Side Show tickets at TKTS

[musicaltheatreman2]

Posted: 12/31/14 at 12:39pm

Has anyone bought tickets for side show at TKTS? If so how much were they and where were the tickets located? Thank you! :)

[Up In One]

Posted: 12/31/14 at 12:54pm

I just checked Telecharge for the remaining performances and they are pretty well sold, they may not use TKTS this weekend. You are probably better off using broadwaybox.com so you know where you are sitting if you can snag a ticket.

[VotePeron]

Posted: 12/31/14 at 1:08pm

Most Broadway show tickets at TKTS are around $75, and are most often best available in the orchestra or front mezz.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/31/14 at 1:13pm

Looks like TDF seats are gone now. They may have what has eluded them up until now - a sellout or nearly one.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/31/14 at 1:28pm

I would love to see this show go out with a bang.

[ethan231h]

Posted: 12/31/14 at 1:58pm

There are 2 tickets left for tomorrow's 7 pm show for $49

[Auggie27]

Posted: 12/31/14 at 6:32pm

I checked for the Sunday matinee, the final show, and there were plenty of seats in the mezz, only about 20 in the orchestra. By the day it will go clean, to be sure (and I wonder if consideration has been given to opening the balcony for the close?) Sad, but it's nice to see it filled at the end. I was there this past Sunday, and the house was just about full. I was upstairs, and unlike the first time I went, there were only a handful of singles.

It was cheered to the rafters, genuinely. It was a wonderful performance, everyone in top form, the leads especially strong and heartbreaking.

[musicaltheatreman2]

Posted: 1/1/15 at 12:45pm

if i use the broadwaybox discount code at the box office, will the box office have different seats than what are being sold online at telecharge? and if so will they be better? thanks!

[Robbie2]

Posted: 1/3/15 at 10:14pm

I doubt many as I hear it is pretty much sold out for the final weekend shows as so many fans are very SAD that once again SS is closing in January after a fall opening.

If Side Show were in a smaller theater in the 1000 seats or less range...I feel it would have lasted to the Tony Awards as I believe word of mouth would have caught on eventually but slowly for a show that is terribly hard to market even with the positive reviews it received.

Updated On: 1/3/15 at 10:14 PM

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 1/3/15 at 10:30pm

Their weekly nut was reported to be in the $550,000 range. They've had one barely profitable week. It was highly unlikely that even if they hadn't been threatened with the stop clause by the theatre owners that they could have held out until the spring.

I love the show, though I admit that the script and score changes made for this production left me lukewarm at best. I don't think a smaller theatre would have helped, as it would not have had much of an effect on running costs or ticket sales. Even in their higher attendance weeks they were still at a pretty low average ticket price, so clearly not many people were interested in paying full price for it.

[binau]

Posted: 1/4/15 at 12:14am

I don't know what real-world effect it would have, but I do see financial advantages of a smaller theatre. Decreased supply might increase demand (less discount codes), the buzz of a full theatre creates better word of mouth I would guess (nothing that kills the mood more than an empty, dead audience), potential better experience for theatre goers because of the more intimate setting creating better word of mouth etc.

Still, the show just never took off. Maybe a show like the 2011 FOLLIES could have benefited from a slightly smaller theatre because there was initial demand that with a smaller theatre could have been sustained for longer (the biggest issue was that they weren't selling the cheaper Mezz tickets - people were still happy to pay full price for orchestra). But when there is no spark, there's no spark.