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Post by Rory on Sept 14, 2023 11:25:47 GMT
Booked two upper circle £25 seats as I'd just like to see SJP. don't really care about the play but don't like missing out so thought I'd give it a whirl. Loads of availability though for most shows Well, this is it! I get that people like SJP and all that but it wasn't until the tweet yesterday from Arthur in ATG, God bless him, which was designed to whip up the biggest FOMO ever, that I thought maybe I should book this after all! |
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 14, 2023 11:26:39 GMT
I know people who saw it on Broadway and they were like...it's fine.
But she's fun, an the audience will be fun, so I thought why not!
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Post by Jon on Sept 14, 2023 11:29:36 GMT
I'm sure it'll be a decent funny night out for the January blues. I still think a star studded revival of The Odd Couple would sell out here.
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Post by l0islane on Sept 14, 2023 11:36:44 GMT
I purchased two £35 seats at the front of the grand circle for March and it seemed to claim that I was receiving a £20 discount on each of them?! I'm not sure if that is supposedly some kind of member benefit? It will be interesting to see if the price is the same when they go on general sale!
Plaza Suite
Savoy Theatre
Saturday, 30 March 2024 • 14:30
Grand Circle (Restricted View) A**
£35.00
£55.00
Grand Circle (Restricted View) A**
£35.00
£55.00
Today you have saved £40.00
Order total £70.00
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2023 15:00:41 GMT
Will this actually be any good? Broadway reviews were mixed, but that didn't hurt ticket sales. I gave it a B+ overall. Good, not great, and I certainly wouldn't pay top dollar unless I was a huge SJP fan and even then, it might give me pause. |
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Post by Mark on Sept 14, 2023 15:23:56 GMT
It was…. Fine. I’ve felt no rush to book tickets here and may not go again if I’m not lucky with rush/lottery etc.
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Post by marob on Sept 14, 2023 15:29:05 GMT
Just looked. There must be a mistake, surely… I know ATG are normally bad with price-gouging, but they’ve hit a new low with some of the tickets being priced at £3000.  |
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Post by A.Ham on Sept 14, 2023 15:41:39 GMT
Just looked. There must be a mistake, surely… I know ATG are normally bad with price-gouging, but they’ve hit a new low with some of the tickets being priced at £3000. Yep - I just looked too - definitely £3,000.00 !!! It must be a mistake as they were £300 earlier. The performance I looked at (Sat matinee in March) actually had them next to a better seat that was £2,700 cheaper - front row of the dress circle. The centre ones were £300, then off to each side they were £3,000. Unreal! |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 14, 2023 17:19:59 GMT
Do you get to meet SJP for that? I hope so for anyone stupid enough to pay it.
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Post by marob on Sept 14, 2023 17:34:37 GMT
Looks like they’ve been removed now. They weren’t even packaged with any of that Ambassador Lounge rubbish. Just a normal seat.
Now the highest price is “only” £395.
Not that it matters as I won’t be booking until I get paid next week and it’ll probably be sold out by then.
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Post by solangelafitte on Sept 15, 2023 9:42:08 GMT
Looking at the availability this morning I don't think you need to worry about it being sold out by next week. Joined the queue around 10:15 to look for tickets for friends. Wait was maybe 5 minutes and there were tons of seats available for the dates in early March I was looking at. However the price jump from yesterday is big in places. Stalls seats I had seen for I believe £140 are now £200 for the same dates, although the grand circle is unchanged from what I remember. I didn't check the rest to compare to be honest. Figured since the initial rush was over they're free now to just keep an eye on how it sells and/or wait for offers in the future.
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Post by Rory on Sept 15, 2023 9:56:59 GMT
I booked a seat this morning around 8am for £100. When I looked out of interest a few minutes ago, I would now have paid £125.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 15, 2023 10:28:19 GMT
Interesting that worse seats than I bought yesterday, are now on at more than I paid for my better seat.
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Post by A.Ham on Sept 15, 2023 11:01:59 GMT
I booked a seat this morning around 8am for £100. When I looked out of interest a few minutes ago, I would now have paid £125. Snap! I booked stalls row A yesterday for £90 - checking just now it's gone up to £125! Classic ATG, and so greedy. On the plus side, there's no queue now and still lots available. |
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Post by capybara on Sept 15, 2023 11:29:09 GMT
Would like to see this but not sure about shelling out on the current ticket prices.
I felt the same about The Pillowman and managed to get a £125 for £25 on the day so hoping to take advantage of dynamic pricing on the day for this too.
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Post by mkb on Sept 15, 2023 11:41:05 GMT
The fact that ATG enable dynamic pricing BEFORE even the first general sale has started stinks.
The only positive I can think of about ATG is that they are not as bad as Ticketmaster.
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Post by Rory on Sept 15, 2023 12:02:04 GMT
I agree, it seems particularly disingenuous to the public to ramp up the prices before it goes on general sale.
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Post by A.Ham on Sept 15, 2023 12:16:39 GMT
The only positive I can think of about ATG is that they are not as bad as Ticketmaster. Hahaha! High praise indeed :-) |
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Post by Jon on Sept 15, 2023 12:16:44 GMT
I was confused why the back of the stalls was priced because of limited views of the elevated stage when Plaza Suite doesn't have any of those scenes until I realised that was info from Sunset Boulevard!
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 15, 2023 12:17:11 GMT
I'm assuming the Broderick's will be staying at The Savoy- it makes sense- and they'll be bringing across the kids, the nanny and the whole enterage.
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Post by Jon on Sept 15, 2023 12:19:47 GMT
I'm assuming the Broderick's will be staying at The Savoy- it makes sense- and they'll be bringing across the kids, the nanny and the whole enterage. Probably was in the negotiations to have a suite at the Savoy although I doubt their kids are coming as I think they are at college. Easiest commute to work though. |
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 15, 2023 12:27:54 GMT
I have followed Matthew Broderick for some time- I'm an 80's child and Ferris Beuller is sill my hero- and although I could be wrong, I believe there are three children.
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Post by A.Ham on Sept 15, 2023 13:02:37 GMT
I'm assuming the Broderick's will be staying at The Savoy- it makes sense- and they'll be bringing across the kids, the nanny and the whole enterage. Probably was in the negotiations to have a suite at the Savoy although I doubt their kids are coming as I think they are at college. Easiest commute to work though. That'll be why some of the seats are such crazy prices - they've got to cover the cost of a suite at the Savoy for 2.5 months somehow! At least they'll be saving on a fleet of black Mercedes to get them to and from the venue :-) |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 15, 2023 15:14:08 GMT
Probably was in the negotiations to have a suite at the Savoy although I doubt their kids are coming as I think they are at college. Easiest commute to work though. That'll be why some of the seats are such crazy prices - they've got to cover the cost of a suite at the Savoy for 2.5 months somehow! At least they'll be saving on a fleet of black Mercedes to get them to and from the venue :-) I would have thought they’d go for somewhere less ostentatious, away from the theatre and a house. Now desperate to know their accommodation details. Staying in a hotel for months whilst working is so depressing, even if it’s the Savoy. |
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Post by longinthetooth on Sept 15, 2023 15:24:02 GMT
I'm not a particular fan of either of them, but just had a look. No queue, masses of seats left and stupid prices.
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