TKTS Panning Nice Work.....

My friend was on line at TKTS yesterday and set out to see Nice Work cause she adores Matthew Broderick. The people that promote the shows at TKTS were totally downing Nice Work and saying it was not good at all. They were clearly promoting and advocating the play One Man One Guvunor. They were saying,"it was the funniest show on Broadway". Mind you my friend is a theatergoer but definitely not a theater maven so she really had no idea about either show. All she knew was that Matthew was in Nice Work. She had no clue about One Man One Guvunor.I saw Nice Work and thought it was nice enough but didn't see One Man and have no desire to see it despite the good reviews and the raves at tkts. It's not my type of show{not into farce at all}. Bottom line my friend ended up with 7th row center orch seats for P&B.That was based on my suggestion over the phone. I was set to join and her and I would much sooner see P&B again than sit through One Man for a first time. She was very close to getting the One Man tickets so their pursuasiveness worked and they also were able to steer her completely away from Nice Work, which she originally set out to see. My point is I didn't know they were able to push certain shows and pan others.

Updated On: 5/4/12 at 08:41 AM

First of all, it's ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS. ONE MAN, ONE GUVNOR wouldn't be much of a farce.

Second, how is this a big deal? Those people are hired specifically to give recommendations based on what they liked. It's why they are given tickets to see everything. So the one guy your friend talked to didn't enjoy NICE WORK and was trying to talk her against wasting her money on, in his opinion, a bad show. If she went to TKTS specifically to see NICE WORK and some guy almost convinced her to see ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS (the horror! that was a close one!), and then you convinced her to see PORGY & BESS instead, it seems to me the problem is not the people at TKTS, but your wishy-washy friend.

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Updated On: 5/4/12 at 08:51 AM

'First of all, it's ON MAN, TWO GUVNORS. ONE MAN, ONE GUVNOR wouldn't be much of a farce at all.'

Funny

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When in TKTS Times Square if anyone has any question please talk only to the people who are wearing TKTS Patron Services shirt, jackets, etc. They are employed by TDF to answer questions about how the booth works, but do not give 'personal reviews' on any shows. The most they would do is tell someone who is taking children if a show is appropriate. And this information is taken directly from a show's website.

All of the other people "working the line" are employed by marketing firms/ad agencies to promote specific shows and are not under the jurisdiction of TDF/TKTS as Duffy Square is a NYC park.

Yeah, I could see you getting paid to do that, too.

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LuPone76 really needs a bit of help. I had a rough time understanding what the devil was being said in the original post.

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The odds are good that your wish will be fulfilled.

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you have to feel sorry for the people from TDF who work the line, how many times a day do they get asked if they have tickets for The Lion King, Wicked or Book of Mormon?

It is their opinion and I don't see the big deal in them expressing it. Your friend is the consumer and has to decide if she values the opinion of somebody selling tickets. IMO - if I really wanted to see somebody like Matthew Broderick I don't think my mind could be changed by somebody in the box office.

I've been one of these people, and when they hire you they tell you to have a good understanding of all the other shows running because you're bound to get asked questions about the shows. If I saw the show in question and didn't like it, and someone asked me what I thought about it, sure, I'd say it wasn't worth their money. I don't see the big deal.

It was his opinion. His taste. His recommendation.