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...
Sun, 30 Apr 2000, 10:19 pmWalter Plinge
As a lurker observing the conversation here for some time, I feel compelled to add my '2 bits' worth to the discussion:
There is a flip side to this coin - call me devil's advocate if you will - I think $16.00 to see a live musical show is outrageously low: It isn't a movie or a club, it is a live performance:
I think by charging low, you could be underselling yourselves - creating the expectation that the show isn't worth more than that: How about doing a couple of nominal rate performances before the show opens - selling rehearsals more or less: Try to get the word out beforehand that this is worth it:
Every single thing in this world is more expensive than it was: Any endevour reliant on people / talent / skill must cost more than it did. Anyone who can't accept this isn't living in the real world.
How about some 'value adding' to the performances - raise ticket price and include drinks if that is what the audience wants: Add a post performance supper - catering is a hell of a lot cheaper to produce than it looks:
Jus food for thought -
I enjoy reading your notes by the way - Thank You.
John
There is a flip side to this coin - call me devil's advocate if you will - I think $16.00 to see a live musical show is outrageously low: It isn't a movie or a club, it is a live performance:
I think by charging low, you could be underselling yourselves - creating the expectation that the show isn't worth more than that: How about doing a couple of nominal rate performances before the show opens - selling rehearsals more or less: Try to get the word out beforehand that this is worth it:
Every single thing in this world is more expensive than it was: Any endevour reliant on people / talent / skill must cost more than it did. Anyone who can't accept this isn't living in the real world.
How about some 'value adding' to the performances - raise ticket price and include drinks if that is what the audience wants: Add a post performance supper - catering is a hell of a lot cheaper to produce than it looks:
Jus food for thought -
I enjoy reading your notes by the way - Thank You.
John
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