price increase

[once a month]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 6:40am

I'm surprised that no one has brought up what was in the NY Times on Wednesday. Over the past month Wicked, Mamma Mia and Spamalot increased it's top tickets to $110 each. Of course, there are GOOD seats available costing hundreds through the producers and scalpers...(one and the same actually)...for each performance. Hey, I'm upset....110 for rear and side orchestra seats, and front mezz seats, and nearly all the other shows on Broadway will follow course. Is anyone outraged?

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 6:52am

Now i mean this in a nice way, but i don't think any body on this board pays full price.

[BJC899]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 6:54am

NBC said the other week that the Lion king will be going to $115

:-0

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 7:22am

Had you used the search feature you would have found at least two threads on this very topic.

[once a month]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 9:41am

Why should I search for a topic when I clearly don't care if its already in use? I just wanted to get a point across in under five minutes of breaktime. Who are you...the message board police? You obviously spend way too much time on the board. In the time you took to bust my balls...you could've offered your opinion, popculture boy...

rosscoe...you're right, I seldom pay full price, but the quality of the seat locations available at those discount prices are excessively limited, until the shows been around quite a while (Fiddler and Mamma Mia)...I wouldn't mind paying fuill price if I was quaranteed a 10th row center!

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 10:09am

I feel bad for DRS and Piazza...they raised their prices too and nobody seems to care...

[jasobres]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:20am

Well, first gas prices now Broadway tickets! What's next? (insert your own joke here)???

[twogaab2]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:23am

And they wonder why the theater is having trouble attracting audiences.

[bschneid76]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:29am

You know what is sad? I just got two old magazines from 1980 and 1981. The magazine was called After Dark, and they shows what was playing on B-way at the time and the top price for a ticket was 22.50. Now, that was only 25 years ago! And now it's 80 + more. I know there's infation but come on. I'm glad i can get a student price or TDF at the moment.

[pndmnd]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:29am

Just to play devil's advocate:

Theatre's are having to deal with the increased gas prices, too. I know ticket prices are higher than they used to be to begin with, but that's part of inflation and the economy. Look at how much it costs to live in New York--they have to pay, not only the actors, but the designers, crew, building staff, maitnence staff, box office, ushers, etc. so that those people can live in the city and work for them. And increased gas prices aren't just going to affect cars and heating, but production of certain materials--materials that it will then cost shows more money to purchase.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 11:30am

You were so surprised nobody had brought up the topic. I was merely pointing out that had you searched, you'd've found that it had in fact already been discussed.

And it's equally unsurprising that the 3 review proof tourist sell out shows are the first to raise the price.

[billyrubin]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 12:28pm

It's just market forces at work. Supply & demand.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 10/27/05 at 12:56pm

I pay full price, on occasion...my choice, of course. I find it easier sometimes to do so.