Who's buyin' the tickets?
Who's buyin' the tickets?
Baylink
Chorus Member Joined: 3/23/09
#1Who's buyin' the tickets?
Posted: 2/24/10 at 9:30am
In a thread about the Dirty Dancing tour, jennamajig notes:
> My mom would love it.
And that leads me to wonder: what's the latest reading on who's buying the tickets, on-Broadway?
Is it theatre lovers like the people who hang out on here?
Or is it Jenna's mom? 
(Clearly, I know, it's a mix; my perception is to assume it's about 70/30 "mom's", but I'm curious whether anyone's got better numbers...)
tamra2
Stand-by Joined: 1/9/07
#2Who's buyin' the tickets?
Posted: 2/24/10 at 9:53am
i'm too lazy to do it but search through his blog... he always posts an abridged version of the study done by (i think) broadway league
http://kendavenport.typepad.com/
(it is an excellent blog to read in general)
Baylink
Chorus Member Joined: 3/23/09
#2Who's buyin' the tickets?
Posted: 2/24/10 at 10:28am
Oh, my... it certainly is, isn't it?
Nice get; thanks.
tamra2
Stand-by Joined: 1/9/07
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#4Who's buyin' the tickets?
Posted: 2/24/10 at 1:10pm
What a great blog...thanks for posting it.
Any talk about "who" is buying tix seem to come from Telecharge...which makes sense. They'd easily be able to tell from what zip codes the majority of tix are being purchased.
Interesting results...basically divided into 4 areas:
Manhattan residents
Borough residents (but only mentioned slightly)
Tri-State Suburban
Tourists.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Baylink
Chorus Member Joined: 3/23/09
#5Who's buyin' the tickets?
Posted: 2/24/10 at 3:16pm
Yeah, but that's not the split I'm really looking for; I'm not at all sure you can infer the degree to which someone considers themselves a Broadway Enthusiast just from where they live.
Now, how many *shows* they go to? Maybe, but the locals have a built in advantage, there.
#6Who's buyin' the tickets?
Posted: 2/24/10 at 3:24pmI hate that Tri-State suburban division. There are a lot of parts of the Tri-State area that aren't considered suburbs and are very different, socioeconomically, from what is traditionally considered a suburb.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#7Who's buyin' the tickets?
Posted: 2/24/10 at 4:52pmIt could also be misleading because I bet many of the frequent theatergoers, especially those who live in New York City, don't purchase through Telecharge.
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