It's Only a Play
It's Only a Play
dres40
Chorus Member Joined: 3/6/13
#1It's Only a Play
Posted: 7/21/14 at 7:17pm
The cast looks so good and my daughter would love to see Rupert Grint. Is the show okay for an 11 year old? Just wondering if I should get tickets now or wait and see if they offer any discounts. Any guesses if this will be a hot ticket?
#2It's Only a Play
Posted: 7/21/14 at 7:30pmIt's gonna be a hot ticket. The cast basically makes it critic proof. Buy a ticket now. I'm 99% sure there won't be a discount.
#2It's Only a Play
Posted: 7/21/14 at 7:32pm
It will be a hot ticket. Did you see the LIST of famous names in the cast?
It's possible there will be a "early bird" discount code for the preview period, but don't hold your breath.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#3It's Only a Play
Posted: 7/21/14 at 7:32pmThere's nothing in the synopsis of the story that makes it seem inappropriate for an 11 year old, but hard to say for sure. Telecharge does say "May be inappropriate for 12 and under."
dres40
Chorus Member Joined: 3/6/13
#4It's Only a Play
Posted: 7/21/14 at 8:05pm
Thanks for the replies! Looks like I will get tickets now. Even if the show is just okay I know my daughter will enjoy seeing Rupert Grint. She has already seen Daniel Radcliffe.
Reminds me of when my Dad got us tickets to see Chris Reeve in The Fifth of July way back when I was a girl and huge Superman fan. Still remember that show and how much it really made me love Broadway.
#5It's Only a Play
Posted: 7/21/14 at 9:29pmEven if it does turn out to have some touchy subjects, you can always use it as a springboard to have a nice, healthy discussions about these topics--my parents often did that with show when I was younger.
ArtMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/08
#6It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/4/14 at 9:27pmIf anyone is interested, they will be offering standing room starting October 10.
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#8It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/4/14 at 11:48pmAs always, the prices for preview tickets are slightly cheaper than the regular tickets ....so I just got tickets the day the box office opened for one of the last previews, assuming the show would probably be set at that time.
ZiggyCringe
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/05
#9It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/5/14 at 3:07am
I would take your kit to see "You Can't Take It With You" instead of "It's Only a Play."
Both have stellar casts, but You Can't Take It With You is one of those plays that make you love the theatre, while "It's Only a Play" is a rather jaded account of the negatives that the Theatre provides.
KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#10It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/5/14 at 9:06am^^ I don't think that's the point..her daughter obviously wants to see one of the actors from Harry Potter.
Tom5
Broadway Star Joined: 9/23/11
#11It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/6/14 at 8:48pmTo Ziggy: Both have super ensembles but I will only be attending "You Can't Take It with You", and not "It's Only A Play". I will not be attending "It's Only A Play" because I fear and anticipate hearing the name "Justin Bieber" on stage and after that I might never see a Broadway show again.
#13It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/7/14 at 10:04am
I doubt they could mention Bieber, since the play seemingly has to exist before reviews were posted earlier on the Internet, and not people waiting for the printed newspaper to deliver them... so, pre-Internet is automatically pre-Bieber.
Of course, if you go around typing about Bieber because you dislike him so much, it seems like you're the one typically bringing Bieber into the conversation and then complaining that everywhere you go people talk about Justin Bieber, and how wrong it is that he is famous, and so sad because you love, err, I mean hate him so so much...
followspot
Broadway Star Joined: 12/27/11
#14It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/7/14 at 10:17am
since the play seemingly has to exist before reviews were posted earlier on the Internet
seemingly not. it's been updated to present day. or at least a reading i attended last year was. (mcnally in attendance)
"Tracy... Hold Mama's waffles."
#15It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/7/14 at 10:28am
If you're knowledgeable about the revival version, you can answer the all-important question: Is Justin Bieber mentioned? 
#16It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/7/14 at 10:34amI went to the box office the other day hoping for inexpensive box seats. (On Telecharge under the "offers" tab, it says that box seats will be sold only at the box office. So I thought, hey, maybe they're selling $27 box seats, as Twelfth Night did.) But, alas, no, at least not presently.
dres40
Chorus Member Joined: 3/6/13
#17It's Only a Play
Posted: 8/7/14 at 12:45pm
OP here...
Thank you ZiggyCringe for the reply, very good point!
But I think my daughter would be okay with the negatives of the show, and it may be good for her to see.
She had been going to Broadway since she was 4 (now almost 12)and loves it! She wants to be an actor, it would be good for her to see it's not all about fun.
thanks all!
