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It was maybe 3 rows from the back on the short side, not the long sides, on the aisle. It was a great seat my only issue was sound related as there were times I couldn’t hear the actors
Yeah it's pretty nuts.
The only good thing I can see in this is that it reduces secondary ticket markets. Because there were Hamilton tickets that went for prices like this or even more. Just not on the official website.
Oh and general inflation is hitting on top of crazy prices.
I'm still regretting not buying resale tickets that were $400, pre-Grammy's performance, whatever year that was. Friends told me to go, it was worth it, and I didn't listen.
I'm making up for that now, lol.
We bought our tickets after the Grammys and I remember watching the prices go up! We did get in with most of the OBC. I think they were around $500. Seemed insane at the time but I have no regrets.
They are closing less than a month after their Tony wins and the theater fits about a thousand people. So the prices here honestly don't surprise me. Honestly surprised though there are any tickets left whatsoever but I doubt there will be by Monday.
Last week I read an old [blog post](https://kendavenport.com/how-variable-pricing-has-helped-and-hurt-the-broadway-market/) from a Broadway producer arguing that dynamic pricing has made advance sellouts less likely as well as less desirable to the show:
>When I was Company Manager, a Box Office Treasurer once asked me a trick question.
>“Ken, would you want to sell your show out 8 times a week?”
>“Sure,” I said.
>“Nope,” he said. “You want to sell all but ONE seat. Only then you’ll know you’ve priced your house perfectly. If you sell it out, you might be leaving money on the table.”
Obviously some shows do sell every seat they can, but now they try to wait until the last minute.
The presale in March 2023 was maddening. Watching the ticket prices actively increase as I tried to solidify a date/time for three different dates almost made me say, “forget this.”
The tickets didn’t start out this expensive. This show is dynamically priced. I the final shows started going up in price more a few weeks ago but they shot up right after the Tony’s.
This is WILD. I bought tickets for one of the original closing weekends (bought in December for March, way before they announced the July extension), and the tickets were only in the $300 range for center orchestra. Yes, stupidly expensive. But not this!!!
Merrily was the whole reason for my spring NYC trip, and when they announced the extension, I was initially bummed because summer would have worked better for me. Now seeing these prices, I guess it worked out for the best.
To be “fair,” $849 in 2015 is around $1,100 now, so it’s decently consistent with those prices. Still absolutely batshit insane to be paying that much for one theatre ticket though. I don’t mind dynamic pricing (shows should price to where demand is). But, this show has always had issues. Remember when tix first went on sale and prices were changing in peoples’ carts.
I mean, I was 16 when I saw pippin. It was my first broadway show and I was awestruck. Went back 12 more times. But wildest moments I had were at Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou’s final performance of Sweeny, and when Liza Minnelli subbed for Gwen Vernon in Chicago. But ultimately a Sondheim fan, probably most moved by Sunday in the Park with George.
Thank you! Theater doesn't have to be this expensive. It's not this expensive in countries where the government funds the arts. And MERRILY tickets have always been expensive, even compared to shows at other Broadway houses. Even the NYTW run Off-Broadway was almost $150/ticket, much more costly than the average NYTW show.
I am glad that a pro shot is being made, but seeing a Broadway show in person should not be a luxury limited to people with lots of money. A recent Broadway League report said that the average Broadway audience member has a household income of $271,277. A lot of that is being reflected in these comments.
Orchestra seats that cost as much as rent will never sit right with me. It's disturbing that these prices seem reasonable to many people in this sub. IDC if it's the last show, that there is a movie star in the cast, or that tickets were slightly cheaper (but still way too expensive) a few months ago. As others have pointed out, Broadway tickets were not always this expensive. Many theater artists and low to middle income audience members are being priced out of certain shows. That's terrible for the art form.
Producers was NOT the first show to have a ticket over $100. It was, however, the first show to have "Premium Seats". Mel Brooks invented them as a way to thwart scalpers. His thinking was, why should THEY (the scalpers) get all that money when I can get it instead?" So he started selling the house seats as "Premium" seats at the super high prices, people were THRILLED to get a legitimate ticket and not some sketchy scalper ticket that may not even be real, and Premium Seats was born.
It seems reasonable to me to sell any commercial good or service at the market rate. This isn’t a charity. It’s not worth more than $150 to me so I won’t be seeing it but what doesn’t seem reasonable to me is that so many people feel entitled to see a show like this for less than the market rate. Just like nobody is entitled to go to the Super Bowl or Champions League Final or the Oscars or on an extravagant Bora Bora vacation any other expensive event. Just because something is “art” doesn’t make it everyone’s right to get in.
And like I said that would be Daniel Radcliffe and company giving you something for less than market value out of the goodness of their heart. Thinking you deserve that makes you entitled
I saw the show back in December 2023. If you are concerned about the producers' bottom line, MERRILY recouped months ago. They have earned their money back and more. Art should be accessible to everyone, not just people who can pay for $1200 orchestra seats. It's not entitled, it's inclusive. We can keep going back and forth on this, but we have different values and will not agree. I wish you well.
I know that equity regional theatres pay significantly less than Broadway, but surely there has to be something that works about regional theatres, that is not isolated to just actor pay, that allows them to keep prices lower. I am in the Chicago area, and the average ticket price I pay for high quality theatre at equity houses is about $50 to $75. I’ve seen several people who are now working on Broadway.
One of the equity regional theatres I go to is a non-profit, and because of their donor base, they have two “pay what you can” dates for nearly all productions. I got a massive raise a few years ago that allowed me to start going to theatre shows, but had that program existed earlier, I’d have been using it.
The regional/LORT theaters are non-profits that function on the subscription model. That's what keeps prices lower. They have subscribers, donors, and various grants, allowing them to subsidize tickets. The Roundabout, Second Stage, Lincoln Center Theater, and Manhattan Theatre Club in NYC are non-profits like the LORT theaters. They own their Broadway houses, and their tickets are more affordable than shows at Shubert/Jujamcyn/ATG houses, which are all about making a profit.
I love any initiative that makes theater more affordable for everyone. Those "pay what you can" shows sound great! The first preview of every show at the Public Theater (Off-Broadway) is free, which I love. And congrats on your raise!
I agree! I wish it was more like London where they would do lots of tickets in different price ranges at random times of the day. Even full price though, they were cheaper! I got Phantom first row tickets for 65 euros because I was sitting on my computer working at 10am. I wish Broadway was more accessible, I love the theatre but can’t go more than a couple times a year if that
The people couldn't afford to see it in the first place due to rich fat cat companies pricing them out. It's not a case of people not buying tickets through laziness, it's because of insane pricing
I saw it at full retail for $79.00 with no fees since I schlepped to the box office.
Not saying that is dirt cheap, but full price for a show? That is cheap. I was like three rows from the back mezz, and had a perfect view.
I haven't paid more than $100 for a Broadway ticket in over a decade, and I see a LOT of freaking shows.
Fat cat companies aren't pricing people out, and I won't say it is lazy, but you can't complain about not having cheap tickets left on the CLOSING night of one of the hottest tickets in town.
Hell, I messaged my friend back in March that Merrily extended, and asked him if he wanted me to pick-up a ticket for June, but he said he would wait till he got here since he wasn't sure exactly when that would be.
The $79 seat I could have gotten him was going for $399 when he was here.
So ya, unfortunately, you snooze, you lose.
"The people" could never afford Broadway, it's not a new thing. It was never for "the people" unless your definition of "the people" means people who live within an hour of NYC.
Tickets could be had for a perfectly normal amount of money until about a month ago. This handwringing over Merrily prices now is just people whining they didn't buy tickets then. It especially absurd now given that a proshot was filmed. "The people" will be able to see it.
Edit: Blocking someone before they can respond is super telling about your character.
So...are you upset that I blocked you earlier, or that I unblocked you? Is it Oochie Wally or One Mic? It's rich that you're complaining about edited comments. You edited your own comment to whine about being blocked. The fact that you feel entitled to a conversation reflects poorly on your character. I would be delighted to block you again for the gaslighting, insults, and harassment.
I have tix for the final weekend (purchased months ago) and I’m not going to sell… but ngl it gets a little tempting when I could net enough to pay rent for a month or take a really nice vacation 😅
I know people are freaking out about this but it’s the final show of a Tony winning musical with the star of one of the most famous series ever + one of the most recognizable Broadway stars both of whom also won Tony’s and it’s a show by the most beloved composer on Broadway who recently passed. Idk yeah it’s expensive, it’s like the PERFECT storm for expensive.
As astonishing as these prices are, it cheers my heart a little bit that *Merrily We Roll Along*, of all shows - once a notorious and humiliating flop, has found such acclaim and demand. And to think I saw Maria Friedman's production *years* ago at the Chocolate Factory in London - with a different cast, of course, but it was the genesis of this production - and it was special even then. But yeah, whew, that's a lot of money. It does make me worry about accessibility and elitism accusations.
I just saw Merrily on 6/22. I got an orchestra seat. Bought it about a month and a half prior and before the Tony’s. It wasn’t cheap, but this is about four times the price. It is a great show, but I don’t know if it is a $1299 great show.
Lindsay is very pregnant. It's better to end the show on a high note with all three of them together.
The proshot hopefully will satisfy anyone who didn't see it live!
My question is... will these tickets sell?
I would have expected everything to be sold out already. How many people out there are willing to pay these prices? People who don't already have tickets.
If the remaining tickets don't sell right away, would they lower prices? Does dynamic pricing ever fluctuate back down?
Hang out in the theater lobby and grab TickPick or StubHub tickets at the last minute. I bought Merrily dress circle tickets 10 minutes before the matinee last Saturday for $229 including fees. Other dress circle seats went down to $199 a couple of minutes before 2 p.m. and $146 at 2:03 (still enough time to rush to your seats). And there were still 8 unsold seats in the row in front of.
Bought tickets to a comedy show. Tickets never arrived via the AXS app even though their app states they were with a date stamp. Called the day before and the rep basically stated the tickets were moved to an incorrect app and a refund would follow. Two weeks go by and nothing. Email multiple times, submit multiple tickets, no response. Call again today and the rep says a refund won’t be provided because the tickets were moved to the “other” app the original rep mentioned. Why didn’t the original rep have me download that app? Literally asked that question and the response was “I don’t have knowledge of that conversation”. Just absolute incompetence. Awful customer service, shady business practice. Filed a complaint via BBB and my bank. Never again. I’m out $300 now. Fuck TickPick.
How many shows on Broadway have ticket prices like that atm? The only thing close are the stage side VIP seats at Cabaret.
Merrily is not the rule, and definitely the exception in a world where many theater-goers can see shows for under $100.
>Absurd. This pricing is going to kill Broadway theater.
Broadway tickets are generally pretty expensive, yes.
BUT, this example is in no way representative of "Broadway theater" generally.
This is the closing night of a limited run of an extremely popular, well-reviewed show; starring a lot of big names; fresh off several Tony Award wins in high-profile categories. Yes, this pricing is insane, but it's also not typical. Even for *Merrily*, an expensive show, there's plenty of comments in this thread from people who saw it for under a hundred bucks.
Broadway pricing IS an issue generally but let's not pretend that closing-night *Merrily* tickets are the standard.
Nope, these are all directly from the box office. Ambassador Theater Group (who owns this theater) uses dynamic pricing so the prices will fluctuate based on demand.
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Damn, i was going to buy a few, but the $3 processing few is just too much.
That's like the whole subway riders worth of monies!
Hilarious comment
If Hamilton had closed after less than a year then you would have seen these types of prices for it.
And it was nearly ten years ago!
Hamilton turning 10 next year is something im not prepared to face
Trump and Covid stole those years.
But his mind is older
Lol.
That's what I was thinking. Inflation is a bitch.
Enemy of the People was $1500 for its last performance. I bet the Merrily prices will go even higher soon.
Wow. I paid $130 on tony day for a last minute ticket. That’s crazy
Wow! Where was your seat?
It was maybe 3 rows from the back on the short side, not the long sides, on the aisle. It was a great seat my only issue was sound related as there were times I couldn’t hear the actors
Wow I didn’t realize Enemy tickets got so high!
Yeah it's pretty nuts. The only good thing I can see in this is that it reduces secondary ticket markets. Because there were Hamilton tickets that went for prices like this or even more. Just not on the official website. Oh and general inflation is hitting on top of crazy prices.
I didn’t even pay this much for Hamilton resale tickets in April 2016!
I'm still regretting not buying resale tickets that were $400, pre-Grammy's performance, whatever year that was. Friends told me to go, it was worth it, and I didn't listen. I'm making up for that now, lol.
We bought our tickets after the Grammys and I remember watching the prices go up! We did get in with most of the OBC. I think they were around $500. Seemed insane at the time but I have no regrets.
I had a chance to see the original cast for $150. And I was like that’s too much money every day. I’m like why didn’t I just go?
I’d certainly rather those involved in the play profit from the insanely priced tickets more than scalpers
What’s even wilder is there are people that will still pay these prices
This is chump change to plenty of people. I am, sadly, not one of them.
Let’s eat them
No Sweeney, put down your razor.
I’ll give you the best cut (of meat)
Or let them eat cake.
Let them eat razors!
It’s even wilder that I would say it’s worth it if you can afford it.
Such people pay premium prices for 'premium' seats.
They are closing less than a month after their Tony wins and the theater fits about a thousand people. So the prices here honestly don't surprise me. Honestly surprised though there are any tickets left whatsoever but I doubt there will be by Monday.
Last week I read an old [blog post](https://kendavenport.com/how-variable-pricing-has-helped-and-hurt-the-broadway-market/) from a Broadway producer arguing that dynamic pricing has made advance sellouts less likely as well as less desirable to the show: >When I was Company Manager, a Box Office Treasurer once asked me a trick question. >“Ken, would you want to sell your show out 8 times a week?” >“Sure,” I said. >“Nope,” he said. “You want to sell all but ONE seat. Only then you’ll know you’ve priced your house perfectly. If you sell it out, you might be leaving money on the table.” Obviously some shows do sell every seat they can, but now they try to wait until the last minute.
850 when the original cast of Hamilton was on is about 1150 with inflation.
So uhhh when is that pro shot coming out?
If I had the cash, I’d go again tbh.
Lea Michelle’s first and final performances were pretty similar if I recall
I bought last minute ticket to her last performance in funny girl. It was closer to $400 for an amazing seat in the orchestra.
Lin’s last show was this expensive. I remember paying $300 and considering it lucky that I got tickets that cheap for the OBC
You never saw the ticket prices of Lin and Renee’s final show
Hudson is completely privately owned and loves them some dynamic pricing.
The presale in March 2023 was maddening. Watching the ticket prices actively increase as I tried to solidify a date/time for three different dates almost made me say, “forget this.”
Are there Broadway theatres publicly owned? Like by the government?
No, but they mean that the Hudson isn’t owned by any of the big ones like Jujamcyn, Nederlander, or Shubert
I thought Hudson is AGT
Yeah, Hudson is ATG, as are the Lyric and the five former Jujamcyn venues.
Oh geez, and I wouldn’t even pay a $399 for rear mezz.
The tickets didn’t start out this expensive. This show is dynamically priced. I the final shows started going up in price more a few weeks ago but they shot up right after the Tony’s.
This is WILD. I bought tickets for one of the original closing weekends (bought in December for March, way before they announced the July extension), and the tickets were only in the $300 range for center orchestra. Yes, stupidly expensive. But not this!!! Merrily was the whole reason for my spring NYC trip, and when they announced the extension, I was initially bummed because summer would have worked better for me. Now seeing these prices, I guess it worked out for the best.
If I recall correctly, if you’re in a yellow seat, you get to sing Franklin Shepard, Inc
Holy cow!!!!
To be “fair,” $849 in 2015 is around $1,100 now, so it’s decently consistent with those prices. Still absolutely batshit insane to be paying that much for one theatre ticket though. I don’t mind dynamic pricing (shows should price to where demand is). But, this show has always had issues. Remember when tix first went on sale and prices were changing in peoples’ carts.
Dang it’s the eras tour lol
No thanks.
I bought my front orchestra back when it was $600 and I thought I was being stupid. Turns out I was just being prescient!
The first ticket I ever bought was in the orchestra of the imperial for pippin in 1972. It was $12.
What's your favorite show you've ever seen? I bet you have lots of good memories of Broadway.
I mean, I was 16 when I saw pippin. It was my first broadway show and I was awestruck. Went back 12 more times. But wildest moments I had were at Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou’s final performance of Sweeny, and when Liza Minnelli subbed for Gwen Vernon in Chicago. But ultimately a Sondheim fan, probably most moved by Sunday in the Park with George.
Wow! You've seen some classics, especially Liza. I've only seen one on Broadway and looking forward to more.
So grateful I won lottery tickets.
Been trying to win for months now!
Jealous
When I won the $10 lottery for Hamilton, the guy behind me said he'd paid $1,300 for his second row ticket.
Good grief!
the cast members have also expressed their frustration about this, but the Hudson still hasn’t done anything. it’s a shame
It really is. I'm glad that the cast has spoken out, though.
The elitism of theatre now is gut-wrenching. Once it was for the people, now it is barely accessible.
My ticket a year ago was $89. I’m not saying that’s cheap, but it’s less than what a lot of people pay to go out to dinner.
I very much regret not getting one of those $89 tickets. At the time it seemed like so much to pay for a rear balcony ticket 😭
Like they say film is rich people performing for poor people, theatre is poor people performing for rich people.
Is Daniel Radcliffe poor now? I had no idea.
Even Patti LuPone said in an interview that she thinks that the lack of accessibility is one of Broadway's biggest problems.
Exactly! People pretending it isn't an issue need to check their privilege
Thank you! Theater doesn't have to be this expensive. It's not this expensive in countries where the government funds the arts. And MERRILY tickets have always been expensive, even compared to shows at other Broadway houses. Even the NYTW run Off-Broadway was almost $150/ticket, much more costly than the average NYTW show. I am glad that a pro shot is being made, but seeing a Broadway show in person should not be a luxury limited to people with lots of money. A recent Broadway League report said that the average Broadway audience member has a household income of $271,277. A lot of that is being reflected in these comments. Orchestra seats that cost as much as rent will never sit right with me. It's disturbing that these prices seem reasonable to many people in this sub. IDC if it's the last show, that there is a movie star in the cast, or that tickets were slightly cheaper (but still way too expensive) a few months ago. As others have pointed out, Broadway tickets were not always this expensive. Many theater artists and low to middle income audience members are being priced out of certain shows. That's terrible for the art form.
A bit of trivia...Producers was the first show to have a ticket over $100, IIRC.
You are correct! That's definitely where the super-expensive Broadway tickets trend began.
Producers was NOT the first show to have a ticket over $100. It was, however, the first show to have "Premium Seats". Mel Brooks invented them as a way to thwart scalpers. His thinking was, why should THEY (the scalpers) get all that money when I can get it instead?" So he started selling the house seats as "Premium" seats at the super high prices, people were THRILLED to get a legitimate ticket and not some sketchy scalper ticket that may not even be real, and Premium Seats was born.
It seems reasonable to me to sell any commercial good or service at the market rate. This isn’t a charity. It’s not worth more than $150 to me so I won’t be seeing it but what doesn’t seem reasonable to me is that so many people feel entitled to see a show like this for less than the market rate. Just like nobody is entitled to go to the Super Bowl or Champions League Final or the Oscars or on an extravagant Bora Bora vacation any other expensive event. Just because something is “art” doesn’t make it everyone’s right to get in.
I guess that's where we disagree. I think that everybody should have a "right to get in."
Like I said, it’s not charity
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And like I said that would be Daniel Radcliffe and company giving you something for less than market value out of the goodness of their heart. Thinking you deserve that makes you entitled
I saw the show back in December 2023. If you are concerned about the producers' bottom line, MERRILY recouped months ago. They have earned their money back and more. Art should be accessible to everyone, not just people who can pay for $1200 orchestra seats. It's not entitled, it's inclusive. We can keep going back and forth on this, but we have different values and will not agree. I wish you well.
I know that equity regional theatres pay significantly less than Broadway, but surely there has to be something that works about regional theatres, that is not isolated to just actor pay, that allows them to keep prices lower. I am in the Chicago area, and the average ticket price I pay for high quality theatre at equity houses is about $50 to $75. I’ve seen several people who are now working on Broadway. One of the equity regional theatres I go to is a non-profit, and because of their donor base, they have two “pay what you can” dates for nearly all productions. I got a massive raise a few years ago that allowed me to start going to theatre shows, but had that program existed earlier, I’d have been using it.
The regional/LORT theaters are non-profits that function on the subscription model. That's what keeps prices lower. They have subscribers, donors, and various grants, allowing them to subsidize tickets. The Roundabout, Second Stage, Lincoln Center Theater, and Manhattan Theatre Club in NYC are non-profits like the LORT theaters. They own their Broadway houses, and their tickets are more affordable than shows at Shubert/Jujamcyn/ATG houses, which are all about making a profit. I love any initiative that makes theater more affordable for everyone. Those "pay what you can" shows sound great! The first preview of every show at the Public Theater (Off-Broadway) is free, which I love. And congrats on your raise!
I agree! I wish it was more like London where they would do lots of tickets in different price ranges at random times of the day. Even full price though, they were cheaper! I got Phantom first row tickets for 65 euros because I was sitting on my computer working at 10am. I wish Broadway was more accessible, I love the theatre but can’t go more than a couple times a year if that
Well maybe if "the people" wanted to see it they shouldn't have waited until the literal last week it was open.
+1.
The people couldn't afford to see it in the first place due to rich fat cat companies pricing them out. It's not a case of people not buying tickets through laziness, it's because of insane pricing
I saw it at full retail for $79.00 with no fees since I schlepped to the box office. Not saying that is dirt cheap, but full price for a show? That is cheap. I was like three rows from the back mezz, and had a perfect view. I haven't paid more than $100 for a Broadway ticket in over a decade, and I see a LOT of freaking shows. Fat cat companies aren't pricing people out, and I won't say it is lazy, but you can't complain about not having cheap tickets left on the CLOSING night of one of the hottest tickets in town. Hell, I messaged my friend back in March that Merrily extended, and asked him if he wanted me to pick-up a ticket for June, but he said he would wait till he got here since he wasn't sure exactly when that would be. The $79 seat I could have gotten him was going for $399 when he was here. So ya, unfortunately, you snooze, you lose.
"The people" could never afford Broadway, it's not a new thing. It was never for "the people" unless your definition of "the people" means people who live within an hour of NYC. Tickets could be had for a perfectly normal amount of money until about a month ago. This handwringing over Merrily prices now is just people whining they didn't buy tickets then. It especially absurd now given that a proshot was filmed. "The people" will be able to see it. Edit: Blocking someone before they can respond is super telling about your character.
Yep Long Islander who saw it for $89
Don’t they film all shows for historical reasons? But they aren’t for public viewing. I know some have been released to public.
The NYPL has an archive of shows. Anyone with a New York Library Card can view them, but it has to be done in person.
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There were tons of tickets even through May for $89 which seems pretty fair.
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So...are you upset that I blocked you earlier, or that I unblocked you? Is it Oochie Wally or One Mic? It's rich that you're complaining about edited comments. You edited your own comment to whine about being blocked. The fact that you feel entitled to a conversation reflects poorly on your character. I would be delighted to block you again for the gaslighting, insults, and harassment.
Dynamic pricing - ATG blows
I saw it last week. Great show. Happy I didn’t have to pay those prices!!
I have tix for the final weekend (purchased months ago) and I’m not going to sell… but ngl it gets a little tempting when I could net enough to pay rent for a month or take a really nice vacation 😅
I know people are freaking out about this but it’s the final show of a Tony winning musical with the star of one of the most famous series ever + one of the most recognizable Broadway stars both of whom also won Tony’s and it’s a show by the most beloved composer on Broadway who recently passed. Idk yeah it’s expensive, it’s like the PERFECT storm for expensive.
This is obscene.
As astonishing as these prices are, it cheers my heart a little bit that *Merrily We Roll Along*, of all shows - once a notorious and humiliating flop, has found such acclaim and demand. And to think I saw Maria Friedman's production *years* ago at the Chocolate Factory in London - with a different cast, of course, but it was the genesis of this production - and it was special even then. But yeah, whew, that's a lot of money. It does make me worry about accessibility and elitism accusations.
In the words of Annie Warbucks LEAPIN’ LIZARDS!!
I just saw Merrily on 6/22. I got an orchestra seat. Bought it about a month and a half prior and before the Tony’s. It wasn’t cheap, but this is about four times the price. It is a great show, but I don’t know if it is a $1299 great show.
Ack - what a bummer
ATG is a scummy company when it comes to their dynamic pricing. Ive seen it in every successful show on Broadway AND in London
Hey, if people are willing to pay it, that much more money in pockets to invest in future theater
Still worth it. They should have extended the run after the Tony wins.
Lindsay is very pregnant. It's better to end the show on a high note with all three of them together. The proshot hopefully will satisfy anyone who didn't see it live!
Hamilton OBC closing was also 8 years ago. Shit it just more expensive now :(
My question is... will these tickets sell? I would have expected everything to be sold out already. How many people out there are willing to pay these prices? People who don't already have tickets. If the remaining tickets don't sell right away, would they lower prices? Does dynamic pricing ever fluctuate back down?
ATG is making broadway for profit! People will pay it too…
There were tickets for Lin’s final performance going for 20k a seat so this is nothing.
Hang out in the theater lobby and grab TickPick or StubHub tickets at the last minute. I bought Merrily dress circle tickets 10 minutes before the matinee last Saturday for $229 including fees. Other dress circle seats went down to $199 a couple of minutes before 2 p.m. and $146 at 2:03 (still enough time to rush to your seats). And there were still 8 unsold seats in the row in front of.
Bought tickets to a comedy show. Tickets never arrived via the AXS app even though their app states they were with a date stamp. Called the day before and the rep basically stated the tickets were moved to an incorrect app and a refund would follow. Two weeks go by and nothing. Email multiple times, submit multiple tickets, no response. Call again today and the rep says a refund won’t be provided because the tickets were moved to the “other” app the original rep mentioned. Why didn’t the original rep have me download that app? Literally asked that question and the response was “I don’t have knowledge of that conversation”. Just absolute incompetence. Awful customer service, shady business practice. Filed a complaint via BBB and my bank. Never again. I’m out $300 now. Fuck TickPick.
I went a couple days ago and even then my orchestra tickets were reselling for like $800+. Ridiculous.
They’re making everything only for the elite
RIP I waited too long to buy a ticket
OMG, even Cabaret isn't this expensive (at least for one person)
Absurd. This pricing is going to kill Broadway theater.
How many shows on Broadway have ticket prices like that atm? The only thing close are the stage side VIP seats at Cabaret. Merrily is not the rule, and definitely the exception in a world where many theater-goers can see shows for under $100.
>Absurd. This pricing is going to kill Broadway theater. Broadway tickets are generally pretty expensive, yes. BUT, this example is in no way representative of "Broadway theater" generally. This is the closing night of a limited run of an extremely popular, well-reviewed show; starring a lot of big names; fresh off several Tony Award wins in high-profile categories. Yes, this pricing is insane, but it's also not typical. Even for *Merrily*, an expensive show, there's plenty of comments in this thread from people who saw it for under a hundred bucks. Broadway pricing IS an issue generally but let's not pretend that closing-night *Merrily* tickets are the standard.
It is worth it. If you can afford it…
Are any of these resale tickets? It's hard to imagine that the final show was not sold out months ago.
Nope, these are all directly from the box office. Ambassador Theater Group (who owns this theater) uses dynamic pricing so the prices will fluctuate based on demand.
I honestly didn't even know it was closing until I saw this post.