THE MUSIC MAN Announces Standing Room Policy With $76 Tickets — Page 2

Islander_fan said: "First off, management or ushers willNOTassist you in either finding or allowing you sit in an empty seat come intermission. Nor should they. Secondly, SRO has been selling out since day one. So, clearly there are people who are interested in seeing the show and spending that much money on standing room.

But, if you think that it’s crazy that people are nuts for paying that amount to stand, All I can say is that there’s a sucker born every minute"





"there’s a sucker born every minute" --

Hey, that con man may have also been portrayed by Hugh but his name is Barnum (aka The Greatest Showman)

Islander_fan said: "Secondly, SRO has been selling out since day one. So, clearly there are people who are interested in seeing the show and spending that much money on standing room."



The article made it sound like SRO tix were only becoming available TODAY, if your above statement is correct - why the heck are they making an announcement about it now? Also: the grosses don't seem to reflect the selling of SRO seats....from my quick look there isn't a week listed as being 100% sold out, and certainly none showing above that - to account for SRO seats.

Updated On: 5/17/22 at 07:20 AM

bwayphreak234 said: "I think I only paid $35 for SRO at HELLO, DOLLY! with Bette Midler..."



I’m fairly certain that SRO for Bette was more like $50. I think when Bette left they started selling rush for $35. I could be misremembering the exact numbers but I’m pretty sure those were roughly the price points.

I remember back in the 80s, you could get an SRO ticket for A Chorus Line for $10 and the ushers would tell you to sit anywhere in the half-empty orchestra.

You know the reference would still work, if SRO tickets were 76 cents.



Maybe I'm missing the greedy precedent, but I've never heard of SRO being more expensive than rush tickets.

Well, if one wants to go way back (and I do), you could have gotten standing room for Funny Girl, Bye Bye Birdie, and Fiddler for about $2.90 to $3.50.

BCfitasafiddle said: "Are the $49 rush tickets still available?"

Yes

''First off, management or ushers will NOT assist you in either finding or allowing you sit in an empty seat come intermission.''

I won't presume to know what happens at the Winter Garden, but I'll tell you about a wonderful experience I had at ''Hadestown'' (summer 2019) at the Walter Kerr: I had bought standing room for myself and my friend, and we could see perfectly fine at the back of the orchestra. At the intermission, a member of the theater staff offered to seat us, so we wound up in empty seats in the second row of the orchestra, where the view was fantastic. So kudos to the staff at the Walter Kerr!

Updated On: 5/19/22 at 02:18 AM

''There is a big difference in this respect between Hadestown and Music Man. Music Man is sold out every night. Hadestown not so much.''

When I saw ''Hadestown,'' it had just won the Tonys a couple months earlier, and it was selling out. One of the reasons I bought standing room was because the orchestra seats were so expensive. Again, I didn't ask to be seated. A member of the theater staff made the offer. At any rate ...

I've done standing room many times. And never expected to be seated. And I've seen others race to fill empty seats during the intermission. ...

I also can see why many don't understand standing room. They're looking for a bargain, so they might be underestimating how physical it is, or how high the balcony is. Sometimes, it's hard to tell what's involved until you attempt it.

Updated On: 5/19/22 at 03:19 PM

Wow. That’s weird. Never knew Atlantic had SRO.