Shakespeare in the Park Lines — Page 12

Also, the big snag, I think, with an in-person drawing is that they'd have to either limit the number of people who can sign up, designate a window of sign-up time, or both. So even though what time you arrive within the drawing window doesn't matter, you'll still get people lining up to make sure they're able to enter. If there's a cut-off at a certain number of people, they'll want to make sure they're within the first however many it is. If it's a set window of time, they'll want to be far enough forward in line that they're sure they get to sign up before the time runs out. (Didn't something like this happen with lottery for the final performance of Rent? I can't remember if anyone camped out or people just said they would, but I remember seeing it discussed.)

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Updated On: 7/13/09 at 12:16 AM

Whoa whoa whoa, I wasn't the one asking!

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But what if you only wanted one ticket? How would they keep count? I guess they could have differently coded stamps, but that seems more complicated than it's worth.

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There's nothing wrong with the virtual line other than that some people don't win it. That's the main complaint -- that it's difficult to win. Which, too bad. The other problem is that the server often crashes, but that is certainly fixable.

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that actually could work really well. they can do one in the park. one at the public and wasn't there another place they handed out tickets? and they could do one by the TKTS booth if they need to.

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You know, these problems would all go away if they would just stop putting on such wonderful productions for free.

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I'm not going to pretend that I have any solutions to this problem. However, the same problems exist with any suggestions.

A lottery? With that many people trying to get tickets...you could never HEAR the announcements...and you'd have gads of folks storming the ticket windows to "check" if their number was called. Also: it's just a chance. How often can people go for just a chance? Yes, I know the same applies to just waiting...but I think there you have a pretty good guesstimate of whether or not you'll get in.

I cannot imagine the clean up that ensues from the line. What a horrid shame. I "did" the line last year for Hair, my first time ever. We got there at about 5 - 5:30 and were 20th in line, or so. We were still able to start IN the park, althought I think that changed about a week after we went. I didn't see any trash being strewn about, and in fact, was impressed how friendly everyone was around us. What a difference a "movie star" makes. (And I'm not trying to disparage Hathaway, just the "fans".)

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yea, as much as i know alot of people that went just for Anne i don't think the majority went just to see her. it was really a great production with big names.

in response to nobody hearing their names called, i think they should use the numbered tickets to make it quicker to distribute and they can have either more than one person announcing the numbers. or they could buy a big dry erase board and write the number and hold it up on a pole. just a suggestion. i know there's no way around the amounts of people that come.

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Hang on - why are you calling The Bacchae a flop already?

It's a weird ancient Greek play directed by ANNE BOGART I believe. With the most no-name cast they've had in the park for years (except for Hair which is supposed to be all young people cast anyway), which makes it even less exciting. I expect bad-to-mediocre reviews like for Hamlet the other year and good houses due to its being free Shakespeare in the park.

So much for an open mind. None of those things automatically make it a flop. Let's have a look before we start calling it one, hmmm? Just sayin'.

Having said that, Anne Bogart is involved and she's well-known for wacky experimentation. I think it's going to be a hoot. Bet yer ass I'll be there.

Updated On: 7/13/09 at 07:03 PM

Jonathan is a draw, but mostly to his established (limited) fan base, and certainly not anywhere near on the level of someone like a true household name like Anne Hathaway.

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