dmwnc1959 said: I saw the show twice on Broadway: Bernadette Peters on May 30thand Bette Midler on August 18th. Seven weeks after I watchedBette, I sawBetty Buckley onOctober 5th and 6th. There is nothing scaled back in the touring show that made anydifferencewhencomparedtotheshowsIsawonBroadway.I saw “Hello, Dolly!”4 times in 18 weeks. Am I&r
I have seen all of the tent shows since Alegria, (except Analuna that skipped Los Angeles i'm assuming to not compete with Iris) and everything in Vegas except Chris Angel. While there are a few weaker links (Ovo and Totem seemed phoning in) however, we love Luzia and are flying up to SF to see Volta. (After Analuna we normally go for a weekend in the bay area). I've never heard the band before but we also LOVED Septimo Dia when it played the Forum.
I saw in Los Angeles, only because it was a replacement for a show at the Ahmanson season that cancelled. Painfully bad. If you want to hear someone's musical journey on Broadway, go see Beautiful again.
Dear Evan Hansen is having a digital lottery at the LA Ahmanson, which is not something CTG normally does, so I believe it's being handled by the Company and will follow on other stops.
We are debating putting our subscription seats at the Hollywood Pantages up for sale. Nothing against Betty Buckley, but we made a trip to NYC when Bette returned and that evening was fantastic. Yes, it was the "Bette Show" however, I'm not sure if I want to see the scaled back touring company (sets/props, etc, not actors) less than a year later.
Show has some major plot holes if you paired up against the original show. However, it's not horrible like the OP implies. Standing on it's own, it's a good, but not great show. (Note I saw the US Tour at the Hollywood Pantages, I can't speak about original London show) I'm glad I saw it, but would probably skip it if I came back thru Los Angeles.
I think it's the people in the expensive seats up front want to feel like they got their money's worth, so they always stand, which causes everyone else behind them to.
I'm not saying shows and performances don't deserve them, but i'm not sure why it has to be every show.
Being 6'5" I appreciate standing ovations as I'm generally in need of blood to start flowing to my legs again.
I think it's the people in the expensive seats up front want to feel like they got their money's worth, so they always stand, which causes everyone else behind them to.
I'm not saying shows and performances don't deserve them, but i'm not sure why it has to be every show.
Being 6'5" I appreciate standing ovations as I'm generally in need of blood to start flowing to my legs again.
Read the 7 original books. Don't read the play until after. However, after seeing the show, I didn't have a desire to read the script anyway. The show is amazing.
I've heard it summed up, Cursed Child is an amazing play, and just an ok book.
first, this is my experience from London, not the Lyric.
You don't miss anything being under the overhang. I think the ending of the first half, everything was not 100% in view at all times, but nothing was lost in the experience. The people in the front Mezz had the best view of this
That said, being under the overhang was truly GREAT for my favorite part of the show.
Just don't get the seats behind a pillar that someone else mentioned and
I believe your best odds is two pairs of two, all four of you entering, and a "gentleman's agreement" that if either of the pairs both win, they will take the other paid. With online lotteries, that is harder to do than just asking around before entering the drawing. For tourists, it would seem impossible, but for locals, not that difficult to partner up.
and 2020 is the answer to the often asked question, "When is Hamilton coming back to Los Angeles?"
For the record, the Dolby has some awful seats, but hopefully as a subscriber, I won't be totally screwed. I hope the number of "Presidents Club" seats doesn't expand in the new venue.
My opinion only. (and II'm in Los Angeles, so don't see everything that plays on Broadway) Musicals w/o an intermission generally seem like they have been cut because too many people were walking out and not coming back. If I see a show that originally had an intermission and lost it along the way, i'm generally scared.
Plays seems to handled the one act setting better. (I'm going to see The Humans tonight which says 100 minutes, no intermi
My best upgrade. Blithe Spirit staring Angela Lansbury at the Ahmanson Theatre.
We had purchased cheap balcony seats for I believe $30 each. Plays are never sold out at the Ahmanson, so we took at seat at the rear orchestra, about two rows back from the general flow of people.
About 5 minutes before show starts someone in a suit walks up to us. We're both thinking the gig is up, and instead he says, "We have two empty seats in the front row we wo
I'm just saying the chandelier crash in the Las Vegas production was amazing. They obviously can do things with 30 years of new technology. That said, I hope they don't do too much to it.
I was hoping. However, when I saw it was only a 3 week run, my hopes were dashed. Too much of the 3 week run is sold to subscribers to sell high $$ single tickets it would probably need to for Bette.
Cat Guy said: "I will probably take the train up from San Diego to see "A Bronx Tale". Not so much because I am especially interested in that production, but because I have yet to visit the beautiful and historic Hollywood Pantages Theatre."
If you have never visited the Pantages, any of the shows on the list would be a wonderful day out. Theatre is beautiful and should be seen. If you're making a weekend out of it, may I also
