I haven't seen the show, but I agree with the review that a musical chronicling Tupac's life using his music and poems would be a lot more engaging that current the gang war plot of the show that people have described.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
I remember someone in the preview thread saying you couldn't buy tickets for opening night early in the preview period, so they probably just have invited guests, families, and well-wishers tonight.
"While there have been rap-rich musicals (In the Heights), the fusion of hip-hop and razzle-dazzle has been tricky at best, tacky at worst. The latest attempt is Holler if Ya Hear Me, a ghetto-not-so-fabulous repurposing of songs by Tupac Shakur (1971-96) for a ramshackle morality tale about revenge and second chances. Although songwriting purists will shrink and wince at Shakur's freewheeling meter and propensity to rhyme slant, the real crime against craft is Todd Kreidler's weak book...Director Kenny Leon has a surer hand with straight plays (such as his solid revival of A Raisin in the Sun), and the enterprise deserves respect for bringing Shakur's verbal pyrotechnics and political rage before a new audience. But Holler is a shapeless mix of melodrama, music video and half-grasped musical clichés." Time Out
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
"I remember someone in the preview thread saying you couldn't buy tickets for opening night early in the preview period, so they probably just have invited guests, families, and well-wishers tonight."
As of last week, if you went to their website, today was shown as "NO SHOW" on their performance schedule.
If you went directly to Ticketmaster, Balcony was for sale. I didn't click through, so not sure how much of the balcony they were selling.
"HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME", a new musical based on the songs of Tupac Shakur, is certainly loud, but does it have anything to say? Watch our full video review to find out! Click Here For Full Review of HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME
...The multi-character plot that replaces the expected bio-drama is at times muddled or poorly paced, and feels no fresher and less moving than a one-sided “West Side Story.” Yet, there are enough arresting moments, and the cast of 22 is talented enough, to have made me wonder while I was watching the show, whether it would have worked better without a plot – like the “choreopoems” of Ntozake Shange’s “For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf “ Holler If Ya Hear Me Review
For those curious about tickets for tonight's show, it was up on TKTS according to their mobile app. Granted, that could not mean much.
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