StubHub is extending the scope of its event sponsorships beyond the usual sports and concerts to the realm of live theatre. The fan-to-fan ticket marketplace has cut a deal with producers to be the official resale site for North American productions of the hit musical "Jersey Boys."

As a part of the deal, StubHub will boost its promotion for "Jersey Boys" tickets on its site and Times Square storefront, while also paying a sponsorship fee to the production. In exchange, "Jersey Boys" will promote the resale site as a solution for fans who need tickets to sold-out shows.

A California woman who ordered two tickets to a Jersey Boys performance from an online broker late last year not only never received her tickets but has yet to receive a refund. But her persistence is a lesson in how fans should handle customer service lapses, as she told TicketNews this week.

Tracy Taylor of Ventura ordered two tickets to the popular show in November, 2007, from Chicago, IL-based ticket broker TicketSpecialists.com, paying a total of $544 for them. The purchase was a Christmas gift for her parents, and the costs broke down as $230 a piece for the tickets, $69 in obtaining fees and $15 in two-day delivery charges. The show was scheduled for August 5, 2008, at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, and the seats were located in the Mezzanine in Row L.

Broadway Ticket Sales Report Week ending October 23, 2007

By Carol-Ann Rudy

The wildfires currently raging in California may have prompted the cancellation of the Oct. 23 performance in San Diego of the national tour of Jersey Boys, but the show again grabbed second place in the Broadway sales report for the week. Theatergoers with tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show in San Diego were invited to return them at the point of purchase for a refund or exchange for another performance.

The original rags to riches story, the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Pygmalion’s official opening night took place on Oct. 18. It stars Claire Danes as Elisa, Jefferson Mays as Henry Higgins, Boyd Gaines as Col. Pickering, and is directed by David Grindley.

Variety, through its own sources, reports Young Frankenstein took in $1.5 million in its first week. Readers will remember that the producers, Sillerman and Brooks, decided to ignore tradition and not report its ticket sales. At this time, it has the top ticket charged on Broadway, $450 for a prime seat.

Broadway Ticket Sales Report
Week ending July 1, 2007

By Carol-Ann Rudy
TicketNews.com

There was a considerable drop in ticket sales on Broadway, from $20,428,069 the previous reporting period to $19,662,121 this past week. Overall, the season compares very favorably, $99,261,242 to date, with last season, $92,231,391. That’s a 7.6% difference.

No. 1 again was “Wicked” with $1,455,985 in ticket sales at 100% capacity followed by “The Lion King” with $1,271,337 also at 100% capacity, “Mary Poppins” with $1,205,797 at just under 100%, “Jersey Boys” with $1,179,974 at 100%, and trailed by “Beauty and the Beast” with $960,051 at 99% capacity.

The top three grossing plays of six currently on Broadway were “Frost/Nixon” with $505,947 at 86% capacity, followed by “Inherit the Wind” with $478,375 at over 96%, and “Radio Golf” with $255,162 at 69% capacity.

Falling behind all productions on Broadway was “Deuce” with just $233,648 in ticket sales at a little over 49% capacity. . .