dmwnc1959 said: "Well that sucks. I was in a bit of a hurry this morning (having a cardiac stress test) and didn’t check to see if it was on the other sites. The seat looked like it was in an excellent location so I just grabbed it. I did buy “Hello, Dolly!” both times and my ticket to “The Bands Visit” off of Telecharge. Stupid of me not to check."
Thank God you had your cardiac stress test BEFORE you checked to see if $71 was egregious
Though blasted by critics and 'serious theater goers', SUMMER seems to be a hit with fans, tourists and casual theater-goers. On other forums there has been very good 'word of mouth'. Again, they're not exactly looking for a powerful story - they're wanting a fun night out at the theater when in New York. This fills the bill. As one person pointed out - "Wicked" was torn apart by critics and serious theater-goers when it first opened at the end of 2003. Now !
With the 2017-18 season coming to an end (seems like it never started, to me!) and final numbers due in a few weeks (usually by the end of May), what do you think the final attendance will be? Is this season up from last season, or down?
Last season was the "Hello Dolly" season, while this season we have "Frozen" and "Harry Potter" for big ticket sales (and a few others, of course).
So what's your guess on box office sales and attendance? <
BrodyFosse123 said: "Wasn't Tyne originally going to reprise her performance in the television version? Herweak vocalsaside, now that would've been an intense performance.
No. Gypsy Rose Lee's son Erik Lee Preminger had been trying to get this Bette Midler version going for about 10 years before one of the rights holders: Arthur Laurents, finally agreed to this CBS TV movie adaptation as it would be faithful word-by-word to his original book. No other
So has this show gotten any better as we get closer to the official opening date? I've been wanting to see this since it was first announced two years ago, for the LaJolla Playhouse in 2017. Now....I'm not sure.
If the tix weren't bought already, I would say see something else, and wait for more reviews / feedback to come in over the next few months.
However, since you've already bought the tix - stick to your plan on seeing it. It's one of the more anticipated shows for this season - it would be great to say "I've seen that!" and share your review.
BTW - I didn't like the movie so I will be staying away myself.
In the beginning(1990-99), when I first started going to B'way musicals in NYC, I would usually buy/borrow the cast recordings to see if I liked the music. This included Phantom, Les Miz, Saigon, Cats and Sunset Boulevard (though I never saw the movie SB). Mostly because I didn't want to invest a lot of money back then (yes, $50-75 was 'a lot of money LOL) on something I would not like listening to, despite the acting.
Loopin’theloop said: "EdEval said: "Pearl Bailey did an all-black version. Why not get Whoopie Goldberg and replace the white cast with blacks and revive the black cast version."
I mean..."
Do you mean OAK should replace Peters as Dolly?? That's what I'm thinking, too!
'An American in Paris' has been playing in Providence this week, and received some of the most horrible reviews of any show this season -from the newspaper critic to many people I know who went to see this. Subscribers I know said they were bored out of their minds, and the show ran way too long.
On the other hand, when it played on B'way I heard decent things about it - and it ran for over a year, so it looks like it was making some money. Does anyone know if the touring p
As a huge Summer fan for the past 40 years, I'm so disappointed to hear these negative reviews of the show. With the pedigree of the people behind it, I would expect a top-notch, engaging musical about Summer's legacy. I'm not too excited about seeing this in the future.
If I recall correctly, Suzanne Somers did a one-woman show on Broadway in 2005, called 'The Blonde in the Thunderbird' where she sang/ danced / reminisced about her 30 year career. I remember it opened in the summer for a 'limited run', but it vanished in no time, due to panning by the critics.(In other words, it wasn't exactly on par with 'Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music'.
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