember if there were others). I saw an amazing number of shows for about the equivalent of about 2 hoursof work on a part-time job I had later in high school. Now, I imagine that a student would need to work 8 - 10 hours for that same ticket. That is going to hinder young people from developing the passion that I, and I assume otherson this board, have had since our teen years.

One other thing. How often are middle class people who do notlive in Manhattan are going to thinkabout coming in to seea show iftheir perspective is based on the $99 second balcony seat for TKAM they managed to get or the $99 Frozen tickets theygot in the second balcony (before the show opened, per your earlier point). I can not remember which one, but I am positive there is a show opening this season that is charging $109 for the front of the second balcony.

My ultimate fear: alot of non-regular theatre goers (who could become more frequent attendees) are assumingall shows are as expensive as the few they have seen.

Now,I will get off my soap-box."

 

Once again, no one has the RIGHT to cheap Broadway tickets.  Some can afford it, some can't.   Would you use the arguments above about not being able to afford a meal at Per Se?  Or would you simply dine someplace that is within your budget?  Obviously the current pricing model is working for MOCKINGBIRD.  If and when it stops working, ticket prices will come down.  

[LuPita2]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 3:45pm

Broadway is a luxury item. The average annual household income of the Broadway theatregoer was $222,120 last year. Moulin Rouge is here to make tons of money, it's not their responsibility to provide cheap tickets. I would love to go but the seats I want are unaffordable. That's life. 

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 3:48pm

It's always great when someone jumps in to explain capitalism. As if that's the end of the discussion. It seems highly unlikely that everyone that has posted in this thread is completely ignorant of the concept of supply and demand. 

I think there have been interesting issues raised here about producers pricing themselves out of an audience Certainly they may make a barrel of money... and good on them... but long term Broadway is no longer popular entertainment... and for many people the American Theater IS Broadway. So. I think it has a ripple effect in many folks minds about the affordability of ALL theater. 

I was going to plan a trip around seeing this in the first few weeks it was open but was pretty gagged at the pricing. I don't think I'll be making a trip.. at the very least not around this production. I don't think that I have a "RIGHT" to cheap tickets... I'm fine with shaking my head at the prices and not seeing the show... and their are consequences for the other shows I would have seen. NOW. I certainly don't think those consequences are in any way significant... but it's one of those ripple effects when viewed all together.

How many other folks won't be traveling to see "the big show"? How is the economy of the rest of Broadway effected by the fact that Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, Harry Potter, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Moulin Rogue are all priced WAY out of the range of a middle class family? How many shows no longer get produced on Broadway because of this economy I think this an important and interesting discussion that isn't addressed by the frequently head refrain "YOU DON'T DESERVE TO SEE A SHOW IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT!" 

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 3:54pm

"^ ^ ^ I’m seeing a lot of Tuesday-Thursday ticket prices @ $154 including fees (base price is $139) that are about 1/3 back in the mezzanine. Not sure why people keep repeating the $200 ticket price for last row seats unless you’re looking at weekends.

Sounds much better to me, thanks for information.