Wednesday, August 07, 2013
The famed Times Square TKTS booth turns 40
bigstory.ap.org: Hundreds of tourists and New Yorkers show up each day at the famed TKTS booth in the heart of Times Square with questions about Broadway shows. Often they're very interesting questions.
Like: "Can I get a ticket to see the 'Superman' musical"? Or, "Are there seats available for 'The Comedy of Edward Foote'''? And, "What about 'Cats'? We really want to see 'Cats.'"
To which the answers are: "You probably mean 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' and, yes, tickets are available." Or, "Might you be actually referring to 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood'''? And finally, "No, sorry, 'Cats' closed in 2000."
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One of the problems that theatre in general is attracting an audience. It's expensive and just not for everyone. But it is so great what TDF has done with TKTS. It gives people an opportunity to talk to actual people about the shows so that they can find the right show and pay a better price for it. In addition, theatre lovers don't have to spend all of their money on tickets if they want to see the new shows of the season. Being a theatre lover in NYC I understand how hard it is to pick which show to see when you can only afford one or two at that time. Thanks to TKTS more people can see more shows, and I bet they seriously help fill houses each night whereas there would be many empty seats if they aren't affordable to people other than those with a good amount of money to spend.
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