San Francisco's '08/'09 season- Page 2
San Francisco's '08/'09 season
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#25re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 6/10/08 at 11:58pm
The season looks pretty good. The only show I have no interest in seeing is Grease. I'm just dissapointed that next season doesn't really get going until next spring.
And I'm really hoping SF is able to get the Leap Of Faith tryout and they announce some great add-ons later in the year.
#26re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 6/11/08 at 12:51amI really hope no actors I like or care about are in Grease, because it's one of the few musicals I really hate. Luckily, there aren't a lot of people who could get cast in that that'd make me go see it...
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#27re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 6/11/08 at 1:11am
Calling the TBA show a "Broadway Blockbuster" is just hyperbole. Just adspeak that could just as easily refer to the size and scope of the show, which Leap of Faith most certainly fulfills, as to a show that is actually already on Broadway.
I guess they want to try and keep that TBS show as much of a secret as they can until the press release comes out, or they could have teased with "Broadway Bound Blockbuster".
Sarcasm is an allergic reaction to stupid people.
DrTheatre
Broadway Star Joined: 9/23/05
#28re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 6/11/08 at 2:27amMy guess is now SPAMALOT...cause it says they can not announce it till July, and doesn't SPAMALOT close in Vegas next month?
"In the U.S.A.
You can have your say,
You can set you goals
And seize the day,
You've been given the freedom
To work your way
To the head of the line-
To the head of the line!"
---Stephen Sondheim
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#29re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 6/11/08 at 2:49am
...doesn't SPAMALOT close in Vegas next month?
Yes it does.
I'm starting to think it's going to be Spamalot. Looking at their tour schedule, it looks like they could be hitting markets on the west coast again starting next spring.
But I'm hoping the 5th is going to be be In The Heights. We'll just have to wait until next month to find out.
But if it's either of those 2 shows I'll be fine because I want to see both.
Updated On: 6/11/08 at 02:49 AM
#31re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 6/17/08 at 7:02pm
Kind of off topic, but I was in Vegas last week, and if you sign up for a red players card at the Wynn, they'll practically throw two free Spamalot tickets to you as a sign up bonus. How sad.
And if anyone hasn't seen it yet, please haul ass to the ACT and get tickets for 'Tis Pity She's a Whore'!!! It's fabulous!
broadwaybelter
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
#32re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 6/17/08 at 8:44pmHopefully HEIGHTS will be a season add on. We wait with baded breath...
#33re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 6/17/08 at 8:52pmMy friend called the box office and asked about the stage seats for Spring Awakening and was told that there will be no stage seating. I'm not sure if the box office person actually knows about the production design for the tour company. Or will it be sold as rush seats?
#34re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 6/17/08 at 10:53pmI wonder if they're going to eliminate stage seating and make rush the first two rows in preparation for the (pardon my not so great phrasing) lowest common denominators on tour -- surely not every theatre is big enough or wiling to accommodate stage seating.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#35re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 7/13/08 at 11:48amThey've just announced the 5th show - it's Spamalot.
Sarcasm is an allergic reaction to stupid people.
DrTheatre
Broadway Star Joined: 9/23/05
#36re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 7/13/08 at 12:11pm
What's funny about our theaters in SF is that they are wide. A lot more than one's you find on Broadway. It is easy to have stage seating for SP on Broadway, easier to get too. Here, there is an Orchestra pit in front of it. There is some distance between the stage and the first row. If you were at the Curran I would say it is possible for stage seating and if you were at the Post it would be much easier to do stage-seating there.
Anywhere else, not so much...too much for a walk for people and could be a stretch!
"In the U.S.A.
You can have your say,
You can set you goals
And seize the day,
You've been given the freedom
To work your way
To the head of the line-
To the head of the line!"
---Stephen Sondheim
#37re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 7/13/08 at 1:28pm
August: Osage County - Aug '09 @ the Curran
yayyyyyyyyy!
"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim
tourboi
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
#38re: San Francisco's '08/'09 season
Posted: 7/13/08 at 5:21pm
Actually in A LOT of cities on "the road" the theatres are big, and very wide. This isn't unique to SF.
And Orchestra pits aren't a problem. They can be covered and have seats put in (several tours do/did this... Rent, Altar Boyz) did this.
