CATS Film Adaptation Thread Dec 20
2019, 03:08:17 PM
Decided to do a double feature last night with Star Wars at 7:00 and Cats at 9:30. Star Wars was pretty good, but Cats was horrible. I couldn’t stay till the end. I couldn’t even make it to the showstopper Memory. The entire time I was thinking who thought it was a good idea to make a film version of this rubbish. I didn’t like stage version when I saw it back in the 80s and this somehow was much worse. For those thinking of going to this, save your time and money and see something else.
There are some really good deals to be had on Audience Rewards. I would definitely take advantage of Slave Play and The Inheritance if I hadn't seen both already. But I think the best deal is Rock of Ages at 250 showpoints + $18. I don't think I've seen a better deal.
Dave Malloy's Moby Dick at A.R.T. Dec 5
2019, 03:16:53 PM
Saw it last night. At 3 hours and 35 minutes, it was way too long. There were some decent songs, but the story really dragged in the third act. I had trouble staying awake. Looking around, I wasn’t the only one.
Dolly80 said: "Totally agree. The Inheritance is far superior to Angels. And especially the recent ugly Broadway revival."
I saw both parts yesterday and I have to agree The Inheritance is far superior to Angels in America and I saw the recent revival with Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane 3 times. For me, this play was more relatable and as a result more impactful. I think with Angels I was more in awe of the stars on stage. With this, it w
mikem said: "Did anyone here see his understudy (or anyone else's)?"
I saw the show 3 times in NY, but only once with Andrew Polec. The first was the Sunday evening performance on 8/11 with Will Branner as Strat. The second was the matinee on the last day (9/ with Joey Taranto as Strat. Then finally the last performance of the run with Andre
I was shocked when he showed up at stage door after the final performance with crutches. I had tickets to both shows on the last day. He was out for the matinee but in for the evening performance. There was no indication he was injured in any wa
I kept trying random dates and found one for 2/23/2020 in the Dress Circle Row E. It really is just dumb luck and a lot of trial and error. I completed my purchase at 12:15 PM. I'm pretty sure all the free tickets are gone by now.
DottieD'Luscia said: "I was hoping that Beth Leavel would have been cast as Eulalie Shinn."
She's not a bad choice and she's a Tony winner so she's qualified. It appears they are really emphasizing all the Tony winners in the cast and production team.
Eva Noblezada in HADESTOWN Aug 27
2019, 09:36:05 AM
I saw the evening performance on 8/21 and everyone was in including Eva.
Eva Noblezada in HADESTOWN Aug 27
2019, 09:15:46 AM
I saw the evening performance on 8/21 and everyone was in including Eva.
haterobics said: "That's more an availability issue, no? I mean, I paid $69 for Groff seats and $149 for Glick seats, both side aisles. There were still $119 seats further back for the day I'm seeing Glick, but for $30, I decided to jump up a lot of rows."
Same here. Paid $69 for Groff seats when they first went on sale, but paid $119 for Glick seats yesterday. Should have just bought seats to both Groff and non-Groff shows back then. A
BJR said: "Well, now there's not much choice. The run outside of Glick is sold out or pretty near."
Stopped by the box office yesterday to get tickets to another show with Glick and the lady at the box office said there's literally two tickets left in the entire run for Groff shows. I suspect the Glick shows will sell out as well given the limited run.
Peter Dinklage in Cyrano Aug 14
2019, 10:55:54 AM
I saw this at Goodspeed last year. Looks like it’s the same show with Peter Dinklage and Blake Jenner reprising their roles as Cyrano and Christian, but with upgrades to all the other roles. I would like to see this again with the new cast, but I’m not sure if they’ll be single tickets left when it goes on sale to the general public on 8/27.
UncleCharlie said: "I hadn't seen this thread and I just stumbled onto the $25 ticket deal by checking their twitter to see if they had announced a rush policy. For the couple of performances I checked during the week of9/10, the week afteropening, there were a number of side orchestra tickets in the first 6-8 rows available for $25, usually the first 2 or 3 seats in from the far end. $36.50 with fees if you can't make it to the box office to buy them. If you've been wait
Miles2Go2 said: "I saw their performance on the Today Show. Of course, no set and the cast gave it their all, but it was...not good...
Of course, in all transparency I’ve never been much of a fan of Steinman’s overblown style with exception of Total Eclipse of The Heart...I fu**ing love that bop. Maybe if the blonde had taken off his shirt, but it was nothing network tv."
I agree. Their Today Show performance was sort of flat compared to
I guess they needed a show to fill the void left by Be More Chill. Maybe now George Salazar will be available for the Broadway transfer. My guess is everyone from the Tour (which is also most of the original cast) will return for this. And since they've been touring for much of the year, it should be a seamless transfer.
HBBrock said: "Even though I had a strong feeling the lead of the show (Andrew Polec) was going to be out tonight, I was pretty aggravated when I looked at the At This Performance board and saw that he was out (he took last Sunday night off too, and I am sure he was resting for The Today Show this morning). So aggravated that I put in a half effort to ask about exchanging tickets. Once the box office said I would need to talk to the House Manager, I kind of said screw it and we decid
OffOnBwayHi said: "ren598 said: "Just curious what they had in terms of merch? Similar to what they had in London?"
They are truly selling everything you could want or imagine. Shirts, keychains, souvenir books, cast recordings, tote bags... Biggest merch booth I’ve ever seen.
Whatever they had in London, I’m sure they have that and more."
OffOnBwayHi, thanks for the update on the merch. Looks like I’ll
catalana3 said: "What has Aaron and Karen’s track record been? Are they going in for all performances including matinees?"
Pretty good. I saw it 6 times in Boston and once on Broadway. Both have been on every single time. Come to think of it, the entire main cast (Arron Tveit, Karen Olivo, Danny Burstein, Tam Mutu, Sahr Ngaujah, Ricky Rojas, Robyn Hurder) have been on for
with Joey Taranto as Strat. Then finally the last performance of the run with Andre
