Arielle Jacobs to lead HERE LIES LOVE On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread- Page 11

[Scarlet Leigh]

Posted: 3/10/23 at 6:47pm

Sutton Ross said: "Scarlet Leigh, I think you were right. That is rough when the majority of the people sitting have to do so in the rear mezz. Woof.

Thanks for the info, Taffy."

Yeah not gonna lie this is actually WORSE then I thought it was gonna be when posting about it last night. While yes, I am happy to see accessible seats... three things. 1. these accessible "floor seats" are extremely limited in number 2. entitled people with the funds to do so that want a seat but don't want to climb stairs for one (even when they are capable of doing so) will snatch up these seats from those that legitimately need them and 3. oh... you are disabled? Well you better also be rich because your starting price is $170 a seat.

EDIT: So yeah, just did a scan of tickets for those in need to accessibility seating and just... pathetic really. Because with fees, your cheapest option is IF you have a wheelchair and IF you go on a weekDAY performance, you will pay $185.50 to have your wheelchair on the floor level. If you want to be above in a wheelchair or transfer seat, that's gonna put you back $215.50. These are the only two price points. WeekENDS change that range to $185.50 for wheelchair on the floor... to $248.00 for the raised area.

EDIT 2: Well, I found the cheaper seats for wheelchair access BUT the ONLY WAY I found it was filtering 3 times thru "other seats at this performance" button before the actually affordable option was shown to me. Why is that not the FIRST option given?

Updated On: 3/11/23 at 06:47 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 3/10/23 at 7:33pm

I thought accessible seats had to be priced at the lowest-possible price point? Otherwise folks in need of them would be forced to pay premium prices in many cases.

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 3/10/23 at 7:53pm

DurantPlummer41 said: "jkcohen626 said: "
TBH, here performance in Between the Lines was kinda giving Dora the Explorer. ....

She has a fantastic voice though, and I think she could actually really rock this!"



The dora comment threw me, lol. On the other hand, I would think that you'd want the floor to be like $50, and have it be sold out for every performance. But I am clearly not a producer and they have to make their money.

"

Me too! To jump from this and also reply to ErmengardeStopSniveling's comment about not treating it like a traditional Broadway show and newyorker1410's comment about it being for a hip young crowd at The Public. 

I VERY clearly wrongly thought that wouldn't be treating it like a typical Broadway show when it seems like they actually are.

My thought was that they would have made the SRO seats cheaper (around $50 seems reasonable) with a pitch to young people, especially young people who aren't normally theatre people, that this isn't your typical Broadway show, it's a full-on disco tparty that you can come to as part of a night out. Maybe do a schedule more like the American Utopia or Freestyle Love Supreme schedule? 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 3/10/23 at 8:28pm

I think it’s more so you’re paying for the “experience.” And it’s unique at that. We shall see if that works. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 1:27pm

My thought was that they would have made the SRO seats cheaper (around $50 seems reasonable) with a pitch to young people, especially young people who aren't normally theatre people, that this isn't your typical Broadway show, it's a full-on disco party that you can come to as part of a night out.

You can't think of them as standing room though. Unlike other shows, those are the premium tickets. But, charging 200 dollars for them is strange to me and won't appeal to young people. Also, are the rush and lotto seats all going to be the cheap seats in the rear mezz? Because why spend 200 dollars in advance to be on the floor if those will be available for a quarter of the price on the same day? I hope they figure it all out because this looks like it could be amazing. 

Updated On: 3/11/23 at 01:27 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 2:20pm

It’s worth noting that at the Public, you weren’t simply just standing in place. You were also being herded around the area- platforms moved in and around, etc. 

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 2:30pm

Kad said: "It’s worth noting that at the Public, you weren’t simply just standing in place. You were also being herded around the area- platforms moved in and around, etc."

And there’s no reason to believe this won’t be replicated on Broadway. It certainly added to the experience at the Public. 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 4:29pm

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 4:50pm

Was there a bar in the auditorium at the Public? I feel like this is a show where Shubert could clean up on bar business, especially in the SRO area. Thinking back to when I saw Titannique at the UCB space and the show started late because of the bar line and then people were getting up for refills during the performance.

[ajh]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 5:46pm

Would love to see Natalie Mendoza repeat her Imelda. She was terrific in the London production.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 6:07pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Was there a bar in the auditorium at the Public? I feel like this is a show where Shubert could clean up on bar business, especially in the SRO area. Thinking back to when I saw Titannique at the UCB space and the show started late because of the bar line and then people were getting up for refills during the performance."

 

I can only imagine the drunk Broadway idiots who are going to do dumb drunk things during this show

 

[Up In One]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 6:24pm

I’m getting Great Comet vibes from this. Comet also had an extensive off-Broadway run before opening on Broadway and needed a star to last 10 months. Love has no names associated with it. The summer is going to have Back To The Future and Britney Spears vying for tourist dollars while the early local crowd for shows will be vacationing or will have already seen it off Broadway. I think they should consider more accessible seats there’s  a large number of folk who don’t consider the need for accessible seats but when confronted with stairs will quickly want those seats. I’m thinking we will see this heavily discounted - it’s a long haul to a Tony Award bump in May/June 2024. And remember many shows that played the Broadway covered and didn’t sell the last rows of the rear mezz. It’s a barn of a theater and considering the whole selling point of the show off Broadway was intimacy one wonders what the experience will be like 30 rows back? Is the staging being opened up to play to the seats in the peanut gallery? Or will it play like being up top at Studio 54 and trying to see Liza, Bianca and Andy on the dance floor? 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 6:59pm

How much is the coat check ? I hope they are checking things for free. To stand this is going to be pretty expensive 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 7:12pm

WldKingdomHM said: "How much is the coat check ? I hope they are checking things for free. To stand this is going to be pretty expensive"

If they're requiring it for SRO, then yes safe to say it's free.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/11/23 at 7:35pm

Up In One said: "I’m getting Great Comet vibes from this. Comet also had an extensive off-Broadway run before opening on Broadway and needed a star to last 10 months. Love has no names associated with it. The summer is going to have Back To The Future and Britney Spears vying for tourist dollars while the early local crowd for shows will be vacationing or will have already seen it off Broadway. I think they should consider more accessible seats there’s a large number of folk who don’t consider the need for accessible seats but when confronted with stairs will quickly want those seats. I’m thinking we will see this heavily discounted - it’s a long haul to a Tony Award bump in May/June 2024. And remember many shows that played the Broadway covered and didn’t sell the last rows of the rear mezz. It’s a barn of a theater and considering the whole selling point of the show off Broadway was intimacy one wonders what the experience will be like 30 rows back? Is the staging being opened up to play to the seats in the peanut gallery? Or will it play like being up top at Studio 54 and trying to see Liza, Bianca and Andy on the dance floor?"

Sure, but I'm going out with a hot take and am very prepared to be wrong (but I don't think I will be):  This show is going to sell well and early on.  It will be the show of the summer.

[Wick3]

Posted: 3/12/23 at 12:09pm

Alexander Lamar said: "$170-$180 feels…ambitious? What was the standing pricing like for the off-Broadway runs."

Back in spring/summer 2013 at the Public the standing room price was $94 plus fees (so roughly $100). They had rush and accessible seats back then that were cheaper. I just remember the show had great word of mouth and kept extending.

 

[kdogg36]

Posted: 3/13/23 at 12:15pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Was there a bar in the auditorium at the Public?"

There was indeed a bar in the performance area at the Public.

[DurantPlummer41]

Posted: 3/20/23 at 9:57pm

Trying to get tickets and I'm a bit confused about the orientation of the floor-side seating. For example is floor side 4 - fs4, row b seat 13, closest to the mezz seating? 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 6:05pm

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[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/23/23 at 8:12am

I thought tickets went onsite today but I guess they've already been onside for Amex customers. Prices are so stupid for decent front mezz seats, I hope the show is worth it.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 3/23/23 at 8:58am

There was also an Audience Rewards presale already. Since most of the seated audience will be in the rear mezzanine, it looks like the design is taking that into account. Telecharge mentions live-action video screens, so I'm hopeful that they're doing things to make even those nosebleeds feel not too terribly removed from the action.

[pethian]

Posted: 3/23/23 at 6:09pm

TaffyDavenport said: "Telecharge mentions live-action video screens, so I'm hopeful that they're doing things to make even those nosebleeds feel not too terribly removed from the action."

 

The screens were used nonstop downtown both for live action and for other more scenic and atmospheric purposes. Some of the live action was by way of body cams worn by the actors.

 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/27/23 at 10:33am

Here's David Korins and Lea Salonga walking through the space and explaining a little more about the immersive design.

There will also be a VIP Lounge for a "premium group experience," which sounds like a performance location not an ATG-style private lobby? Deadline lists this spot below the mezz as the VIP lounge.

[Patty3]

Posted: 3/30/23 at 9:09am

I understand checking coats but bags? Where will this stuff be stored securely. I've done stage seating for several shows and there have always been lockers or you could put your bag under your seat. How much room will there be to store 300+ peoples stuff if that is the max the floor holds? Would they allow small crossbody bags like many concert venues do?

[nyla123]

Posted: 4/11/23 at 8:49pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Was there a bar in the auditorium at the Public? I feel like this is a show where Shubert could clean up on bar business, especially in the SRO area. Thinking back to when I saw Titannique at the UCB space and the show started late because of the bar line and then people were getting up for refills during the performance."

There wasn’t a bar at the Public besides the one in the lobby (a few floors down). I imagine they are going to be pretty strict about bringing drinks and stuff into the theater (especially if you have floor standing seats). As those who saw HLL at the Public know, you aren’t just standing in one place the whole time. You are moved around a lot often by the platforms which move around throughout the show and the actors sometimes get in the mix with the audience. I doubt they want to run the risks of spills messing with the set or potentially injuring audience members/the cast.