Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
#1Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/10/11 at 4:00pmI haven't heard any reports about how the lines have been for Shakespeare in the Park this year. There's no huge stars, so I'm assuming they're not crazy like the past couple of years. I'm planning to go Friday, anyone done it recently and able to offer guidance?
#2Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/12/11 at 9:21am
Bumping this.
Rushing this weekend but would rather not get there at 7 only to realize I could have got there at 10.
Any words of advice? Is 8 AM a lock for tickets or does it pay to show up earlier to guarantee seats?
Thanks in advance!
jewelchk
Stand-by Joined: 12/21/05
#2Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:21pm
I saw All's Well That Ends Well earlier this month and had no problems getting standby seats-- even though my train got stuck and I didn't get there until after 7pm!
Anyone know how it's been this week, since it's the last week? Was thinking of trying to get Measure for Measure standby after work.
"I thought that that was just going to be a like one shot deal for me, you know, but they kept talking about it like, 'when we do the production, when we do the production', and I was like, 'yes, yes, when you do the production, cool, I will come and see it'". - John Gallagher Jr. on SA
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#3Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:29pmIt's definitely worth a try.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#4Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/28/11 at 2:52pmWent last night about 7:10 and there were already 200 plus people in line. Around 7:15 we were told by a Public staff member that getting a ticket wasn't happening.
#5Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/28/11 at 4:43pmIt's the final week of the run. People are realizing it's their last chance. All bets are off.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#6Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/28/11 at 5:36pm
The website says they begin ticket distribution at 1:00 p.m. How quickly, out of curiosity, are the tickets distributed? It's not, like, a huge procedure, is it? I can be there by 7:30 a.m. and certainly don't mind doing so, but I'm seeing JERUSALEM at 2:00.
There's nothing else I'm extremely intent on seeing in the evening. Since the RSC shows are sold out, I keep poring, with either total disinterest or only exceedingly mild curiosity, over the alternatives. M4M would solve the problem very nicely.
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Updated On: 7/28/11 at 05:36 PM
#7Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/28/11 at 5:52pmThey are extremely quick. I queued for MEASURE FOR MEASURE a few Wednesdays ago with tickets to the 2:00 DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY. I was about 50th in line. Distribution began promptly, I was on the subway with ticket in hand at 1:10, and at the Pels before the doors were even opened.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#8Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/28/11 at 6:07pm
Oh, AC, you are marvelous. A thousand thank-yous.
What time did you queue up, if you don't mind my asking, to be 50th?
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#9Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/28/11 at 6:28pmAround 7:30, but this was relatively early in the run. (The week before it opened, I believe) Not sure what lines are like at this point.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#10Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/28/11 at 7:07pm
Groovy. Well, I'll get there when I get there, and if it looks unreasonable, I'll jump ship.
Thanks again, AC! MWAH!
Have a great dinner!
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#11Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/29/11 at 12:27amJust to let you all know, every performance this week has been completely filled up (being the last week and all).
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#12Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/29/11 at 8:28amToday might be a good time to try, given the chance of rain, but then you also have to deal with the chance that the performance might be cancelled tonight. (There's an 80% chance of t-storms tonight)
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
jewelchk
Stand-by Joined: 12/21/05
#13Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/29/11 at 9:34amBy filled up do you mean no standby tickets?
"I thought that that was just going to be a like one shot deal for me, you know, but they kept talking about it like, 'when we do the production, when we do the production', and I was like, 'yes, yes, when you do the production, cool, I will come and see it'". - John Gallagher Jr. on SA
#14Shakespeare in the Park Lines?
Posted: 7/29/11 at 11:57am
There are standby tickets, but the lines have been long.
But as AC said, tonight may be a good night to try, given the chance of rain.
If the show does not get cancelled (and they really, REALLY try to not to- it's only been actually cancelled once this summer. They will absolutely perform in rain as long as there is no thunder/lightning and it's not torrential and there is no chance of it passing), and you can take the rain, it'll be worth it. I have found that performances in the rain or continuing after a rain hold are pretty fantastic and utterly unique theatrical experiences.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
