Paid Full Price

Posted: 10/31/03 at 11:38pm

What were the last Broadway shows for which you paid full ticket price?

For me, most recently while in London, ANYTHING GOES and A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, both in the West End.

Broadway Bulldog.

Updated On: 11/1/03 at 11:38 PM

[JosieG1111]

Posted: 10/31/03 at 11:41pm

Phantom, spring break last year...I was stupid and woke up from my friends place late and didnt want to wait in the half price line so I went to the box office and handed over $100..got row D...it was totally dumb of me because there was deffinetly nobody in the theatre. Again, March 2003 nobody was buying phantom tickets and it was prob. all over the ticket booth..but ya I paid $100

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/31/03 at 11:43pm

Hairspray & The Producers ( 2 nd & last time )

Future Full Pricers

Boy from Oz in December & Wicked in February. I will also be getting my wife ( as a stocking stuffer for Christmas) tickets to Ave Q, Gypsy or another one but will try for a discount on something

[Dollypop]

Posted: 10/31/03 at 11:51pm

THE BOY FROM OOZE last weekend. What a rip-off! Heck, it would be a rip-off even if I got my ticket with a deep discount!

[PennyLou]

Posted: 10/31/03 at 11:57pm

Hairspray My mom paied full price the first time I saw the show. I payed the 100 for a cancelation ticket at Marissa's last show (2nd timeI saw the show) and the 4th time I wanted to sit in the row that Jackie Hoffman climbs acrosse so I had to pay full price. But the 6 other shows i have seen this year (all differen't shows) where all dicounted or Ruch tickets

Updated On: 11/1/03 at 11:57 PM

[etoile]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 12:01am

I hear you and agree, DP. Add AVENUE Q to my list. Talk about over-hyped! And before that LITTLE SHOP. Yea, I've been on a loosing streak.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 12:02am

More often than not I pay full price for tickets because I prefer to have center front orchesra seats. I also prefer to have them weeks if not months ahead of time, rather than standing on a ridiculous line for an hour or more to get rush or lottery tickets and worrying that I might not even get them. I think I've only been to the TKTS booth 2 or 3 times in my life.

[CJR]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 1:09am

I can't remember the last time I paid for a show in general, let alone full price....

Um... it was probably Chicago (duh), and I want to say it was the first performance at the Ambassador last January cause Roxane was going on as Mama.

[BroadwayBaby3]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 1:31am

Chicago... I loved it and it was worth every penny. I had 3rd row center seats, it was great.

Oh, and Broadway Bulldog, did you see John Barrowman in Anything Goes? He's a good friend of mine.

Posted: 11/1/03 at 7:33am

Yes, did indeed see John Barrowman in GOES. It was a terrific show, gamely put together by Nunn, and John looked as if he and and all the cast were having a great time. He and they certainly made it very enjoyable for the audience.

Bulldog.

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:54am

I paid full price for Movin' Out and Cabaret this past summer.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 9:05am

Paid full price for "Hairspray" during the holidays last year (defintely worth it); and paid full price for "The Producers" in April (hated it).

[JakeB]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 9:10am

Only twice - The Witches of Eastwick final performance in London at the grand price of £37.50(!) and Beauty and the Beast in London at £32.50! (won't break the bank)

[Maggie]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 9:10am

My girlfriend got tired of standing in the TKTS line on my birthday so she went across the street and bought full price tickets for MILLIE.

[Benzy92]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 9:25am

The last time I think was Gypsy...

[chasing_rainbows43]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 10:18am

Chicago, about....almost 3 years ago.
I <3 rush tix and TKTS. (and working across from tkts. makes the 7:45 rush that much easier!)

[KChenowethfan]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 10:25am

Gypsy. I was in NY on business and a meeting was cancelled. I stood in line at TKTS and saw nothing that I wanted to see (or hadn't already seen) and went over to the Box Office and bought full price front mezz seats to see Gypsy that night.

[CourtneyM]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 10:28am

i paid full price for wicked and right after i bought my tickets the discount came out. it was definitely worth the money.

[NativeNewYorker]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 10:37am

I got my mom tickets for Mamma Mia! and Movin' Out for Christmas last year and paid full price for both.

However, I have see about two shows a month since then and haven't paid full-price since. I LOVE TKTs. I've gotten front row mezz for Aida and Little Shop, 3rd row center for La Boheme, and box seats (which were actually pretty uncomfortable) for The Boy From Oz. Plus, it's a lot of fun waiting on it and talking to people.

Some young guy and his mom were in front of us last week and the guy was asking me questions about how fast the line moves, etc. I was answering, and he goes, "How do you KNOW all of this?" I admitted that I was kinda addicted to Broadway, and he goes, "Well, that's a good addiction to have...it's not like you're addicted to drugs...or beating the crap out of your boyfriend or something..." Still trying to figure that one out.

Also, broadwaybox.com is EXCELLENT.

Posted: 11/1/03 at 11:01am

Into the Woods.
(with Ms Vanessa)

[MusicalDirector109]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 11:02am

"Hairspray" all sis times in the cancellation line. My seat was always 8th row center or better. I prefer paying full price because I love sitting in the orchestra. I want the energy of the performers coming right at me!!!!! Any suggestions of what to see next weekend? I'll be in town from Thursday (11/6) to Saturday night (11/. Hoping to see 4 shows. Thanks!!!

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 11:57am

I paid full price for the last preview night of WICKED, and paid full price for AVENUE Q as I am seeing it again in two weeks with two friends from L.A.

AVENUE Q is almost never discounted.

But I don't feel bad. Barry paid $40 to see SIX DANCE LESSONS and hopes the show will close this weekend "so I can get my @$#@&(#&#&^% money back!"

[mmFan]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 3:15pm

Mamma Mia. I'm from Canada so when my husband and I came to NY earlier this year, I wanted to ensure that we had tickets for Mamma Mia and that we had good seats (we got row E center so it was worth the full price...even with the exchange!)

[GirlfriendFromCanada]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 3:24pm

Thinking back, I think it was July of 2001, when I saw Rent for the second time.

I'm in college and my school offers $25 trips to the city which includes the price of the ticket of the show we go to see. I take great advantage of that and have managed to see almost every show I'd have liked to with it (The Producers, Lion King, Cabaret, Movin Out) for either that price or free, since I help to chaperone the trips. I think my school gets a discount on them as well, but they are usually great seats (we have front tables for Cabaret tomorrow). I've paid full price for mezzanine or balcony seats, but I think you mean FULL full price. I'm sure once I graduate, I'll be wanting more full price seats, but I do the best I can to not pay full price whenever possible.

[logan30]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 3:47pm

I work for a firm that does business with all three major theatre chains so associates are able to purchase house seats to their shows. The tickets are also full price. I like to sit in the first row of the front mezzanine so I'd rather purchase pay full price than take a risk on the TKTS line. I'm a subscriber to the Roundabout, MTC, and Playwright's Horizons so those tickets are included in the subscription price. As a member of Lincoln Center Theatre, I get tickets at a special member's price. For off-broadway shows, I always try buy discounted seats unless the show is impossible to get tickets to (in smaller theatres there is usually not a bad seat in the house) .