Here are my best "they're spoilers but as little as possible so you can enjoy the show":
Shows I've seen recently without gunfire: Ink Gary (though as another poster mentioned, the initial music is loud, but that's it) What the Constitution Means to Me (lol) Burn This Hadestown Tootsie (also obvious)
I went in on a whim, I was a fan of the book series when I was young. If I'm honest, when I was waiting to head into the theater and saw the sheer hordes of children, as a single 27 year old, I wondered if I had made a grievous error.
I didn't - I was so overjoyed to be in that theater throughout the whole show. Granted, I was a sympathetic audience, but I was charmed by the score and the actors, and being in such an enthu
I had a great experience with this play. I had no idea what to expect going in, and came out thoroughly satisfied and devastated by the small portrait of a woman that I felt like I knew.
I don't think this play is very funny at all (I was somewhat disturbed when a subset of audience members laughed loudly at a line about suicide) but that's par for the course for me lately, because I felt the same way about Burn This.
I sat last row orchestra, dead center. I'm also sensitive to loud noises (I'm sooooo tired of gun fire in shows) and nothing was jarring in the show. Of course the singers are mic'd and such, but at no point did I note that it was at all uncomfortable, and I'm the first one to complain. (The Ferryman's music that transitions from the prologue blared right in my ear and apparently I was the first person to ever mention it to th
How is Gary doing so poorly? I haven't seen it yet and know it was getting a mixed review on here (I stop reading a thread if I'm planning to see a show, which I will April 30) but I would expect Nathan Lane to draw at least a small crowd regardless.
I also expected Burn This (despite not liking it myself) to be selling out the theater, considering the cast. And Ink, given it had a lot of positive press before the transfer, has such a low % of gros
This has been bugging me since I saw Burn This: is this play a comedy?
To me, it reads as a drama with comedic moments. But I wanted less of it to be played for laughs. I'm curious to hear what others' opinions are, because I may have just "misread" the show.
So interesting to hear the opinions about Bubba Weiler as Scorpious. I saw CC for the first time last Thursday and Friday and I found his performance to be really heartfelt and involving, but I also have nothing to compare to. I can only imagine how good Anthony Boyle was.
Totally agree that James Snyder was a stand-out, and the cast as a whole felt very strong. I also saw The Ferryman shortly after the cast transitioned, and it's so clear when they've had time to rehearse toge
Thanks for your replies everyone! This was really informative.
I didn't realize that you could use AR for box office purchases. I usually try for rush tickets or the most discounted I can find, and now it makes sense that those are still valuable, instead of just aiming for those bonus points. I have such a gameified brain that that's what I latch onto :)
Of course now this gives me incentive to splurge once in a while...
How do you all determine what tickets to buy via Audience Rewards?
I'm new to AR and trying to figure out how to best leverage the system. A lot of the Earn offers I see require buying tickets valued at a minimum of $135, and that's higher than I usually try to spend. However, if the end result is getting free (or free-ish) tickets to a well-selling show, I can see the value in spending a little more on tickets for shows I want to see anyway when the Earn is significant. S
Tonight's show was also cancelled for a sick actor. We found out when we arrived 30 minutes prior to curtain.
Is this fairly common with Off-Broadway shows? I was flabbergasted when my friend, who arrived 5 minutes earlier than I did, texted me to say it was cancelled. I thought that was unheard of, though I've attended mostly Broadway shows where there are mostly always understudies.
I just saw Jersey Boys from row X in orchestra center. Good thing to note is they are partial view because row W is directly in front of you, not windowed. So unless you're on the (very) tall side, I would grab the boosters that are behind the sound booth behind you. My friend and I did this and ended up having an awesome view.
Is it common for tours to not finish their runs? I only started following the business side of theater recently, and I've never really looked into a tour's numbers.
That doesn't seem like a huge salary; the per diem may make a difference though, especially if a lot of the usual costs of living are covered (housing, mostly).
I got so excited when I saw that the leads of the Bridges tour were cast!
Now I'm pretty bummed. I don't know Elizabeth Stanley so I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.
However, I was not a fan of Andrew Samonsky in either South Pacific, or as Phoebus in Hunchback at Paper Mill. I thought he came across as too stiff and uninteresting in both.
I was planning a trip out to Ohio (oh gosh) to see this but now I'm not sure that I will. Is there
Surprisingly, I really didn't like this musical. Everyone sang well (especially Pasquale) and the choreography was fun to watch, but most of the time I wasn't very interested in the main action and ended up watching the background action. The ensemble was very active.
I'm a little bummed considering how much I loved Encores! A New Brain; this just wasn't my cup of tea.
"It means they pay less. Which means they won't be getting any big Broadway stars. But, that said, work is work. So you never know. And I'm sure a lot of the bigger stars can negotiate higher pay. So who knows? I wonder if it will be redesigned at all? I think there's a brilliant show there, but the production on Broadway wasn't it."
What was lacking in the B'way production? I wasn't in the area when it was on, and I've recently discovered th
Also going tomorrow! I've never seen either version of The Wild Party, so I'm intrigued by it, and especially excited to hear Steven Pasquale, who I adore on the Bridges of Madison County OBCR.
The darkness was actually fine by me, but then they would have a weirdly humorous scene that did not fit with the rest of the tone. So it was uneven, and the audience was unsure whether to laugh or not.
The staging did need some work. Parts of the set were great (the bells, for one) but then things like Quasimodo's dramatic rescue at the end were almost laughable.
Another issue that's been mentioned is the giant chorus. I think it was 44 people. It was wonderful to
