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I wish Eddie/Suzy the best, but this wasn't great.  Izzard is a spectacular comedian, who tends to pull her punches when acting.  (I still gave a standing ovation, because it's a bloody one-person Hamlet, but wouldn't sit through it again.)

I saw it today - fantastic!  The entire cast is strong, but Menzies is absolutely magnetic.  The pacing is tight - it's 1:40, with no intermission, and the staging was great.  I highly, highly recommend it.

It's been taken!  

Has anyone rushed this recently?  I have an out of town guest who wants to try and rush next Sunday.  Thanks!

I have a friend who's visiting from out of town in mid-October, and I want to get the best possible seats - preferably in the orchestra, because I'm two hairs away from Helen Keller.  Rush tickets are $27, my TDF membership gets me $45 seats.  Has anyone here used their TDF membership recently, or rushed this play?  Thanks!

*spoiler alert*  Was not expecting three characters to croak!  I found it weirdly dark, but maybe that's the point, and I went in expecting Hello Dolly, or something.  But John Turturro appeared to be having a blast and Zoe Wanamaker is my everything.  I sat a few rows behind Ben Brantley and watched everyone else watching Ben Brantley.

I'm seeing it tonight!  Very excited.  

For me, it's definitely been worth it!  I've gotten a lot of great orchestra seats (some premium), many fine mezz seats, and only one balcony seat through TDF.  I'm a public librarian, and TDF's enabled me to attend the theater waaaay more than I could afford normally.

I just did a Homer Simpson "Whoo-hoo!!" at work!!  

As somebody who's still trying to get into Hamilton via the lottery/cancellation line - Madonna can bite me.  Lin-Manuel has been nothing but lovely every time he's passed by the huddled masses yearning to breathe free inside the Newman theater.

I saw this show on Saturday, and have been smiling ever since.  My boss informed me that if I didn't stop humming the score at the ref desk she was gonna write me up or physically strike me.  It was wonderful.

It was better than Wonderland.  I liked Frasier and the dog.  

That's so beautiful!  Did anybody record that?  I did see where someone posted the end of her last "Long Grift" on Twitter.

I'm glad NPH turned lots of new people on to Hedwig.  But I want everyone to see JCM:  "CRATE!"  And I'm so, so lucky to have seen this show seven times.  I hope JCM is being filmed for the archives at Lincoln Center.  I fear only NPH was.

I would have been happy for Broderick to play the straight man, but he was so stilted and unnatural it consistently took me out of the play.  I was flabbergasted.  The woman sitting next to me remarked on it, too.  Maybe he was having an off night.  

I thought Short was fantastic, and was thrilled to see him live.  I couldn't understand Broderick's continued career - he was sooo stilted the night I saw him!