Update: AIN'T NO MO extended thru December 23! Yay! — Page 11

RippedMan said: "As someone who is a white and VERY liberal, I do wonder if Broadway is overcorrecting itself with all these message type plays. And sorry for the generalization. I'd actually love to see Ain't No Mo, but I'm not currently in the city. But it, and a lot of other shows, feel very "preaching to the choir" and I don't feel the need to spend my $ on that notion."


The issue is that the audience has not caught up to the work, and the audience for plays is already extremely limited. "White plays" with no stars have a hard enough time, and that audience is somewhat more dependent than a full-priced Black ticketbuying public. Meanwhile, "traditional theatergoers" have lots of options from which to choose, on and off Broadway, and LEOPOLDSTADT is the rare modern hit play with no stars.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "RippedMan said: "As someone who is a white and VERY liberal, I do wonder if Broadway is overcorrecting itself with all these message type plays. And sorry for the generalization. I'd actually love to see Ain't No Mo, but I'm not currently in the city. But it, and a lot of other shows, feel very "preaching to the choir" and I don't feel the need to spend my $ on that notion."


The issue is that the audience has not caught up to the work, and the audience for plays is already extremely limited. "White plays" with no stars have a hard enough time, and that audience is somewhat more dependent than a full-priced Black ticketbuying public. Meanwhile, "traditional theatergoers" have lots of options from which to choose, on and off Broadway, and LEOPOLDSTADT is the rare modern hit play with no stars."

Is Leopoldstadt not a "white play with no stars?"

And to be fair, I haven't seen this show - again, would love to - so I it's fair my comment grouping it into a "message" play is just about what I've read online. My point, I guess, is just since the pandemic, we haven't really seen any "the Play that goes wrong" type shows. It's all been very heavy or heavy meaning shows. Which is fine, but maybe not what people want right now.

haterobics said: "So how does one see this show now? The only day I could attend would be Saturday. There is no matinee listed on Telecharge. No tickets available for the night show. Not on TDF.... what am I missing?! Some celebrity bought all the seats, but how does one see the show if they want to?"



You buy a ticket to the extension week is how. TDF and most tickets for the rest of the weekend sold quickly with the closing announcement and rallying cry to save the show.

RippedMan said: "Also, interesting discussion happening on Reddit.



https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/zmw636/its_a_very_tiring_viewpoint_and_a_terrible_way_to/"

Fascinating, didn't real a whole lot, but there was a theme. Seems to boil down to what people value and how they want to spend their money. From many of the posts I read - Jordans or their equivalent make more sense logically in terms of use and resale potential. They are real and something you own and can reuse. Although there were a few arguments that the play was life altering and cultural events were important. Two comments I found particularly compelling. The first, which has been addressed here - "if it's so good, why did they reduce the price?" The other was to the effect of not caring for people telling black people what they should like, especially other black people.

Did we ever reach a consensus on what “buying out” a show means? Does that mean that all tickets are still on sale, so if I were to purchase a seat at $150, the production would essentially receive an additional $150 for that seat since it’s already been “purchased” by Tyler Perry (or whomever)?

Ain't No Mo' takes audiences onboard Flight 1619 with Black Americans flying to Africa on one-way tickets provided by the U.S. government. The play explores the 'what if' scenario under the guidance of flight attendant Peaches, a role played by playwright Jordan E. Cooper----

The subject matter may be the reason it is not appealing to a wide cross section of people.

TheQuibbler said: "Did we ever reach a consensus on what “buying out” a show means? Does that mean that all tickets are still on sale, so if I were to purchase a seat at $150, the production would essentially receive anadditional$150 for that seat since it’s already been “purchased” by Tyler Perry (or whomever)?"

Seconding this because I can't get a ticket for next week at all now.

ACL2006 said: "Not good if these buy outs are preventing the average Joe from getting a ticket."

As I noted a couple of days ago: you can't just throw something like this together at the last minute. The producers screwed up with initial marketing and now a lot of well-intentioned celebrities have bought out the house for a few nights and are sending notices for friends to come to the show. However, it doesn't appear that any accommodations were made for the general public to actually buy a ticket...or even some sort of organized give-aways.

Is there anyone involved in this show with management background?

Penna2 said: "ACL2006 said: "Not good if these buy outs are preventing the average Joe from getting a ticket."

As I noted a couple of days ago: you can't just throw something like this together at the last minute. The producers screwed up with initial marketing and now a lot of well-intentioned celebrities have bought out the house for a few nights and are sending notices for friends to come to the show. However, it doesn't appear that any accommodations were made for the general public to actually buy a ticket...or even some sort of organized give-aways.

Is there anyone involved in this show with management background?

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Since celebrities keep buying out shows, should it be assumed they'll announce another extension either Sunday or Monday? It is piss-poor management to keep the show afloat like this and keep doing one-week extensions out of desperation.

It’s a shame I’ll be back in NYC next week. Initially I thought it was closing so I bought tix to other shows. Now I can’t even find tix because they might be bought out. The intention of the show is to reach out to those who have been left out of Broadway. I’m not sure how this publicity stunt is helping the outreach other than keeping the company employed for a bit longer.

Actual critiques of the ideas others might be more helpful than a veiled retort that doesn't really add to the conversation.

Updated On: 12/17/22 at 07:26 AM

RippedMan said: "Haven't seen the show, so unsure of the subject matter regarding age, but I hope they're able to get some high school age kids in for these bought shows. Think it would be nice to get some of the younger generation in and inspire them to enjoy theater and live entertainment."

I would assuredly say this is NOT a show for that demographic. Granted, thresholds on appropriate content vary and I could definitely see the 16+ set being amused by some of the proceedings, but overall, I think it's mostly intended for an adult audience - just based on the conceit of some of the sketches alone (The abortion one and the prison one come to mind)

telecharge is now selling tickets thru 2/26/2023

Updated On: 12/17/22 at 05:23 PM