tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925992230909777376.post7104395963832657678..comments2023-08-16T06:44:33.642-07:00Comments on @Westendproducer : WHAT THE ELF?@westendproducerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11129410633534148523noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925992230909777376.post-71636257346978841342015-08-20T09:04:23.425-07:002015-08-20T09:04:23.425-07:00I like this article.... very balanced.... and I ag...I like this article.... very balanced.... and I agree with what has been written... I would however point out that across The Pond... pricing seems to be hitting these heady heights already... is the 'world of theatre' and income so different there? and how about the earnings for cast - how do they compare?<br />Week Ending figures at August 2015<br />a few top priced examples...<br />The Book of Mormon Top price $477 - £304 (Sat 5/9 - current top price in London £202)<br />Average paid $166 - £105 (currency converted to £)<br />A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER $327 - £208<br />The Lion King Top Price $225 - £143 (London £99.70)<br />Average paid $164 - £104<br />Wicked Top Price $240 - £153 (London £125)<br />Average Paid $128 - £81<br />Kinky Boots Top price $299 - £190 (£99?)<br />Average paid $96 - £61<br />Beautiful Top Price $299 - £190 London £127.50)<br />Average $121 - £77<br />Mamma Mia $225 - £143 (London £99.75)<br />Jersey Boys $199 - £126 (London £99.00)Neil Cheesmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11617262919535152851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925992230909777376.post-44991274662356947462015-08-20T04:10:48.411-07:002015-08-20T04:10:48.411-07:00Agree with the above, but there is an additional p...Agree with the above, but there is an additional point to make. At the risk of sounding fatalistic, £150+ for Book of Mormon and £190 for Royal Opera House means that this slide into ticket-price GaGaLand has been a slow and assured one. We must remember that the ROH prices are set against an infrastructure of Arts Council/Lottery support and a charity status that attracts millions in additional financial subsidies (commercial and private). Not many would argue against Opera being traditionally the haunt of the wealthy, which is propagated by such prices. For me. the real greed is not in the private fly-by-night popup productions that invest their own risk-money (which keeps grafting performers in work), but in the long-established organisations that bleed the taxpayer's pocket with permission to help themselves again at the box office (even though most of the taxpayers will never be able to afford to see the product of their public investment. Yes, this also keeps people in work, but Elf, I believe, is the lesser evil as the former (ROH) is institutionalised double-theft skulduggery. It's a license to print tickets where the telephone number has a pound sign in front of it.PD Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255001159974047008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925992230909777376.post-3035541587633096482015-08-20T04:09:04.905-07:002015-08-20T04:09:04.905-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.PD Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255001159974047008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925992230909777376.post-16388181397054271162015-08-20T03:40:46.171-07:002015-08-20T03:40:46.171-07:00What would the Dublin Bord Gáis Energy Theatre be ...What would the Dublin Bord Gáis Energy Theatre be getting out of this financially when they're an "In Association With". The tickets were much cheaper when it played there by the way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7925992230909777376.post-80879665348281443672015-08-19T23:36:20.795-07:002015-08-19T23:36:20.795-07:00Or you could come to see a brand new musical inste...Or you could come to see a brand new musical instead. Facebook.com/theroommusical Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06069603972218708248noreply@blogger.com