Compliments to Foodie

[mrdutton]

Wondersofwine - I got the tickets by buying in advance.......... well in advance.

If I want to see a show ON Broadway (as opposed to seeing a Broadway Show on the road), then I log into www.telecharge.com and I buy the tickets in advance. (Ticketmaster carries some shows, but not nearly as many as telecharge carries.) Of course, I pay a service fee, a handling fee, and taxes, but the fees are fairly reasonable as compared to buying the tickets through a "broker" (many have handling fees that double the face value of the tickets). Telecharge and ticketmaster charge fees that are considerably less than that.

- For instance Mamma Mia, Orchestra seats, center section, row M (about the middle of the orchestra section) were $95.00 each. Telecharge adds an additional $12.00 per ticket in fees, handling and that includes tax. They mail the tickets to me and guarentee the seats - if I misplace the tickets all I need to do is show at the box office, present an ID and the credit card used to buy the tickets and I get reprints.

For Lion King that meant buying tickets about a year in advance. Mamma Mia also meant buying tickets about a year in advance. I then planned the trip around the tickets.