I'd love to see something centered around Christopher Marlowe. There's so much to work with...rise from humble birth, brilliance, career as a spy (double-agent?), success as a playwright, arrest for counterfeiting & near death brush there, conflicts with authorities, mysterious violent death/faked death at age 29....
But since Something Rotten is set in that period, I don't think there'd even be an opening for something like that for a very long time
1. I've seen Hamilton three times, but all with Lin, so I can't compare Javier's Hamilton to Lin's. But I thought Lin gave an incredible performance every time. The breadth of his character, how he showed the different facets of Hamilton's personality, emotional range and subtlety in different scenes-- incredible. Yes, he is a less gifted singer than Leslie, but looking at these two performances specifically I personally would go with Lin over Leslie.
It averages to about once a month, but generally they're clustered together: 2-3 shows one week and then nothing for several months.
I live in New York and would like to see more, but my main interest is music so I have to allocate Broadway for the rare week/end when I don't have concerts.
I bought a ticket to see The Crucible from the Times Sq TKTS booth a couple weeks back. Asked at the window where the seat would be, lady told me 7th row, I told her I'd take it, signed for it, went to the theatre.
Lo and behold, the ticket was for 10th row. I clearly, clearly heard her say 7th row. (Unusually, she quoted the number, rather than the letter of the row to me). The only thing I can think, since I saw Gentleman's Guide at the same theatre, is that maybe she assumed in good
