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NYC says sorry to Cleveland with free tickets to Broadway shows
Posted by Tony Brown December 18, 2008 21:05PM
Categories: Breaking News, Real Time News

New York has apologized to Cleveland. Really. Free tickets to Broadway shows beat roses, no matter where you live.

All Clevelanders have to do is get there.

The big-dollar mea culpa comes courtesy of an ill-considered quote -- We hate tourists from Cleveland -- from Broadway ad executive Nancy Coyne in Tuesday's New York Times.

It became instantly infamous.

The New York Post blared, in typical fashion: "P.R. Poobah's B'way Bomb." And bloggers in both cities traded insults. One Web site, based in New York, identified Cleveland as the place Lake Erie caught fire.

Other New Yorkers, however, showed Cleveland some love by giving us free tickets -- free! -- that can cost upward of $300 a ticket.

Deal No. 1: "Chicago Loves Cleveland." Not Chicago the city; "Chicago" the musical. Show up on any Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday in January at Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.) with a government-issued photo ID proving you live in Ohio, and you get in free that night.

Deal No. 2: Coyne, who caused this drama and who runs an agency that represents 24 New York shows, will give away Broadway tickets in January and February on Cleveland radio.

OK. We accept the apology. We're sorry, too. Telling a lake from a river must be hard when you never leave an island at the center of the universe. Link

Eh, I'll pass. Too bad it's not free hunting licenses, or a free pass to an atv area.

I've seen 3, maybe 4 shows on broadway. Not a one was something I considered worth my time. Probably just me.

Thats pretty cool. I was thinking about doing a NYC trip after the first of the year anyways. My wife wants to do a Broadway show, so free is good


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Wish I was heading to NYC in January. I'd LOVE to see Chicago. There's nothing quite like seeing a show on Broadway. I'd accept that apology in person if I could get there!