Free Shakespeare Tickets - Contest #3

My girlfriend and I have two extra tickets to Much Ado About Nothing in the park tonight (Saturday August 7). Since we thought selling free tickets was a little unethical, we decided to have a contest to see who needs them the most. So, if you are interested please go to http://danlipka.blogspot.com/ and post a comment that best describes why you want/need the tickets. The stories can be made up, but you have to specifically say if it is fictional (true stories carry more weight than fiction, but creativity is also a good thing). If you have any questions post them on the blog or email them to me. Tickets can be picked up on the upper east side or by the theater. Contest ends at 6:00 unless something changes, (well maybe at 5:30). Good Luck.


6:14 - It's all over. We have selected and contacted the winners. I’m sorry to all those who weren’t chosen, as you all were deserving of the tickets. To those couples that couldn’t get to go, I say to spend the night together, have a romantic picnic, and make sweet lovin all night long. For those looking for fun things so do, I suggest Rockfeller center (for conservative folks) or the lower east side (for those who are somewhat adventurous. And for those who continue to endure the unique smells of loved ones, may I suggest that you put the shotgun down, light some candles, open some windows, drink some wine, and party like is 1925.

Comments

Anonymous said…
ok, i know this is sad & pathetic, but it's my bday and my friends are either not around or have other things going on so i am stuck on my bday w. nothing to do. i'm a big shakespeare in the park fan and have been going every yr. last wk i tried to get tix but the line was too long. that is unfortunately non-fictional so if tix are still avail., i'd really like to have them. i'll come & get them but wld need to know if they are. i can be reached @ 917-498-7888 - thanks
Anonymous said…
Hi,
I don't need the tix (already saw the show this week!) but I thought this was a great idea. It annoys me that people buy extra tickets and sell them when other people wait in line for 3+ hours and come away empty-handed. Good luck finding a worthy recipient :)
Anonymous said…
Hi My name is Dido and I am from crooklyn.. My birthday was last week.. :-)) so I wont ask you for a bday gift.. But this is something I always wanted but never get a chance to see it (cause I work 50 hours a week in a hasidic jewish company and go to school full time (nights & weekends just like Verizon plan) and I need a break..

It is so nice to see that there are still good ppl in NYC. After a stdent who was selling last year for $ 200.00 dollars. OMG...Anyways, I cannot offer cause I do not have money (Just paid my school tuition in full 2 days ago)but I am a friendly person to be with (not that you you need a friend- but it would be nice to have somebody with an upbeat personality) .

I have to got back to my studies.. hopefully will hear from you..

Good Luck with your search!!

I'll send a seperate email just in case you want contact me..

Ciao / Dido
Anonymous said…
I can't believe the line was so long today. I arrived at 10.30 and was way, way in the back. The security guards were actually laughing a little. I still haven't broken the news to my gal that we are not going tonight. We can't make another attempt tomorrow. I have to work all day. It's truly amazing to me the lines in New York. Well. I hope to hear from you.
James
646.522.1670
Anonymous said…
One of my favorite lines, "I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me." No offense to the men, but sometimes you guys cause us such grief! Would be lovely to see lines recited, the play actually seen instead of reading of of the written page. I have no birthday or nothing tragic (luckily) that has happened, just would love to go see it-something Ive always wanted to do. Thank you for this opportunity in the contest. Best of luck!
917-549-6767,alison
Anonymous said…
hello I am interested in the tickets. My e-mail is reply238@yahoo.com. My story is called 2 men and 2 mothers. it is true from this past week.

Walking south on some avenue in Chelsea, I saw a mother screaming at her child. A small girl of 2 or 3. Not just screaming like "walk faster" but eerily manipulative, teasing her daughter. "all you do is talk to your brother.....". this mother had the maturity level of a 6 year old and it made me so nervous to see a child being talked to like that. the poor girl looked so confused and looked up at others who walked by.
I thought I was fucked up by emotionally absent parents. This poor girl. I imagined a gold light around her, tried to bless her. If I even had the power to do that.

The second mother I saw that day was on Avenue A waiting for the bus with two of her girls, one of them or maybe both must have been adopted. They looked too different to be syblings. "Sit on the steps until the bus comes. Do you have change for the bus?" The girls asked if this was the village and if Bloomberg was the mayor. The mother answered a call from a third daughter (adopted?) and finished the call with "I love you."

Fukashi cut my hair on Thursday morning at an upscale salon in Soho. He made is clear to me that he is very famous in Japan. Famous. He made it clear that no one in the salon was above him except for the owner. Conversation of Tokyo culture, the presence of the Japanese in Astoria and the East Village, shopping and cocktails turned personal. "You live alone?"

Saturday morning's New York Times, a coffee and a croissant, a French restaurant of authenticity on Avenue A. The waitor flirts with me for the second time. "You live alone?"
Anonymous said…
i don't have a blog so its either i post annoymously oor i don't post at all. i just really want to see this play, i'm dating someone, this trully cool guy and it doesn't hurt that he is cute either. i figure this woul be kinda be a test to see if things can work between us, i love the theater and he may agree to go, but if he does'n't pay attention i can tell this thing between us can't go anywhere he seems like the kind of guy that says he likes theatre but he turully doesn't so this is a test. i'm a laid back kinda girl inlove with the theatre, hey maybe if he doesn't like the play i can find someone else there,lol. Okay this is fictional, nothing more beautiful than chillin in the park on a gorgeous day with ur best friend and watching a great play and thats what i'm hoping to do.
Anonymous said…
You are a jerk for even posting this on craiglist. Take your tickets and shove it Shakespeare's ass!!! You jerk, I'm coming after you.
Anonymous said…
Hi,
I'm a mother of two beautiful daughters and my husband and I don't get to do many things w/o the kids. This would be great on such a nice night. I live on the UES so I could pick it up. I'll just have to find a last minute babysitter. THanks. YS
Anonymous said…
Hi, THis is YS forgot my contact number 646-996-8907.
Dan Lipka said…
Nice response. Actually your grammar is poor, you are disrespectful to the people who posted, you were too cowardly to put your name, and you didn’t say why you are so upset. My only guess is that you are selling tickets on craigslist, which is not only illegal, but also completely missing the point of the city having free performances. I hope that you lighten up a little bit and find a doctor to properly remove the stick that is shoved up your ass.
Anonymous said…
I'm a young woman recently moved to NYC, dedicating the next two years of my life to teaching in underresourced, title I schools. This week my mother had the rare opportunity to fly out from California to visit me. Unfortunatly, all her time has been spent helping move MY furniture, tracking down information for MY move, and generally seeing to MY comfort. I live on the UES, but she has been unable to see any of the museums, take in Central Park, or enjoy NYC offerings outside of hardware stores and sketchy second hand furniture warehouses. In short, I would love these tickets as a chance to show my mother, on her last night in NYC, the New York that I fell in love with. This is of course, non fiction. Thank you! In eternal optimism, here is my contact e-mail: pagina88@hotmail.com.
Anonymous said…
i don't have a blog so its either i post annoymously oor i don't post at all. i just really want to see this play, i'm dating someone, this trully cool guy and it doesn't hurt that he is cute either. i figure this woul be kinda be a test to see if things can work between us, i love the theater and he may agree to go, but if he does'n't pay attention i can tell this thing between us can't go anywhere he seems like the kind of guy that says he likes theatre but he turully doesn't so this is a test. i'm a laid back kinda girl inlove with the theatre, hey maybe if he doesn't like the play i can find someone else there,lol. Okay this is fictional, nothing more beautiful than chillin in the park on a gorgeous day with ur best friend and watching a great play and thats what i'm hoping to do.
917-562-1616, with the way i see it, i've got nothig to loose
Anonymous said…
Please, please help me. I am being held hostage by my rabid girlfriend in our brooklyn apartment.

You see, last night for dinner, we dined on the finest Mexico has to offer: Empanadas, Burritos, Enchildas, etc...Needless to say, my girlfriend was pumped full of beans, aka "the musical fruit". Much later, as we slept, the beans made themselves known. In combination with my girlfriend's Kodiak bear snoring, she unleashed wave after wave (indeed, veritable tsunamis) of devasting farts. Deafened by the snores and suffocated by the farts, I awoke in a daze and ran to the local 24 hour pharmacy. Upon my return, I crept to her slumbering, foul-smelling body and put an industrial strength garbage bag over her head. Then I sprayed her rear with "Crisp Linen" scented Lysol. Finally, I jammed her pajama bottoms full of potpourri-scented Glade.

Let's just say that when she was roused from her cacophonous sleep, she was less than pleased.

So, here I am at gunpoint in an apartment still rife with virulent farts as my girlfriend foams at the mouth. The only way out, she says, is to take her to see Much Ado About Nothing.

Sweet Mother of God, get me out of this stank apartment.

-mike 646.345.3363
Dan Lipka said…
We have selected and contacted the winners. I’m sorry to all those who weren’t chosen, as you all were deserving of the tickets. To those couples that couldn’t get to go, I say to spend the night together, have a romantic picnic, and make sweet lovin all night long. For those looking for fun things so do, I suggest Rockfeller center (for conservative folks) or the lower east side (for those who are somewhat adventurous. And for those who continue to endure the unique smells of loved ones, may I suggest that you put the shotgun down, light some candles, open some windows, drink some wine, and party like is 1925.
Anonymous said…
The reason why I deserve the tickets...well, now that I think about it, I don't deserve the tickets at all. Now, if it were my sister who were posting, I think that she would deserve the tickets because she single handedly raises her daughter and still has time to volunteer to read to the elderly. If it were my brother, he definitely deserves these tickets because he has given away one of his kidenys to a needy person (not that she necessarily needed his kidney, mind you). Of course my mom weould deserve the tickets because she nursed my father during his final days of life and still managed to have a positive outlook on life.

But me, well, I don't know if I deserve these tickets more than any other person whose posted in this blog. It's just that I would love to see the final show with my boyfriend, just so that we can continue the tradition that we started a few years ago with Shakespeare in the Park.
Anonymous said…
Forgot to give my digits.
Allysun 646.872.8915
Dan Lipka said…
We have selected and contacted the winners. I’m sorry to all those who weren’t chosen, as you all were deserving of the tickets. To those couples that couldn’t get to go, I say to spend the night together, have a romantic picnic, and make sweet lovin all night long. For those looking for fun things so do, I suggest Rockfeller center (for conservative folks) or the lower east side (for those who are somewhat adventurous. And for those who continue to endure the unique smells of loved ones, may I suggest that you put the shotgun down, light some candles, open some windows, drink some wine, and party like is 1925.
Anonymous said…
this is mike, praying in vain that you only need my e-mail address...

mjck2278@aol.com
Anonymous said…
Hi,

It's after 6, and anyway I wouldn't have been able to compete. But, this is great, I hope the people that won enjoy the evening. Now, at 7:15, it is a perfect evening for a summer theatre production. I wish I was there!
Anonymous said…
thanks for tix!! as mentioned, here's info on "shakespeare on the run" - http://www.newyorkled.com/nyc_events_Shakespeare_on_Run.htm

also re: much ado abt nothing, see link: http://www.tvguide.com/Movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=35781

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