Ticket Pricing...
Sun, 30 Apr 2000, 03:02 pmWalter Plinge11 posts in thread
Ticket Pricing...
Sun, 30 Apr 2000, 03:02 pmI know that you'll all have a 1000 answer's to this one but still.....
I'd like to complain about the price of musical tickets these days, $16/17 for an adult!! I know that the prices of rights etc etc have gone up but really this is getting a bit much. Trying to convince my non theatre friends to pay this is like trying to pull teeth. As one told me last week for this price I could, see a movie, get into a club and have a drink, buy a good bottle of wine or several 100 other things all of which she thought might be more fun than an amature musical. Another friend who would get the student rate said he really couldn't afford $15 for one show, for this he could see 2 movies at Luna Cinemas. My own father thinks he is being ripped off!
I think perhaps the fact that Assassins sold out plus more on 1/2 price night might say somthing.
Some-one has to complain.....
I'd like to complain about the price of musical tickets these days, $16/17 for an adult!! I know that the prices of rights etc etc have gone up but really this is getting a bit much. Trying to convince my non theatre friends to pay this is like trying to pull teeth. As one told me last week for this price I could, see a movie, get into a club and have a drink, buy a good bottle of wine or several 100 other things all of which she thought might be more fun than an amature musical. Another friend who would get the student rate said he really couldn't afford $15 for one show, for this he could see 2 movies at Luna Cinemas. My own father thinks he is being ripped off!
I think perhaps the fact that Assassins sold out plus more on 1/2 price night might say somthing.
Some-one has to complain.....
RE: Ticket Pricing... Me first!!!
Sun, 30 Apr 2000, 04:10 pmWalter Plinge
My first reaction was:
1).If one would rather go to see a movie and go out to a club for a drink (and it would only be one drink on a $17 budget) then so be it! Not everyone likes musicals just as not everyone (me especially) likes the tragic noise (which makes my ears bleed) they call dance music.
2).You pay around $70 to see a professional musical and the standard of amateur shows is getting right up there.
but then I pondered the issue a little further:
I do see your point about the two-for-one thing. In my experience, shows (both amateur & pro) often suffer from poor houses. Is it better to have 100 audience members paying $10 ($1000) or 13 paying $17 ($221)? The answer appears to be clear financially
BUT
will more 'non-theatre' people in fact come to see a show because it is cheaper or have they just been using "it's too expensive" as an excuse? (Hey, come and see this amateur show - Sorry, it costs too much - It's only ten bucks now - That's pretty reasonable but I forgot that I'm scrubbing the soles of my Grandpa's feet tonight!) It would be absolutely devastating to most clubs if they were to drop the price to $10 and still only get 13 people turning up to a performance.
I would love to hear any other thoughts on all this!
Gill
1).If one would rather go to see a movie and go out to a club for a drink (and it would only be one drink on a $17 budget) then so be it! Not everyone likes musicals just as not everyone (me especially) likes the tragic noise (which makes my ears bleed) they call dance music.
2).You pay around $70 to see a professional musical and the standard of amateur shows is getting right up there.
but then I pondered the issue a little further:
I do see your point about the two-for-one thing. In my experience, shows (both amateur & pro) often suffer from poor houses. Is it better to have 100 audience members paying $10 ($1000) or 13 paying $17 ($221)? The answer appears to be clear financially
BUT
will more 'non-theatre' people in fact come to see a show because it is cheaper or have they just been using "it's too expensive" as an excuse? (Hey, come and see this amateur show - Sorry, it costs too much - It's only ten bucks now - That's pretty reasonable but I forgot that I'm scrubbing the soles of my Grandpa's feet tonight!) It would be absolutely devastating to most clubs if they were to drop the price to $10 and still only get 13 people turning up to a performance.
I would love to hear any other thoughts on all this!
Gill
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