If tickets to Broadway shows weren’t so goddamn expensive, maybe I’d spontaneously see the revival of “Gypsy” that got such a rave review in the Times this morning. I really want to. But $101.25 for an orchestra ticket, and $66.25 for a nosebleed balcony seat? Plus an additional 10 bucks if I order it online? I just can’t afford that right now. This is why I rarely see Broadway shows anymore, as much as I’d love to.
A show gets a terrific review — “Gypsy” or “Hairspray” or whatever — and I figure I’d better buy a ticket that very morning, or else it will be sold out for months. But I can’t afford it, so I wait, and then I figure, well, I’ve waited so long, I probably won’t be able to get a ticket now. So I wind up never seeing the show.
So instead I go to the movies, and I miss out on great theater.
Okay, you have options.
1)standing room – it’s usually in the $25 area and available at the box office on the day of the performance if the show is sold out.
2)wait a couple of months – nothing is ever truly sold out, not even HAIRSPRAY. If you want to have a seat and don’t mind paying full price, you will be able to get a ticket.
3)chances are this will be on the TKTS booth in Times Square as soon as new shows start opening in late summer/early fall.
Anyway, I hope you go.
Hey, this gives you a good excuse to see X-2 tonight. lol…
Don’t ya’all still have that 1/2 price ticket booth in Times Square?
Movies are better, anyway. I’d rather see 10 movies.
lemmee tell u sumpthin aboout gypsy, which i saw a couple weeks ago…
lame.
and listen, b4 u write that opinion off, i really looked forward to it, i really like peters, i really like the director…..
can u say wooden?
can u say “indicating?”
Another thing to consider: not all “great theater” is on Broadway. Maybe you should do a little digging for less mainstream stuff. The search as well as the discovery may turn out to be more rewarding.
and here’s me weighing in on the other side …
1. life’s short, see what you want to
2. charge it … it’s good for the economy and you’re going to make more money soon when you’re a city-living high-on-the-hog Manhattan boy
3. it’s (usually) better with the original cast so JUST GO
I agree. Broadway shows have become a little expensive. Ten years ago I though $65 was too much. Oh well. The TKTS booth in Times Square is definately the way to go. Generally you will pay around $45ish or less depending on the show. If you try during the week you generally have a better chance to get seats than if you try on the weekend.