TheQuibbler said: "JSquared2 said: “Please consider going back to just "lurking". Your sense of entitlement is exhausting. HNY!"
Not sure it’s entitlement so much as an acknowledgment that we used to get a better product for a cheaper price and now we get an inferior product for an inflated price. Rush and lottery tickets used to feel special; it’s perfectly acceptable to long for those earlier days."
Hmm, I remember even EARLIER days when there was no such thing as a "lottery". The producers have absolutely NO obligation to offer ANY discounts. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
It is the same "entitlement" that gets people upset because, "I waited in freezing rain for TWO HOURS and Sutton had the nerve not to come out and sign my playbill. She owes it to us!"
How can people be so ungrateful and criticize something they have no god given right to? Yes, entitlement. Grow up.
I mean let's be real...knowing the show isn't selling well and winning a lottery ticket only to find out that you are on the sides of the balcony really sucks.
The show hasn't been selling well, so, realistically, there should be options if stuck with a lottery seat you don't like. Rather than suffering in silence, I'd start by asking the box office if there's anything they could do. If that didn't work, I'd go in early and start scoping out better seat locations, and, at the very least, I'd plan on moving at intermission. Even asking to do standing room for the first act, and then finding an empty orchestra seat for act two seems preferable to being annoyed in the balcony the whole show. For $40, I wouldn't mind putting in some leg work to make myself more comfortable.
Lola Getz2 said: "TheQuibbler said: "JSquared2 said: “Please consider going back to just "lurking". Your sense of entitlement is exhausting. HNY!"
Not sure it’s entitlement so much as an acknowledgment that we used to get a better product for a cheaper price and now we get an inferior product for an inflated price. Rush and lottery tickets used to feel special; it’s perfectly acceptable to long for those earlier days."
Hmm, I remember even EARLIER days when there was no such thing as a "lottery". The producers have absolutely NO obligation to offer ANY discounts. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
It is the same "entitlement" that gets people upset because, "I waited in freezing rain for TWO HOURS and Sutton had the nerve not to come out and sign my playbill. She owes it to us!"
How can people be so ungrateful and criticize something they have no god given right to? Yes, entitlement. Grow up.
Huss417 said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "I wonder if they’ll post closing today?"
Why would they post a closing notice on a Monday? Not sure what you have against this show but your last prediction didn't happen either."
what last prediction? I don’t recall becoming a psychic? Maybe I did? I did think it was Tuesday today that’s why I wondered if they might post closing today? Maybe tomorrow.
I’m sure they will try to get to the Tonys unless they take some giant nose dive. Most producers know the winter is the worst. Granted they have been promoting the crap out of this. Maybe the gold age big tap dance style show is just of the past?
On my way to see the show for the fifth time tonight with three friends who saw the film over the holidays. Paying the most I have yet - I really shouldn’t have, as it was most of my holiday ‘bonus’ but I want things to turn around for this show so much.
I was also thinking, this is a splashy musical that could tour with very little adjustments to the physical production…do select/major cities, get Mariah to make an appearance at one of them. A girl can dream, right? I still think there’s more they could be doing with promotion but that seems to be a touchy subject lately.
GiantsInTheSky2 said: "I was also thinking, this is a splashy musicalthat could tour with very little adjustments to the physical production…do select/major cities, get Mariah to make an appearance at one of them. A girl can dream, right? I still think there’s more they could be doing with promotion but that seems to be a touchy subject lately."
If the producers can’t even get Mariah to show up to see this on Broadway, what makes you think Mimi would show up to a second tier touring production?
The reviews tell me it’s funny but not particularly sexy. The two songs they’ve performed on TV seem generic. They remind me of the catchier corresponding songs in Sugar.
The LGBT press hasn’t been promoting this as a queer romance, so I’m assuming that’s a minor subplot. At this point the only thing that would get me to buy a ticket is a stellar cast album.
MrsSallyAdams said: "The LGBT press hasn’t been promoting this as a queer romance, so I’m assuming that’s a minor subplot. At this point the only thing that would get me to buy a ticket is a stellar cast album."
Because there really is no "queer romance". Osgood doesn't know until the end. And it is a big part of the plot in Act II.
uncageg said: "MrsSallyAdams said: "The LGBT press hasn’t been promoting this as a queer romance, so I’m assuming that’s a minor subplot. At this point the only thing that would get me to buy a ticket is a stellar cast album."
Because there really is no "queer romance". Osgood doesn't know until the end. And it is a big part of the plot in Act II.
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There is a queer romance - Daphne is queer and falls in love with Osgood.
Someone on Twitter pointed out the delightful chaos of how the J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre just announced that their lineup will include a production of Sugar, so there'll be SLIH musicals playing both on and off Broadway at the same time.
uncageg said: "MrsSallyAdams said: "The LGBT press hasn’t been promoting this as a queer romance, so I’m assuming that’s a minor subplot. At this point the only thing that would get me to buy a ticket is a stellar cast album."
Because there really is no "queer romance". Osgood doesn't know until the end. And it is a big part of the plot in Act II."
SPOILER ALERT:
I'm not so sure. I believe it's suggested that Osgood knew all along that Daphane was trans - it just didn't matter to him. Daphane, on the other hand, didn't know that Osgood knew. In the musical, Jerry/Daphne gets to the point of saying, “You don’t understand—” only to be interrupted by Osgood: “Daphne, my dear, I do understand. And I think you’re perfect.”