One ticket please:Walking up and down the line between shows

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 3/17/23 at 5:49pm

At shucked I saw this guy go up and down the line asking people if they had one ticket multiple times. This is like my 4th time seeing him. Anyone know who he is and if he has the same bad reputation as the woman they made the documentary about?

Updated On: 3/17/23 at 05:49 PM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/17/23 at 5:51pm

He's common. Looking for a free ticket. He's been around forever and will NOT pay for a ticket even if you say so. There used to be an older woman as well that did the same thing.

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/17/23 at 6:03pm

He did the same thing at DANCIN’ during the first few previews. I’ve been seeing him since 2011 (and chances are he’s been doing it longer).

I do wish security would have him removed or something for trespass/harassing patrons. He will wait outside the box office door and ask people.

Not gonna lie, I’ve been tempted to screenshot one of my old tickets and give it to him just to watch him get shut out at the door.

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 3/17/23 at 11:32pm

https://youtu.be/Ekmk7fXWtFc

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/18/23 at 11:02am

There are also people (one man and one woman) who do this at Lincoln Center. They're creepy.

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/20/23 at 7:13pm

He’s outside SHUCKED tonight…

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 3/20/23 at 7:16pm

He was there last Monday too

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/20/23 at 11:29pm

I think even if I had an extra ticket I'd think twice about having one of these off-centered people sitting next to me throughout a performance.

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 3/20/23 at 11:36pm

Dollypop said: "I think even if I had an extra ticket I'd think twice about having one of these off-centered people sitting next to me throughout a performance."

I was thinking the same thing

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 3/20/23 at 11:44pm

Maybe mind your business. Jesus. 

[Fosse76]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 2:52am

quizking101 said: "I do wish security would have him removed or something for trespass/harassing patrons. He will wait outside the box office door and ask people."

You can't trespass on a public sidewalk. Unless he enters the actual building, he's not doing anything illegal 

"Not gonna lie, I’ve been tempted to screenshot one of my old tickets and give it to him just to watch him get shut out at the door."

So you're a morally reprehensible person. Got it.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 7:00am

I forgot about that documentary. I never saw it but remember when it was being made, a lot of people (I think myself included) being frustrated that awful woman was being given a platform and made to appear sympathetic. 
 

But mind them or not, these people are basically a New York/Broadway institution. I was really surprised not to see them at City Center this past week - they can get very pushy at limited events like that. 

[noahseestheatre]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 8:09am

Jordan Catalano said: "I forgot about that documentary. I never saw it but remember when it was being made, a lot of people (I think myself included) being frustrated that awful woman was being given a platform and made to appear sympathetic.


But mind them or not, these people are basically a New York/Broadway institution. I was really surprised not to see them at City Center this past week - they can get very pushy at limited events like that."

 

What's the documentary title/

 

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 8:42am

I saw Parade twice and each time the same person was there, asking for an extra ticket. So with the return of theater, we have the return of these people *sigh* 

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 8:46am

noahseestheatre said: "Jordan Catalano said: "I forgot about that documentary. I never saw it but remember when it was being made, a lot of people (I think myself included) being frustrated that awful woman was being given a platform and made to appear sympathetic.


But mind them or not, these people are basically a New York/Broadway institution. I was really surprised not to see them at City Center this past week - they can get very pushy at limited events like that."



What's the documentary title/

"

Appropriately titled One Ticket Please lol 

[bwaylvsong1]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 8:59am

I used to sometimes see a man outside of theatres who would ask for free tickets and then sell them.  I rarely saw him make any transactions, but I once saw him make a lot of money on “Lion King” tickets.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 9:02am

They’re rather infuriating. There’s a white haired man and a dark haired man (both Caucasian 60s/70s) who I see doing it and more often than not then end up inside the theatre. Their catchphrase seems to be “anybody have an extra ticket”. Have also seen them collecting stuff at the flea market.

I guess the film world has “Radio Man,” but the difference is I don’t think anyone in theatre has befriended these parasites. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/nyregion/radio-man-autograph-hunters.amp.html

[Kad]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 9:04am

nativenewyorker2 said: "noahseestheatre said: "Jordan Catalano said: "I forgot about that documentary. I never saw it but remember when it was being made, a lot of people (I think myself included) being frustrated that awful woman was being given a platform and made to appear sympathetic.


But mind them or not, these people are basically a New York/Broadway institution. I was really surprised not to see them at City Center this past week - they can get very pushy at limited events like that."



What's the documentary title/

"

Appropriately titled One Ticket Please lol"

It’s not full-length and was made as a film student project, I believe. But its subject is a woman who was infamous amongst house staff at theaters throughout the city- if she did get in, she would often be belligerent, disruptive, take other people’s seats, and more. I know she was banned from more than one theater and witnessed her behavior first hand when I worked as an usher when I was in college. 

[LarryD2]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 9:20am

Kad said: "nativenewyorker2 said: "noahseestheatre said: "Jordan Catalano said: "I forgot about that documentary. I never saw it but remember when it was being made, a lot of people (I think myself included) being frustrated that awful woman was being given a platform and made to appear sympathetic.


But mind them or not, these people are basically a New York/Broadway institution. I was really surprised not to see them at City Center this past week - they can get very pushy at limited events like that."



What's the documentary title/

"

Appropriately titled One Ticket Please lol"

It’s not full-length and was made as a film student project, I believe. But its subject is a woman who was infamous amongst house staff at theaters throughout the city- if she did get in, she would often be belligerent, disruptive, take other people’s seats, and more. I know she was banned from more than one theater and witnessed her behavior first hand when I worked as an usher when I was in college."

Her name is Nicki Cochrane and she is, indeed, known and despised by the staff of every theater in town. Or, at least, she was over the 30-odd years I worked in New York theater. When she can get into a theater, she likes to sit in the front row and will often plop herself down in her seat of choice -- regardless of whether that's her actual ticket -- and refuse to move when the actual ticketed patrons show up. She's rude and entitled in the way that only someone who has never actually spent a dime in her life to support theater can be. She is indeed banned from multiple theaters. By now she's in her 80s and I actually haven't seen or heard anything about her in a while, so she might finally be out of the game. Good riddance.

I can't recall the name of the older man who comes to ask for extra tickets -- I assume he's the basis for this thread -- but he's considered less odious than Nicki (though still something of a nuisance). I've definitely seen him recently so he's still at it for sure.

[Huss417]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 9:20am

She was beyond irritating if you ever had the misfortune of running into her or worse end up sitting around here.

One Ticket Please (2017) The two official trailers.

One Ticket Please is a documentary about the life of a 78-year-old Indian woman in New York who is the world’s most passionate theatergoer. Nicki Cochrane been going to at least one play every day for more than 25 years, acquiring free tickets using a variety of ingenious means. Despised by many theater employees in New York for her behavior, Nicki prides herself with a staunch dedication to the art. But at what point does passion turn into addiction?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekmk7fXWtFc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eHrdB1KpF4

Updated On: 3/21/23 at 09:20 AM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 9:35am

The two men in question are oderous if not odious. 

[Megsamegatron]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 11:01pm

LarryD2 said: "Kad said: "nativenewyorker2 said: "noahseestheatre said: "Jordan Catalano said: "I forgot about that documentary. I never saw it but remember when it was being made, a lot of people (I think myself included) being frustrated that awful woman was being given a platform and made to appear sympathetic.


But mind them or not, these people are basically a New York/Broadway institution. I was really surprised not to see them at City Center this past week - they can get very pushy at limited events like that."



What's the documentary title/

"

Appropriately titled One Ticket Please lol"

It’s not full-length and was made as a film student project, I believe. But its subject is a woman who was infamous amongst house staff at theaters throughout the city- if she did get in, she would often be belligerent, disruptive, take other people’s seats, and more. I know she was banned from more than one theater and witnessed her behavior first hand when I worked as an usher when I was in college."

Her name is Nicki Cochrane and she is, indeed, known and despised by the staff of every theater in town. Or, at least, she was over the 30-odd years I worked in New York theater. When she can get into a theater, she likes to sit in the front row and will often plop herself down in her seat of choice -- regardless of whether that's her actual ticket -- and refuse to move when the actual ticketed patrons show up. She's rude and entitled in the way that only someone who has never actually spent a dime in her life to support theater can be. She is indeed banned from multiple theaters. By now she's in her 80s and I actually haven't seen or heard anything about her in a while, so she might finally be out of the game. Good riddance.

I can't recall the name of the older man who comes to ask for extra tickets -- I assume he's the basis for this thread -- but he's considered less odious than Nicki (though still something of a nuisance). I've definitely seen him recently so he's still at it for sure."

I can confirm Nicki was at the closing weekend of NYTW Merrily We Roll Along up to the same tricks

[noahseestheatre]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 11:54pm

Just rented the movie for $2.50 and wow… very conflicting but overall she is very annoying. She does love theatre, but I think she has a disconnect from reality and it results in truly annoying and heinous theatre behavior… as an usher, I rolled my eyes so many times and wouldn’t have had as much patience with her. Wasn’t even sure if half of her stories were even true 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 3/22/23 at 12:03am

Does anyone remember this show that was on Bravo forever ago about people trying to make it in the industry and one guy was an usher and was trying to get his kids into show business? I don't know why that's what I thought of. 

[ifonlyilivedinNY]

Posted: 3/22/23 at 12:09am

Are you talking about “The It Factor”?