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... well second then!!!
Sun, 30 Apr 2000, 09:29 pmGill wrote:
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> Kimberley, you beat me!
And i must be coming in about lucky last :)
I'm going to side with Gillian on this one, but I think Phil is right to raise the question.
There's increasing pressure out there for leisure dollars and higher prices for theatre tickets would seem likely to weigh against large crowds attending community theatre productions.
I don't believe audiences necessarily have the same hesitance in paying top dollar for a professional show. I guess they might feel, rightly or wrongly, that there is a level of quality assurance involved for the pro' show that is not always there with a community theatre production.
I think there's a strong perception that some community theatre companies can be their own worst enemies in this respect. I'll often hear that company X put on a couple of very good shows last year, while the other two shows they did were, quite frankly, stinkers!
Unless an audience can feel assured that they will consistently see good quality productions at a particular community theatre company, then i'd consider their reluctance to pay higher prices entirely understandable.
I'll hasten to add here that I believe our professional theatre companies suffer from similar problems, if to a lesser degree.
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My other-angle/flip-side to all this is that some community theatre companies have been attempting to absorb rising costs for years without reflecting this in their ticket prices. I believe this has had a negative effect on production budgets and standards.
Ticket prices should and will rise and i believe most community theatre productions are worth an awful lot more than what i pay to see them.
Cheers
Grant
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> Kimberley, you beat me!
And i must be coming in about lucky last :)
I'm going to side with Gillian on this one, but I think Phil is right to raise the question.
There's increasing pressure out there for leisure dollars and higher prices for theatre tickets would seem likely to weigh against large crowds attending community theatre productions.
I don't believe audiences necessarily have the same hesitance in paying top dollar for a professional show. I guess they might feel, rightly or wrongly, that there is a level of quality assurance involved for the pro' show that is not always there with a community theatre production.
I think there's a strong perception that some community theatre companies can be their own worst enemies in this respect. I'll often hear that company X put on a couple of very good shows last year, while the other two shows they did were, quite frankly, stinkers!
Unless an audience can feel assured that they will consistently see good quality productions at a particular community theatre company, then i'd consider their reluctance to pay higher prices entirely understandable.
I'll hasten to add here that I believe our professional theatre companies suffer from similar problems, if to a lesser degree.
...
My other-angle/flip-side to all this is that some community theatre companies have been attempting to absorb rising costs for years without reflecting this in their ticket prices. I believe this has had a negative effect on production budgets and standards.
Ticket prices should and will rise and i believe most community theatre productions are worth an awful lot more than what i pay to see them.
Cheers
Grant
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