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Showing posts with label playhouse square. Show all posts
Showing posts with label playhouse square. Show all posts

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Celtic Thunder at Playhouse Square

Already this semester I'm learning about the necessity of keeping a good public image. For a company, I mean. A little over a month ago, I went to see Celtic Thunder (you know, the band Damian used to be in) in concert at Playhouse Square. I was horrified.

No, no, don't fret Thunderheads. The concert was AMAZING. So amazing that I forgot to write a formal letter of complaint to the theater. For what? You'll see.

I went to the concert with my sister, a friend's little sister, and a (different) friend from college. We had purchased our tickets at different times, so we were sitting two rows apart, two and two. Since it was originally just supposed to be my and my friend's little sister, we took the closer seats...it's only fair, right? We'd been planning the trip since the summer.

After we'd gotten situated, we saw my sister and my friend get moved up. Their seats were upgraded because the house manager wanted somewhere for the redcoats to sit. She continued moving everyone else behind us closer, right in front of us. And when I say everyone, I mean everyone. All of the rows behind us were suddenly put in front of us. But did they move us? Nope. They left us where we were. We, who had purchased tickets before the rest of them to get the best seats we could, were the only row that was not moved up.

It was handled extremely poorly and I intended to write a letter. But, like I said, I was distracted by the epicness of CT. So here it is, for at least someone to read.

Remember, don't be distracted like I was when something like this happens to you. You are a paying customer. The theater is providing a service to you, and when they mess that up, they need to correct it in the future. I hope nothing like this ever happens at Playhouse again because I really, really love that place. It makes Cleveland for me. This one experience just really put a damper on it.

Monday, August 2, 2010

I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham...

Sorry I didn't post yesterday. I had family come in from out of town, so I was chilling at the pool with my cousin. We also went to see that new ZEfron movie, Charlie St. Cloud.



They came to visit because my younger sister (I can no longer say little because she's going to be a sophomore in high school...) is in a community theater play: Seussical the Musical. It is probably the most adorable play I've seen. Well, alright, so that was the third production of that play I've seen, but it was still fantastic.




I love theater. I'm probably a bigger theater junkie than I am a Potterhead. No joke. I have a countdown until the day I get to see Phantom of the Opera at Playhouse Square in Cleveland (10 days!). I've seen Cats, Wicked (twice), The Lion King, Fiddler on the Roof, and Hairspray all done professionally.




While professional theater is fantastic, I still really enjoy a good community theater play. It holds a special place in my heart because the people in those plays all have a "day job." If you can, I recommend finding your own local community theater. If you aren't into being in the plays, support the theater by going to a production there every once in a while. More likely than not, it'll be worth the ten dollar ticket!




If you're in the Akron area, Weathervane is awesome! Seussical runs until the 15th, so hopefully you can make it to a performance!




Until next time, here's a video from Raywilliamjohnson. He's pretty BA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdAbpLooDgM