What effect will the heavy rains on Saturday have on TKTS and theater attendance?

[Bill63]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 12:00pm

Do you think more people will cancel their beach plans and stay in NYC and see a show or will the bad weather keep more people away from the theater?

[2]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 12:06pm

Hell, I'm still going to TKTS line for Sweeney tomarrow and I hate rain!

[folkyboy]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 12:16pm

yeah i doubt it'll effect it any as i'm still going to shows i have tickets for regardless

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 12:46pm

Tourists are already here for the long weekend. Everything should be playing to a full house.

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 1:11pm

Apparently a lot of people seem to think that bad weather will keep others away from waiting outdoors for tickets, so it sometimes happens that even more people show up. I don't know about TKTS specifically, but I remember one of the days I tried the Rent lotto. As I made my way down to the Nederlander it looked like it was about to pour--the sky was very threatening--so I figured my chances would be good because most people would be discouraged from waiting on line. When I got there, I instead found even more people than I expected--almost 100 for a Saturday matinee. I read later that that's not unusual: more people might actually show up because of bad weather, thinking that no one else will be there. I'd say it will probably be business as usual this weekend.

[Producer2]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 1:43pm

i've watched the tkts line for hours in time square in the rain from the hotel room in the marriott marquis hotel window. it might not be as long as when it's nice out, yet it's still very crowded.

[jboy1]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 2:17pm

When I was there last month and it was raining, I went to the Hairspray lottery and there were only about 25 people there so I think we all (except 3) got called.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 2:22pm

It means that the 10,000 people waiting in line for tix are going to be very wet.

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:22pm

I stood on that line for about an hour in the rain, I just got very wet. It was also very crowded.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 6:25pm

I don't think that the New York theater ever really considers the beach competition.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:15pm

All the performances will likely be cancelled, because, as we all know, actors are made of sugar.

[Hank]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:42pm

The new temp tkts booth is mostly sheltered under the Marriot Marquis.
I'll be down the (NJ) shore anyway, hopefully Sunday will be allright.

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:43pm

Its supposed to rain? I am going to New York tomorrow... that stinks.

[Vespertine1228]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:14am

The rain makes me sad because tomorrow was the only night I was available to go see Mother Courage and now I can't go. I don't want to wait 6 hours for tickets and then not be able to see it because of terrible rain. Oh well.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:20am

Why go to TKTS at all? There are plenty of discount sites where you can buy tickets at the box office, such as broadway box or Playbill. Just go to their websites and print out the discount, take it to the theatre and get your tickets. You can even use a credit card.

[kenmarksnj]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 10:24am

hairspray switches to a new schedule this sunday where there will be two shows on sunday... 1:30 and 6:30.

apparently all of the weekend shows are sold out thanks to tourists.