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Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan

Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan

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macbeth
#1Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 6:53am

https://deadline.com/2021/04/andrew-yang-broadway-new-york-mayor-race-public-private-ticket-rescue-plan-1234727955/

There's some interesting and some very weird stuff in here... I like the ideas of subsidized reduced price tickets to get shows back open and love the idea of more streaming. 

The idea of 'personal seat licenses' seems absolutely absurd though. 

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bwayphreak234
#2Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 6:57am

The whole thing seems absurd and just out of touch with the theatre industry and how it operates. At least to me.


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Phantom4ever
#3Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 9:00am

Agreed. It really sounds like he asked somebody on his team who grew up in a city with a touring house to come up with these ideas.

Seat naming? Perhaps for the nonprofits that could possibly work, but once a seat is sold, then that’s it forever. And who will want a seat other than front and center?

Subscription seats? Again, somebody on his staff thinks Broadway runs like their touring house back home. So Ticketmaster and telecharge would have to unite for that to work and it would really discourage repeat viewings since people would only go with their subscriptions. Basically new shows would last 6 months or so til the subscriptions ran out.

The only thing that sounds good is buying all the tix for first responders like they did after 9/11.

Fosse76
#4Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 9:33am

He clearly doesn't understand how Broadway operates. Just another reason not to vote for him.

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HogansHero
#5Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 10:48am

Utter nonsense.

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Wick3
#6Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 11:01am

I appreciate new ideas but a lot doesn't really make sense to me either.

I always thought private companies like JP Morgan Chase, Deloitte, Goldman, etc. had a deal with certain Bway productions. My friend works at one of the investment banks and told me the company always had great seats for certain Broadway shows to entertain clients. Not sure if they bought those center orch seats at market price (they can certainly afford it) or if they negotiated a price with the show. 

 

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aliceripleyofficial
#7Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 11:18am

Yang is completely out of touch and wants to run NYC like a giant startup. I really hope someone else is able to thwart his leftover presidential run popularity.

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darquegk
#8Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 11:25am

Personally I’m waiting to hear Bowen Yang’s proposal.

Fosse76
#9Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 11:26am

Wick3 said: "I appreciate new ideas but a lot doesn't really make sense to me either.

I always thought private companies like JP Morgan Chase, Deloitte, Goldman, etc. had a deal with certain Bway productions. My friend works atone of the investment banks and told methe company always had great seats for certain Broadway shows to entertain clients. Not sure if they bought those center orch seats at market price (they can certainly afford it) or if they negotiated a price with the show.
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I doubt it's directly with any of the productions. They most likely have a ticket vendor they use, or at best they might have direct access to the Shuberts/Nederlanders/Jujamcyn.

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kade.ivy
#10Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 11:46am

I don’t really understand the tiers of spending money with local businesses. Don’t we already spend a ton of money with local businesses (restaurants and hotels, shopping, etc.) as part of going to the theater? 

Updated On: 4/6/21 at 11:46 AM

rkade21
#11Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 11:57am

kade.ivy said: "I don’t really understand the tiers of spending money with local businesses.Don’t we already spend a ton of money with local businesses (restaurants and hotels, shopping, etc.) as part of going to the theater?"

That was the only part I sorta liked! I wouldn’t change my lifestyle any but would get free show tickets occasionally ...sure ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

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#12Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 12:36pm

Yang definitely has that tech bro disrupter mindset of thinking he has new solutions to old problems, despite having no experience in the field.


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Sutton Ross
#13Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 12:59pm

It doesn't matter, he won't win anyways.

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Call_me_jorge
#14Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 5:03pm

darquegk said: "Personally I’m waiting to hear Bowen Yang’s proposal. "

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Luscious
#15Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 7:27pm

At least he's thinking about the theater community and has a plan, regardless of how achievable some of it might be. And anyone who thinks he doesn't have a chance of winning the NYC mayoral race is seriously out of touch.


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HogansHero
#16Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/6/21 at 8:04pm

Sorry, but he has zero chance. Yes, he has the lead now due to name recognition, but he won't then. 2020 redux.

Fosse76
#17Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/7/21 at 12:29am

HogansHero said: "Sorry, but he has zero chance. Yes, he has the lead now due to name recognition, but he won't then. 2020 redux."

You beat me to it. He's in the lead for two reasons: name recognition and the fact most New Yorkers aren't paying much attention to the race yet. 

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#18Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/7/21 at 12:54am

TBH I am not paying much attention either but he has a lot of tone deafness starting with the fact that he was not "present" for the pandemic and that does not strike me as a way to bond with the overwhelming majority of voters who were.There's more but whatevs.

JennH
#19Andrew Yang's Broadway Rescue Plan
Posted: 4/7/21 at 11:17am

When I first heard he was running I was actually pretty excited, because a good many of his ideas are what the nation needs, but thanks to a friend who pays attention to the political sphere like a hawk (I pay attention, but not with the insane detail my friend does), led to me to lots of info as why he really doesn't know anything about what he's doing in this mayoral campaign and absolutely shouldn't be voting for him. Sad really, because he has some good ideas...but just generally.