CABARET AUDIENCE MEMBER TIP

CABARET AUDIENCE MEMBER TIP: Don't always believe them when you try to make a reservation for a show, and they tell you the show is SOLD OUT. First ask if your name can be added to the waiting list - it will be recorded and you should be notified if there are cancellations. I say "should be" because not all clubs follow through. Call the day of the show and double check. But, in addition, unless you have made other plans for the same evening, and if you have the time to be slightly inconvenienced, and if this is a show you particularly want to see, show up at the club a half hour early, and personally add your name to the room host's list as "standby & present." Nearly every so-called "SOLD OUT SHOW" I've been to ends up with 3 or more folks who made reservations who don't arrive - or at least don't arrive by the scheduled showtime. Those seats become available immediately at showtime and "waiting listees" are seated according to the time they signed in with the host. Even if the folks who made reservations arrive late, they will have forfeited their seats if there is no more available. Just another reason to 1) Make a Reservation and 2) show up for the show at least 15 minutes before showtime.