Hot Scoop - Reduced Price Theater Tickets
This very cool friend of mine, Jim McCarthy, has a very cool company, GoldstarEvents.com, that he started with a couple of college buddies, and which has Ticketmaster running a bit scared! Goldstar offers half-price (and sometimes even free) theater tickets, and discounted tickets for massage and comedy, among other things (although generally not in the same venue!).
Well, thanks to Jim, special for all you Advice Goddess Blog readers, I'm publishing a link to get substantially discounted tickets to Black Rider at the Ahmanson, available on their site today, but not announced until Monday. You have to sign up for Goldstar membership, but it's free, so no biggie. Here are the details:
Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets (website)
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Full Price: $60.00 - $85.00 Our Price: $30.00 - $42.50
The Ahmanson Theatre presents The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets, a triumphant collaboration between Robert Wilson, Tom Waits and writer William S. Burroughs. Based on a story from Germanic folklore, The Black Rider is about making a pact with the devil -- what people will do when they want something too badly. Whoever sells his soul to the demon hunter receives seven magic bullets, which will not fail to hit their desired mark. If the bargainer finds another victim for the devil, he will receive a fresh supply of magic bullets; if not, his life is forfeit.
Special link for you to get your tix is here.
Hope your friend does well against Ticketmaster! Those people play hardball. Sincere best wishes
Crid at April 15, 2006 6:59 PM
He's great. A really, really smart businessman, and a really good guy -- the "bridge building" type. I'm sure the venues like him.
In general, so many people in various businesses are utter asswads, it's amazing how far you can go by just being smart and decent.
Amy Alkon at April 15, 2006 7:38 PM
My grandfather used to tell me "if you just do what you say you are going to do, you're already ahead of 90% of the people out there." So true.
But as for Gold Star, I am all for getting the word out there . . . so long as its burgeoning popularity doesn't impede the amazing discounts they routinely send my way!
Amy, I've never met Jim, but please extend my thanks to him. Between his service and those of his (I hope) friendly competition (plays411.com), my girlfriend and I have rediscovered L.A.'s highly underrated theater scene.
They also score some great deals on sporting events.
Big fan here.
snakeman99 at April 17, 2006 9:29 AM
Tell Jim that he's getting good word-of-mouth - I heard about Goldstar last fall at back-to-school night, from a well-known actress whose daughter is a classmate of my daughter. She told all the parents in the drama class about it, because it's a good way to expose kids to theatre without breaking the bank.
Melissa at April 18, 2006 9:25 PM
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