Most folks know that Jersey Boys on Broadway, the Tony Award Best Musical in 2006 is a difficult ticket to obtain without having to go to the higher priced “secondary market” of ticket sources throughout the country. Although this is usually the case for most performances as Jersey Boys on Broadway grosses over $1.2 million dollars every week in New York alone, I would like to share my inside secret with you on how to purchase lower priced seats for this show.
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Jersey Boys Tickets for January-February 2010
Say Hello to the Elephants A Four-Part Process for Finding Clarity, Confronting Problems, and Moving On By: Tony Rose Published: December 2008 Format: Hardcover, 208 pages ISBN-10: 0981823505 ISBN-13: 978-0981823508 Publisher: RSJ/Swenson LLC “There they were, the elephants in the room: problems I didn’t want to confront, problems I didn’t know how to confront, and problems that seemed too big to tackle” writes founding partner of Rose, Snyder & Jacobs and management adviser Tony Rose, in his practical, business problem solving book Say Hello to the Elephants: A Four-Part Process for Finding Clarity, Confronting Problems, and Moving On . The author describes problems as elephants that need to be approached with clarity, and shares his proven techniques for confronting problems and finding solutions
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Say Hello To The Elephants by Tony Rose – Book review
How to Wow Proven Strategies for Selling Your [Brilliant] Self in Any Situation By: Frances Cole Jones Published: March 2009 Format: Paperback, 224pp ISBN-13: 9780345501790 ISBN-10: 0345501799 Publisher: Ballantine Books “The you that you know yourself to be when you’re at your best. Because that’s where the wow is”, writes corporate coach and founder of Cole Media Management Frances Cole Jones, in her no nonsense book on winning presentation How to Wow: Proven Strategies for Selling Your [Brilliant] Self in Any Situation .
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How To Wow by Frances Cole Jones – Book review
For several years now Wicked is playing to mostly sell-out audiences 8 times a week. I have personally seen Wicked 3 times with different lead actors in the cast and each performance was brilliant. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Wicked simply has all the right elements for Broadway success.
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Broadway’s Most Popular Show Wicked Is Still Defying Gravity
One word could easily describe the Broadway hit Billy Elliot. Awesome! Although I am a big fan of the show Billy Elliot, I often have to describe the show to callers to my ticket service Applause. It seems that although the show is based on the 2000 film of the same name, there are lots of people that haven’t yet seen the film.
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Billy Elliot on Broadway
Every time a write a blog on one of the Broadway Shows , I do admit that I try to tell our readers the story line, who stars in the show as well as who writes the book, lyrics and music for a show. In this post I would like to talk to you about one of the most entertaining Broadway Shows I’ve had the great pleasure of attending this season.
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David Bryan’s Memphis The Musical
Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times By: Ram Charan Published: December 2008 Format: Hardcover, 160 pages ISBN-13: 9780071626163 ISBN-10: 0071626166) Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional “Management challenges don’t come any bigger than this. It’s not just your business or industry that is in a downturn; the entire global economic system has been wounded”, writes best selling author and renowned business thinker Ram Charan, in his important and action oriented management book Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times . The author describes the need for taking action to strengthen a company during the current economic recession, and provides a practical and powerful prescription for taking that bold action
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Leadership In The Era Of Economic Uncertainty by Ram Charan – Book review
Tom Hudson (photo left), the new co-host of the prestigious PBS Nightly Business Report was kind enough to take the time to answer a few questions on his new career. He describes his journalism background, his plans for the show, as well as shares the privilege of working with the respected Susie Gharib.
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Tom Hudson: Co-Host PBS Nightly Business Report – Interview
When White Christmas played its premier run on Broadway in November and December 2009, the show sold out just about every performance. This year it looks like a different story unfortunately. The current recession has affected most of the Broadway Shows.
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Only 2 Weeks to see White Christmas on Broadway
Girl on Top Your Guide to Turning Dating Rules into Career Success By: Nicole Williams Published: October 12, 2009 Format: Hardcover, 208 pages ISBN: 9781599951928 Publisher: Center Street “I’ve come to believe that just like in our relationships, loving your career has a lot to do with your expectations – ultimately you get the love (and the career) you think you deserve”, writes best selling author and WORKS founder Nicole Williams, in her witty and insightful book on career management Girl on Top: Your Guide to Turning Dating Rules into Career Success . The author turns the famous dating book The Rules upside down, as she applies that famous dating advice for women, to finding and succeeding in a dream career. Nicole Williams pulls no punches as she shares the secrets to navigating the often treacherous waters of finding the right career.
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Girl On Top by Nicole Williams – Book review
Just Good Business The Strategic Guide to Aligning Corporate Responsibility and Brand By: Kellie McElhaney Published: November 2008 Format: Hardcover, 216pp ISBN-13: 9781576754412 ISBN-10: 1576754413 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers “I believe that corporate responsibility, along with being just good business, can also help to provide and repair something that’s desperately lacking in our world today: hope”, writes Faculty Director of the Center for Responsible Business at the University of California, Berkeley, Kellie McElhaney, in her highly practical and visionary book Just Good Business: The Strategic Guide to Aligning Corporate Responsibility and Brand . The author builds a powerful case for creating and implementing a corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, and for communicating that plan to all of the company’s stakeholders. Kellie McElhaney recognizes that many companies are already using a CSR strategy, but at the same time they are failing to communicate that plan both within their organization to their employees, to their shareholders, vendors, and customers.
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Just Good Business by Kellie McElhaney – Book review
Simon’s Cat By: Simon Tofield Published: September 24, 2009 Format: Paperback, 240pp ISBN: 9780446560061 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing After a successful video series on YouTube, with tens of millions of fans, the animated cat created by award winning cartoonist Simon Tofield, is now the star of a hilarious book. In the very humorous and entertaining cartoon book Simon’s Cat: In His Very Own Book , the foibles and offbeat feline activities are on brilliant display. The cartoonist understands cat psychology very well, and share many surprising insights into the nature of cats.
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Simon’s Cat by Simon Tofield – Book review
As of today, December 16, 2009 I am pleased to report the following Broadway Shows are available at discounted prices through our ticket service at Applause in New York City. In this economy it seems like everyone is looking to spend less money on everything they buy. Since theater tickets aren’t a necessity, it makes sense that the shows are offering more attractive prices for Applause Ticket Service shoppers
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Broadway Discount Update
Years ago, those of us licensed ticket agents for Broadway Shows never sold “premium tickets” for any show. That’s because Broadway Shows never had premium pricing. In general premium seating refers to the first 10 rows center orchestra seats in most theaters in New York City.
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Does it Make Sense to Pay a Premium Price for Broadway Theater Tickets?
The Radio City Music Hall has been presenting the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes in New York City for decades now. We just discovered that the show is offering some newly reduced prices for the following performances. They are: December 17, 2010 at 8p, December 18 at 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 930pm December 19 at 9am December 20 at 9am and 8pm December 21 at 11am, 2pm, 5pm and 8pm December 27 at 9am It looks like the recession has put a damper on many performances of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular this year
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Radio City Has Substanial Discounts for December 17 thru Dec 27, 2009
Here’s a seating chart for the 2010 Orange Bowl, so Yellow Jackets and Hawkeyes fans aren’t in danger of mingling as their teams battle it out on the gridiron of Dolph- er… LandShark Stadium. Yep, it’s still LandShark for the Orange Bowl, though news is still that Super Bowl fans will be returning to Dolphin Stadium for the culmination of the NFL’s odd, so called “playoff system.” LandShark Stadium 2010 Orange Bowl Seating Chart Consider the Hawkeye’s sections an “educated guess”, since I could find no official source to confirm them, so I based them off the opposing sections to the ones listed on Ga Tech’s official athletic site. Miami is a fine place to spend a few days in January, so head on over to the Orange Bowl Tickets page and the game live.
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2010 Orange Bowl Seating Chart
Last week we published a review of Paul Boag’s new book “Website Owner’s Manual” and offered readers the opportunity to win one of six free copies courtesy of Manning Publications . To enter all you had to do was leave your best website owner’s tip in the comments.
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Website Owner’s Manual Winners
A Blue and Gray Christmas By: Joan Medlicott Published: November 2009 Format: Hardcover, 336 pages ISBN-10: 1416597352 ISBN-13: 9781416597353 Publisher: Pocket Books When the women of Covington Homestead come into possession of a recently unearthed metal box, containing a batch of letters written during the American Civil War, their enthusiasm has very wide reaching effects. The letters were composed by two gravely wounded Civil War soldiers with a fascinating and compelling story to tell. One soldier was from the Union Army, and the other fought for the Confederacy.
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A Blue and Gray Christmas by Joan Medlicott – Book review
Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio Founder and Faculty Director of the Center For Responsible Business at Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkley, and author of the Just Good Business: The Strategic Guide to Aligning Corporate Responsibility and Brand , Kellie McElhaney , describes how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is widely accepted in the corporate mainstream, few companies do it well.
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Kellie McElhaney: Just Good Business – Blog Business Success Radio
Although Radio City Christmas Spectacular would probably disagree with me, in all the years I’ve been in the Broadway ticket selling business, it seems like we used to sell allot more tickets than we do today for this show. I think it must be due to the high ticket prices they charge the last few years
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Radio City Christmas Spectacular Update- December 14, 2009
It seems like the closer we get to Christmas, the more our ticket company gets lots of requests for people giving gifts. The usual questions are do we sell gift certificates for Broadway Shows and how long will the gift certificate be valid for? Every day we make several sales for these gift certificates.
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Broadway Gift Certificates
Carrie Underwood announced her Play On concert tour via her website — letting fans know the AMA hosting, Christmas Special starring, crossover hit maker will perform across North America starting in March 2010. The 45-date Play On Tour will kick off at Sovereign Center Arena in Reading, PA and run through May 30, wrapping up at Spokane Arena in Spokane, WA, The season 4 American Idol winner’s 2008 “Carnival Ride Tour” wrapped after 137 shows with 1.2 million fans in attendance
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Find Carrie Underwood Tickets to her Just-Announced Play On Tour Now
Legendary guitarists Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck have announced three North American tour dates together for early 2010. Though they've known each other since the 1960s and have often played the same festivals and sessions, the duo teamed up earlier this year in Saitama, Japan in one of the only actual collaborations they've ever done. “Eric and I played together in Japan earlier this year and had a blast
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Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck in North America in 2010
Half the time our phone rings at Applause Ticket Agency (License #71AP1001029) and the average consumer is kind of shocked at the extremely high cost of theater tickets. Some still buy tickets in the orchestra section (the higher priced seating) but many are opting for seating in the mid to rear mezzanine of the theater.
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New Year Resolution-Buy Broadway Theater for Below Face Value Prices
David Boitano the founder of TICKETFINDER.com who sells concert, sports and theatre tickets for more than 20 years says the most asked question we get is: “Why are concert ticket prices so high?. “ The answer is a little complicated but the main reason is simple.
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Why are concert ticket prices so high?
Taking the Leap Managing Your Career in Turbulent Times…and Beyond By: Beth Banks Cohn Ph.D. , Roz Usheroff Published: October 2, 2009 Format: Paperback, 148 pages ISBN: 1439249172 Publisher: BookSurge Publishing “We have a generation of workers set to retire, and coming up to replace them is a new generation, raised on the horror stories of corporate life, who have decided there must be a better way”, write leadership development and executive branding experts Beth Banks Cohn and Roz Usherhoff, in their practical career strategy and leadership development book Taking the Leap: Managing Your Career in Turbulent Times…and Beyond . The authors share the critical foundation qualities of personal leadership, communication, and change management as the cornerstones of building a solid career strategy.
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Taking The Leap by Beth Banks Cohn & Roz Usheroff – Book reviews
Most people that read our Broadway Ticket News blog know that our ticket company, Applause Ticket Agency (License #71AP1001029) tries to convey everything that is happening in the Broadway Theater. Whether it be writing newsworthy blogs pertaining to a new show opening or a show closing on Broadway or offering theater-goers access to their Below Face Value ticket specials, Applause tries to convey viable content that is helpful to the public.
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The Lion King on Broadway-Better Pricing Options Now Offered to Theater-goers