latimes.com: The curtain has come down on one of the best theater-going deals anywhere: lifetime subscriptions to the Pasadena Playhouse that were offered briefly in 1994 for a one-time, $5,000 donation.
The playhouse recently finished informing nearly 200 households that had held the subscriptions -- worth up to $1,256 a year at current prices -- that they wouldn't be for life after all, but for 19 years.
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This is a sad article, not only that the theatre is going bankrupt, but because they having the so called "lifetime" subscriptions cancelled after 19 years. I can see both sides of the story though, the theatre is trying to save money and the $5000 donation to be a subscriber was 19 years ago, the rate has increase over time. The theatre is losing money and is trying to cut corners. I can also see why the patrons would be upset, they were guaranteed a lifetime subscription, and it has fallen through! As one of the testimonies said, " Their continued flow, he said, became “a teaser” that made it seem as if the lifetime subscriptions would remain", meaning that they were basically being lied to. It is awful to see a theatre close and to lose some of the patrons who have been coming for over 19 years!
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