Outrageous Dolly — Page 2

Gizmo6 said: "SmokeyLady said:

Good for you for being able to go to this show again and again and again and again and again. Obviously money is not that much of a issue for you with regards to your enjoyment of this production even if some of the performances you have seen have been on cheaper Donna nights. But just curious; you think that maybe you have crossed the line? Might therapy be eventually healthier and cheaper?"

It's none of your business what the poster spends their money on or how they assess value. The poster has been attending the theatre for over 40 years and was probably sitting beside some star gazer who scooped up the discounted tickets.

It really irks me that people who support theatre their whole lives now can't get tickets when they stunt cast.

Crossed a line? Only you crossed the line,criticising someones mental health is the lowest of the low and you should have a long hard look in the mirror."

Ethelmae has openly discussed on this board beautifully his reasons for attending Dolly so many times. Of course it would normally be none of my business but this has been discussed and chatted about throughout the other threads. Perhaps my wording is a little harsh. As for the pricing.. now that we are starting to approach the end of Bette's run those premium seats are only going to get higher. Everyone had the chance to buy tickets when they first went on sale.

Gizmo6 said: "What I am saying is theatre depends on people that will go see a production without a stunt cast, especially theatres like the NT, which didn't need stunt casting for Angels."

Bette in Dolly is stunt casting?!

Are you sure you know what stunt casting means?

When I bought my tickets to Hamilton over 2 years ago, it was a month before its Broadway opening. I spent $77 a ticket for rear mezzanine at the box office and waited 4 months for the show. I sat next to a family of 4 from Texas who told me they spent $400 per ticket through a broker and thought it was a bargain. When I told him how much I had,paid, I thought there was going to be a meltdown but no. The father told me that it's what his family wanted most for their nyc trip. When the show was over, I asked if it was worth it and he just smiled from ear to ear and nodded.

I feel that way about Dolly. I only paid $99 + fees but would have spent the $400 to see this production. I saw it today and Im still smiling ear to ear. If something makes you that happy, it doesn't matter what anyone else paid.

JBC3 said: "^^ Yes. This is the key.

While it is hard to ignore others might have paid less than you for comparable seats, focus on if you feel you received value for what you paid."





It is such a good show. Hopefully you will cherish the memories of such a extraordinary production merged with the presence of a legend. All the money you spent will have been worth it.

I can't escape the irony that SmokyLady is told it's "none of her business" what Ethelmae spends on theater tickets when this thread wouldn't even exist if Ethelmae hadn't made it her business to find out what her neighbor paid!

To be clear, I don't think either did anything wrong. (Though I have said Ethelmae might find it better not to know for her own sake.)

When I used to work primarily during the daytime, I had much more flexibility when it came to lottery and last minute deals so I saw a lot of shows at a cheaper rate. Now that I generally work "theater hours", I can't do that anymore and need to plan ahead so of course I'm often going to spend more. I have never resorted to a premium seat and I still look out for discount codes, TKTS on occasion, etc But if I really want to see something where I can't find a discount or I really need a ticket on s particular day, I buy what I can and always from the box office so at least I'm not paying the extravagant fees.

I understand I'm lucky that I live close by so I can do this. But I also understand that there are people on any given day who pay more and less than I do. And that's just the way it is.

Updated On: 10/16/17 at 09:39 AM

Just wanted to clear up something here. I did not ask the person sitting next to me at Dolly last Friday night what they paid for their seat! I purchased my ticket thru Telecharge and then just for the hell of it I went back on Telecharge minutes later- and I'm talking very shortly thereafter- only to see that Orchestra H3, the seat right next to me, was now priced at regular price, $229. That infuriated me. I understand what posters have said here about prices dropping close to curtain time but this seemed, frankly, unfair. After I had an on the street shouting match, me shouting, to some poor Rep at Telecharge, he explained that the producers make the prices and they are not responsible for what price comes up at any time on line. They said they couldn't help me.

I did call Telecharge the next day and was told by a Rep to send an e-mail to Customer Service, which I did. They sent a fast reply that the e-mail would be looked into by a manager and that they would get back to me as "soon as they had more information."

Updated On: 10/16/17 at 04:20 PM

After Eight said: "Gizmo6 said:

"It really irks me that people who support theatre their whole lives now can't get tickets when they stunt cast. "



Money knows no argument, and the market has a heart of stone. It doesn't know or care if the person with oodles of dough to spend has never seen a play before,or the onewith nary a sou is a lifelong theatregoer. The former wins every time."

Last I checked, no.one is obligated to complete a questionnaire proving their qualifications to be allowed to buy a ticket. They put them on sale and if you want to go, you buy a ticket. If they are sold out, that's the breaks. As has been famously said, it's show business and without the business, there is no show.

P.s. If you guys cared as much about supporting the theater as you claim, you should be happy a wider audience is discovering theater and may now be inclined to go on a more regular basis in the future instead of complaining about it being harder to score a cheap ticket.

Updated On: 10/16/17 at 05:39 PM

The only person I feel sorry for is the telecharge worker you shouted at. You were not wronged in any way. What are you looking for customer service to explain to you?

You bought a ticket, and shortly thereafter the price was lowered. They have every right to do that. Nothing about this is unfair.

You brought all this on yourself by checking the price of tickets after you bought yours, as you say, just for the hell of it.

Fannymae said: "I purchased my ticket thru Telecharge and then just for the hell of it I went back on Telecharge minutes later...."

(Emphasis added.) And THAT's where you went wrong!

Pricing has been fluctuating dramatically.

Bette's Turban said: "Line for SRO was outrageous this morning. I think a who;e group of ladies decided to come together. They only gave out the SRO seats with no extra tickets being sold."

Thanks for letting us know! I feel like Hello Dolly has the most varying SRO line these days, when I was trying to figure out about it to go on Friday the info was all over the place! Ended up massively over shooting how early to arrive. How early did people arrive today?