Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
nycesq
Understudy Joined: 4/30/05
#1Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/15/14 at 5:26pmLook at ticketsnow.com where resellers are charging in many instances under $80 for side orchestra tickets. This does not bode well for the show.
#2Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/15/14 at 5:33pmYes, let's judge a show's success by a ticket broker's site.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#2Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/15/14 at 5:36pm
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
nycesq
Understudy Joined: 4/30/05
#3Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/15/14 at 5:38pm
the tickets are selling under face
not a seller's market and seemingly no great demand
#4Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/15/14 at 5:53pmIt is clear from the grosses that this has not been a sell-out hit.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#5Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/15/14 at 5:55pm
Which shows this year have been?
We had what was thought to be a strong season. Now most shows are bloody and beaten after having run the gauntlet.
Poster Emeritus
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#6Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/15/14 at 6:07pm
May not be the right board on which to post this, but the NY Post seems to be hyping this to the skies -- Reidel, Cindy Adams, and, with a few caveats, Elizabeth Vincentelli. Does the Post have a vested interest in this or is it because people are panicking that, for the most part, the other shows haven't been all that spectacular. Reminds me of what happened in 1985, when Big River, a mediocre show at best, suddenly became THE show to watch because other promising items had been disappointing. It's always great to have a new show to rave about, but I don't feel you absolutely MUST a have a slam-dunk in every season, no matter what. OK, musical-wise, it's been somewhat disappointing but it's NOT the end of the world and I have faith that the Fabulous Invalid will be serving up some first-rate winners in the future -- just not this season.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#7Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/15/14 at 6:10pmMost of the new musicals we have seen this year we have enjoyed and disagreed with the critics. Same holds true for straight plays as well.
Poster Emeritus
#8Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/15/14 at 6:29pmI sat in the side orchestra for Bullets. It's a partial view seat and quite obstructed, especially if you want to see the set.
#9Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/16/14 at 3:54am
Ticket sellers gamble. Sometimes the gambles don't pay off. So, yes, if your point is gambling sometimes doesn't pay off... then I agree.
The important thing to remember is that these are tickets that were already purchased for the show, and will count for its weekly grosses, whether at full price or if purchased with a discount code.
Any reading of this as indicative of Bullets' failure, as opposed to it not being a hot enough ticket to make people go to the secondary market when the primary is meeting their needs, seems a bit too far of a leap.
I've often bought great tickets to sold-out Madison Square Garden concerts from ticket brokers who overestimated demand. I've never thought of misattributing that circumstance to the band, rather than the folly of the broker.
Updated On: 4/16/14 at 03:54 AM
yfs
Featured Actor Joined: 11/1/13
#10Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/16/14 at 8:07am
All that said, Bullets is having trouble selling tickets, period. And it's not a cheap show to operate. I'm not optimistic. A great number on the Tonys could help a lot. But at the moment, it's behaving like a flop that people had high hopes for.
#11Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/16/14 at 10:25am
"But at the moment, it's behaving like a flop that people had high hopes for."
How is the show behaving to indicate this?! Or does "it" modify some other noun that is unclear?
#12Bullets over Broadway ticket dumping
Posted: 4/16/14 at 10:39am
"But at the moment, it's behaving like a flop that people had high hopes for."
Its grosses are far from "flop status", and it got mixed reviews with some positive notices. It's definitely not like Matilda which came in on a wave of hype that it lived up to (both critically AND gross-wise), but calling this a flop right now makes no sense.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
