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#26

The Whoopi Monologues - Lincoln Center (Off-Bwy)

I, too, bought LincTix the day they went on sale and there was a huge “!” next to every single date Washington was missing, along with a pop-up and a message on the ticket-purchasing screen.

It was absolutely disclosed, more than once, from the beginning.

#27

The Whoopi Monologues - Lincoln Center (Off-Bwy)

Still a big difference between disclosing right before someone is going to give you money, instead of disclosing with the original announcement when they obviously knew her dates. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#28

The Whoopi Monologues - Lincoln Center (Off-Bwy)

This situation was handled extremely poorly by LCT IMO. I don't know the LincTix situation, but I can speak to the regular Member Ticket situation.

LCT sends out a mailer about each show before the member pre-sale. In the mailer, it said that Kerry Washington was only going to be in the show until August 2nd. But neither the LCT website nor Telecharge said anything about this when Member Tickets went on sale. The exclamation points with Washington's absences were not there. The email LCT sent to members reminding them about the presale didn't say anything about it, either. I had forgotten about what it said in the mailer, and I bought a ticket for a later August date in the Member pre-sale. I am 100% sure that there was no mention on those websites on the day the Member Tickets went on sale.

I came across the mailer several days after the Member pre-sale had started, but before the general public sale date. At that time, there was still no mention on the websites about Washington's absence. I remember this because I thought that the lack of mentioning this may have meant that Washington changed her plans and was actually appearing in the entire run, so I asked on the phone if she was still leaving on August 2nd. I was told she was still leaving, and I changed my ticket, but I would not have needed to ask if the websites had told me.

I don't know when the exclamation points with the dates that Washington was out were added, but it was definitely not when Member Tickets first went on sale. And it still doesn't say anywhere at LCT.org that Washington will be out for half the run. I think there are going to be a lot of angry Members once August rolls around, which could have been completely avoided if they had put the exclamation points in from the very beginning.


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#30

The Whoopi Monologues - Lincoln Center (Off-Bwy)

I believe the LCT member ticketing site is the old Telecharge site…the one with tabs on top of the dates that you selected. The info wasn’t there when I purchased. Later on when I went into the regular Telecharge site, I saw the exclamation marks.

#31

The Whoopi Monologues - Lincoln Center (Off-Bwy)

This definitely sucks and I'm sorry that was your experience. The thing to remember with the non-profit union contracts, no one gets billed above title and there's no automatic trigger for an exchange/refund if a given star is out. So they don't have to go out of their way, but most orgs do because the nonprofit theater is dying and retention is of utmost importance.

Definitely something I've learned the hard way a time or two.

#33

The Whoopi Monologues - Lincoln Center (Off-Bwy)

Saw this last night and enjoyed it very much. All performances are great. Kecia Lewis is still calling for lines at this point, but it didn't bother me much as she recovers quickly with the same energy and carries on seamlessly. And, well, as a 65 year old actor myself, I empathized with her, given that the amount of dialogue she has is MASSIVE and it just becomes so much harder to remember after a certain age. IYKYK. I would recommend highly.

#36

The Whoopi Monologues - Lincoln Center (Off-Bwy)

I thought the production was ok. Some actors handled the material better than others. Kerry Washington gave a very focused interpretation which felt authentic while others seemed to meander in and out of the light pushing rather than inhabiting. I am sure it was much more impressive when Whoopi played all five characters. My guess is that her performance was genuine and had a strong core.

#38

The Whoopi Monologues - Lincoln Center (Off-Bwy)

Also, given the Kerry Washington kerfuffle, there appears to have been many returns on LINCTIX. Even though the website said “SOLD OUT”, there appeared to be quite a few when I had to go rebook mine, including Saturday nights


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#39

The Whoopi Monologues - Lincoln Center (Off-Bwy)

UWS10023 said: "I am sure it was much more impressive when Whoopi played all five characters. My guess is that herperformance was genuine and had a strong core."

Your guess is right.

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