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#151

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 6/29/07 at 12:28pm

If you don't like the high prices either buy the $25 tickets that will probably be either rush or lotto, or just buy one of the 60-80 tickets in the balcony. There's no reason why you can't just sit in the balcony or in one of the further back seats. Me, personally I really don't care where I sit as long as I get a ticket to see it.
#152

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 6/29/07 at 12:54pm

Why are you curious? So you can make some b**chy comment back? No thanks. Go find something else to stew about before somebody drops a house on you.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
#153

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 6/29/07 at 1:02pm

"Oh, how nice of you. Tell me, why should Streisand not be mentioned in the same sentence as Brooks. I really am curious."

I'd say because Mel Brooks is a proven genius a dozen times over, and Barbra Streisand is just a very good singer, but of course I like Mel Brooks.
#154

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 6/29/07 at 1:14pm

No Princeton, I'm just curious as to what you meant by this:

"Don't even put Streisand and Mel Brooks in the same sentence."

I honestly don't know what you meant by that comment. Is it that you think it is OK for Streisand to charge the prices she does, or that you think what Streisand charges is worse than what Brooks charges.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#155

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 6/29/07 at 1:32pm

Of course. Streisand is standing alone on a blank stage singing old songs. That's worth way more than an original musical by one of our finest humorists featuring an all-star cast.
#157

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:26pm

I think the price point is fairly appalling, but 120 seats in an 1800+ seat house is less than ten percent of the seats. I think a little perspective might help the sticker shock. Producers will always charge what the market will bear and only time can tell what this particular market will tolerate.
#158

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 6/30/07 at 5:20pm

I really do find this disgusting.
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#160

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 11/9/07 at 11:48pm

Supply. Demand.
Sorta makes me bummed though.
The elitist nature of what MB's in particular is producing.

A lover of theater for decades. Teacher by day. Family man by night. See more theater than most, oftentimes a hesitant plus one.
#161

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 12/22/07 at 9:25pm

well the reviews are in and the truth speaks louder than the the hype from Mel ....they have full price $120.00 tickets for this Saturday Dec. 29th ....one of the hottest days of the year for theater and they have lowered the vip seating to the normal $120.00 face ,,,what balls they had pricing this show soo high before it even got seen by anyone ....

looks like alot of people have egg on thier face
#163

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:33pm

billynj: I bought tickets for $120 and got an aisle seat in ROW D on the side orchestra. One time I also found Row A Seat 116 for the normal price. I wonder if they are just lowering the price of premium tickets to normal prices for single seats.

Unless you care about being dead center, there really is no point in buying the most expensive tickets. As Elphabatize said (I'm editing this after she replied), if you plan ahead, you should find something.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

Updated On: 12/22/07 at 10:33 PM

#164

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:40pm

Why was this thread even bumped?
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#165

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:43pm

Um, I got Row BB (ie. first row) on the aisle in the left orchestra for $120ish (can't remember the exact price). If you're smart and plan ahead, there's no need for the premium seats.
#166

re: Young Frankenstein face price is $451 on weekends

Posted: 12/22/07 at 11:34pm

I bought my tix in the Am Ex pre-sale and got great seats for $120. I also went to the BO after the general sale started and got similar seats for the same price. The only reason to pay premium prices is that you wake up that day and want to see the show. I still wouldn't pay $480 to see it, I'd wait and buy them from a ticket site. Just plan a week in advance and buy them from a ticket site if necessary. If people stop buying these tickets, they will lower the price. Don't buy into it, you're doing just what they want you to do.
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