Profile for Phantom4ever

All right take it easy everybody. I said jostle you/shock you/SURPRISE you/make you jump.  No not every single scene will make the audience jump out of their seats obviously.  But my comment about Prince's direction still stands. And the OP asked, and I gave him an honest answer. 

From playbill:

"From that prologue through all of Phantom, which has many settings in its storytelling, each sequence must deliver a surprise, often a shock. The l

Harold Prince directed the show so that there is a SURPRISE in every single scene. So you should be aware that in every scene, there will be something that will jostle you/shock you/surprise you/make you jump etc. 

The two places where you can physically see audience members jump in their seats is definitely the two gunshots that have been mentioned before. However, the second gunshot, as Phantom is running off the stage with Christine at the end of Don Juan, elicits far more jump

Are patrons expected to stand to let others take their seat? Or will a slight shifting of the legs suffice?

Unless you are especially tiny and we could easily move past you, you should stand up to let others in. 

If you have an aisle seat, should you wait until the row fills up before sitting down?

No reason for this, but also, don't get annoyed if you have to get up every 30 seconds between 7:45 to 8pm. When I was seeing Fun Home, I was

antonijan said: "Whats the main difference between the original and the and current restaged broadway version besides the scaled down sets?
 

The original was (and is) in London.  The sets are not scaled down and the Broadway production is not restaged. 
Was the recent broadway production the very same....pre-broadway return re staging... When it went on tour with the guy from the TV Reality singing show?
 

I think you ar

BroadwayConcierge said: "Just looking at what this show's scenic design is like, I feel like the Hirschfeld is not the right pick. The mezzanine overhang at the Hirschfeld obstructs the view above the proscenium for a largechunk of the orchestra. Just thinking in terms of good sightlines (since we know that the set plays a big role in this show), I'm leaning toward the Marquis as the best fit for this."

If the sightlines at the Hirschfeld are

I LOVE Marie's Crisis and I especially love taking theater lovers there for their first Marie's Crisis experience. However, I also agree that lately the staff has gotten a lot overbearing. But, they seem to be doing it out of exasperation with difficult people. Last time I went a few weeks ago, The guy at the door reminded me that i had to tip the bartender and the piano player. He said it in a nice enough tone that I wasn't bothered by it but afterward I thought hmmm I need to be

My favorite Times Square hotels are the Westin on 43/8 or the Hilton Garden Inn on 8th between 48/49. They can both be reasonable (reasonable meaning under $225 a night) if you book at the right time.  Often it's not always about what days you want to travel, it's about what days are you looking at the prices. You gotta be careful with the cheap hotels in New York City because cheap in New York City can often mean anything from lack of cleanliness to having to share a bathroom (a

What I've noticed before is ushers standing on the sides of the mezzanine or orchestra who begin the applause after certain songs. I saw this at Les Miz at the Imperial and at  Phantom at the Majestic. But I only saw it occasionally, and it has been a while. The usher would wait for a particular song to end, and then he would clap like mad until the entire house was clapping then he would scurry away. A few times I saw them do it at Phantom to initiate applause for the Masquerade sta

I have found that most people think that shows "tour" in New York City just like they do in cities across the country. So I hear people say things like "Oh great, Wicked is back in New York right when I happen to be there! So glad i'm catching it before it leaves" When I say that actual Broadway productions don't tour and just stay until people stop buying tickets, then they start asking why is there a tour AND the Broadway show and aren't they all equal and ex

It's safe to say that everyone on this board agrees to no texting, picture-taking, etc during a show. But what about taking out your phone or apple watch for just a few seconds?  THAT seems to be what is happening now. Is anyone on this board willing to defend taking your phone out for JUST a few seconds during a show?  I felt like the only person in the world who thought taking your phone/apple watch out for a few second is annoying. I met such nice, down to earth, cool people

Saw Straight White Men last night and I am disappointed I wasted a slot on it.

The show seemed to be a VERY early draft of what one day might possibly be a good play with compelling message. The way the brothers carried on so much as goofballs was not funny to me, a gay white man, possibly because I grew up around these kind of guys (the BROS) and still interact with them on occasion and I find them insufferable. It is worth noting that the entire theater thought that it was an out-and

I just finished a 4-day, 8-show theater binge, (Boys in the Band, Head over Heels, Wicked, Phantom, HP 1, 2, Skintight, and Straight White Men) and it seems that Broadway audiences have crossed a seemingly small but to me, still disturbing threshold. At these 8 shows, I did not see people ON their phones, I saw people CHECKING their phones. I would say every five to ten minutes at all of these shows, someone within my line of sight was checking their phone. No they weren't sending a text