CANCELLED: Tyler Perry Pulls Plug on Last Leg of ‘Madea Gets a Job’ Live Stage Production
Monday, September 17, 2012 at 10:27PM 
EEW Magazine Entertainment News
Tyler Perry impersonators have ruined a good thing for the masses. Turns out, the media mogul has had enough with bootleggers, scalpers, and fake Tyler Perry’s scamming fans who are plunking down hard-earned cash to see the live stage play “Madea Gets a Job.” Rather than allow the wrongdoing to continue, Perry has cancelled the entire last leg of his tour.
According to a letter written to his supporters, an apologetic and exasperated Perry explained the circumstances surrounding the abrupt cancellation.
The full letter is posted below.
I set a ticket price for the show starting at $25. The reason I set the price so low is so that everyone could get a chance to come out and see the show. I know how tight things are right now. I GET IT! I do not tour to make a living, I tour because I love staying connected to all of you. I love seeing your faces, hearing you laugh and seeing you enjoy yourselves. It gives me great joy. Even though it's a lot of work, I really don't mind doing it. Because of that, what I do is make sure that the promoter sets a reasonable ticket price and the prices are $25, $45 and $65. Even though I set these prices so that they are affordable, fees are added that are out of my control and the price of the tickets can almost double. Add to that, when you go online looking for tickets, IN LOTS OF CASES, you are being led to a bootlegger and you don't even know it. There are a lot of ticket bootleggers and scalpers that buy lots of shows and sell them to the public for double, sometimes triple the price. I've been dealing with this for years but now with the internet I've never seen it this bad.
Also, there are some horrible people who are pretending to be me or representing me on Facebook and charging people money to do a meet and greet on the tour. They are telling people that they are me or working for me and charging them $150 for a meet and greet after the play. DON'T FALL FOR THIS!! That's not me.
This is so frustrating! Why are people so evil? Why can't people just get legitimate jobs and stop trying to do the wrong thing all the time? If they put the same amount of energy into doing the right thing as they do in doing the wrong thing they could make it. It's so sad.
To all of you who have bought tickets and made plans to be there I am so sorry. I really am but my hands are tied.
This was the last live Madea tour and I'm super sorry that you won't get to see it live. All refunds should be given back to you.
Though Perry won't be on theater stages anymore, he is coming to a big screen near you. His new film, Alex Cross, is due out next month.
Reader Comments (1)
Say it ain't so...we were looking forward to it!