They tend not to announce until much closer to the end date of the previous star. I'm wondering if Ben will still be in it as well, as he's said his contract is up in October. Maybe we will have 2 new leading men in the show by the time Fall rolls around.
He's only said his current contract is through October, but has given no indication of whether or not he will extend or leave. I'm sure he's not allowed to say if he's leaving until closer so I have no idea if he will extend, though many phantoms tend to.
Unless it's changed recently, Eryn does Monday nights and Thursday Matinees.
Eryn in particular is very responsive on social media (twitter, insta, etc) if you ask her if there have been any schedule changes due to commitments or vacations etc.
Edit: for the record, both women are EXCELLENT Christines and you will see a wonderful show no matter what performance you choose. I hope you enjoy your first time! As someone who has
Mike Barrett said: "Anyone dare try balcony for this? Its probably the only way I can afford this show unless it pops up on TDF again when Im back in the city with an open show slot in May."
The balcony is pretty steep but it's a really good view. I was in the second row of the balcony and I had to lean sliiiightly when they're all the way downstage, but it wasn't bad (I'm also really short). I enjoyed the view a lot because I felt like a lot of the e
The Prom is often on TDF -I even scored day of tickets a few weeks ago on a random Tuesday when rush was sold out. My seats were Mezz Row F directly in the center., and it sounded like a few people around us had TDF tickets. Perfect view and it was a fun show.
Considering they've already increased the balcony prices to $69 on Thursdays, I would say buy them now. I would say that early in the run, it will be hard to get tickets and there won't be many discounts. It's been on TKTS for minimal time, and always only 30% off at $112. I wouldn't risk it.
Blockhead24 said: "Warbucks2 said: "Any further updates on how Andre De Shields is performing in the latest previews? It sounded like from initial reports that he had a less than stellar night on the first preview.
When I saw Hadestown in London, I really liked his acting and look forward to seeing him again.
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I was at the second preview and thought that he was great—a definite standout for me."
Call_me_jorge said: "Anybody sat up in the balcony for this show? How’s the view? I’m 6 foot and I’m prepared to have my knees squashed for two and a half hours."
I'm about a foot shorter than you so my legroom observations won't help (I had a decent amount, it was pretty comfortable actually), but as far as the view, it's quite steep but I think some of the elements of the show lend themselves well to being able to see from above.
treblemakerz said: "Also forgot to mention--if for no other reason, go see this show for "Wait For Me" alone. The way they have staged this brought me to tears."
I went into this show basically blind, knowing the premise and about 2 songs. “Wait for Me” was so brilliantly staged I was moved to tears as well. I honestly felt like it should have been the act 1 closer.
Marway44 said: "I didn’t want to start a new thread on this but I wondering if anyone knew about how much longer Ben will be in the show. It’s about a year now so I would think he would be leaving soon."
I believe his contract is until October but he could always extend. He's mentioned it on some of his social media I think.
As an update for anyone curious, I rushed yesterday 3/19 and I was a little late because I had a meeting at work. I got there just after 10:30, and the box office attendant said the tickets had sold out in 10 minutes.
I ended up getting TDF tickets for last night anyway, thankfully, but wanted to post here for awareness.
CarmenA3 said: "I'm so glad to hear so many of you were able to purchase tickets online (I am the one that posted about it). I've picked up sum nice tricks from this board - happy to return the favor.
To those that grab tickets - fingers crossed that the changes made make it a fantastic nite :)"
Thank you thank you thank you. I had some friends eager to see this show (I was on the fence), but for $33, I couldn’t say no. I hustled t
Apparently it's quite popular in South Korea as well- they've had multiple productions of it (they seem to like importing German musicals). I'd be curious to see this, it always seemed really interesting.
dmwnc1959 said: "I’m thinking about taking my chances at the TKTS Times Square location for “Phantom of the Opera” on a Thursday Matinee in mid-March. Not sure what my chances are of getting a decent seat. Do they give you options of locations (orchestra vs balcony, obstructed vs non-obstructed) or is it just a free for all?"
I've gotten Orchestra and Front Mezz from TKTS for Phantom. Once, I even got front row. I've asked them before if the
Lot666 said: "thedrybandit said: That's true, but if they know in advance and put it in the playbill that, for example, Jeremy Stolle will be the Phantom on Thursday for both shows, as they did for today's performances, they won't put that on the understudy board."
So it's on the board and/or on a slip inserted into the Playbill; I don't understand the confusion."
