Below please find an exchange with my sister not one hour ago. I like how “Aliza Ameer” is in quotes when I cut and paste, like, allegedly that’s who’s sending me e mails.
On 9/17/08 12:11 PM, “Aliza Ameer” wrote:
Yeah, that’s definitely true, I almost called Detroit, just to see if I could request tickets for $1 and what they would say. Then I decided not to, but they don’t put any instructions down for how it works.
Yeah, they definitely should have a tkts booth of sorts. Why couldn’t they just join in with the normal tkts company and have them do it for them? That makes no sense, I think a lot of tourists would be more inclined to go see a Philharmonic show if they could buy last minute, cheap tickets.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Amanda Ameer wrote:
But it’s ridiculous – they don’t explain the system at all! And why do you have to call them? No e mailing?The Philharmonic should have a TKTS booth, is what they should have.
On 9/17/08 12:01 PM, “Aliza Ameer” wrote:
I was reading your entry about the Detroit Symphony website and I came across this on it…
http://www.detroitsymphony.com/page.aspx?page_id=463
It’s a cool concept to have a “Pay what you Want”…granted it only works for certain sections and for certain performances, but it goes along with the Radiohead “Pay What you Want” thing that they did with their new CD in that it puts it on the concert goer to decide how much the concert would be worth to them, while still allowing the Detroit Symphony to sell tickets that they may not have otherwise sold. I don’t know, I thought it was cool, if any of the NYC symphonies did that I would go, if I could pay like 5 or 10 dollars for my ticket. The question would not be why, but why not! [This last bit is an “inside joke” from our…wait for it…swim team days.]
And then, just now, Hilary’s manager e mails me this, since he knows how I’ve longed for a classical music TKTS booth. Today is looking up, my friends, today is look-ing-up.