Of the Roundabout, nonprofits, and escalating ticket prices
Of the Roundabout, nonprofits, and escalating ticket prices
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1Of the Roundabout, nonprofits, and escalating ticket prices
Posted: 2/15/14 at 12:36pm
$160 tickets are really helpful to the theatergoer
#2Should the Roundabout receive the benefits of nonprofit status?
Posted: 2/15/14 at 12:39pm
To clarify pricing for Cabaret;
ALL Orchestra seats are $162. Rear, side, front. Believe me, those sightlines are not all worth the same price. And then, in July, they start offering premium pricing of $250-350 (higher on the weekends).
The only seats in the theatre with a price point below $100 are in the rear mezz.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#2Should the Roundabout receive the benefits of nonprofit status?
Posted: 2/15/14 at 12:46pmI was trying to get a ticket for closing night. The good seats are $362. WTF.
#3Should the Roundabout receive the benefits of nonprofit status?
Posted: 2/15/14 at 12:49pmBut c'mon guys, RTC needs to make as much money as possible from this production to support all of the other awful artistic decisions that it makes.
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#4Should the Roundabout receive the benefits of nonprofit status?
Posted: 2/15/14 at 12:54pmI have little sympathy for a not-for-profit that spends over 1.2 million dollars in grassroots lobbying and over 35 million dollars on employee salaries & benefits.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#6Should the Roundabout receive the benefits of nonprofit status?
Posted: 2/15/14 at 12:57pmIf making bank when they can on a show like Cabaret means they can still take chances in the future on underappreciated works like The Winslow Boy and Machinal, I don't have any problem with what they are charging.
#7Should the Roundabout receive the benefits of nonprofit status?
Posted: 2/15/14 at 3:52pm
Roundabout has lost millions of dollars because of a decline in subscribers: people who buy seats to multiple shows in advance. That number has stabilized at 28,000, Mr. Haimes [Roundabout's artistic director] said, compared with roughly 45,000 in 2008.
Hm... I wonder why that is. Here's a thought, Todd. Stop producing CRAP productions of CRAP shows.
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