Spring Awakening breaks the mold again in 6 hours?! — Page 4

So, here is an update....

I got my text message with the confirmation code at 4:12 this afternoon.

I put the code in on the site, and was re-directed to the Broadway Offers site (where you go to buy discount tickets through Telecharge). Once there, you put in your information, and then you can actually select your seats (maximum of 2) just as you normally would be able to. So, I would guess they are using this as a way to get rid of unsold tickets. But, you can choose the section of the theater you want, and when the seats come up, you have the option to decline and search again. Not bad.

However, here's where they lost me. When you go to purchase the tickets, what they have not told you up to this point, is that they're going to add all of the telecharge fees on to the cost of the ticket. That means an additional $9.50. So, the tickets actually cost about $50.00, not $40.00. So, a bit of false advertising on their part, and that annoyed me. Perhaps, however, that's a bug, and they'll work that out.

$50.00 tickets still isn't bad, but it's not what was advertised.

I took a pass, tonight, though.

FWIW, the seats I was offered were M6, K7, P109 in the orchestra. Not bad seats.

Weren't they supposed to text you by 3 pm? I'm just wondering if this is actually worth it, especially since I would have to take a 1.5 hour train ride into the city...

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Damn, if more shows start doing this, I just may have to break down and get me one of those f*****g cell phone things!

Frankly, I think it's something that should be applauded, and more shows should do it. It makes a lot of sense to sell unsold seats at a discount in the hours before a show, rather than have them go empty.

Updated On: 5/4/09 at 07:31 PM

This is an incredible idea. Seriously.

I love it.