Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Will Mothers and Sons extend?
#1Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/10/14 at 6:49pmI will be in NYC on June 25th thru July3rd and have 7 shows lined up to see.But I really had my heart set on seeing Mothers and Sons but it appears it ends June8.Does anyone know if it will extend or even how long I should hold my only open night before I buy tickets to something else? thanks
#2Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/10/14 at 7:26pm
The twitter account says it's open-ended.
Updated On: 2/10/14 at 07:26 PM
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#2Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/10/14 at 7:35pmIt obviously depends on the popularity of it. Wait for it to open and check around April.
Matt Rogers
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
#3Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/10/14 at 8:58pmThe out of town reviews I read say that it is around 80 or so minutes long, which means that most people will be paying more than a dollar a minute. I'll only see this if I can scrape up a very deeply discounted seat. The flyer I got offering a discounted ticket priced at $99.00 ain't cutting it.
#4Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/10/14 at 9:02pmTickets might only be on sale through June 8 but it doesn't appear to say it's closing then. It is currently February and the show hasn't even started previews yet. I don't know how you think we could predict this. Maybe consider contacting Miss Cleo.
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
oasisjeff
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/07
#5Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 11:12am
"The out of town reviews I read say that it is around 80 or so minutes long, which means that most people will be paying more than a dollar a minute. I'll only see this if I can scrape up a very deeply discounted seat. The flyer I got offering a discounted ticket priced at $99.00 ain't cutting it."
I agree. They should add an unnecessary 20 minutes that makes the play seem overly long just to get us under the $1/min mark.
Now t/d/b/a haterobics on here.
#6Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 11:19amCOMMONS OF PENSACOLA tickets were $105 each and the play was only about 80 mins long. Can you believe what a horrible deal that was? Luckily it didn't start til about 10 after so we got a little bit more for our money.
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
#7Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 3:51pmMaybe Tyne Daly will come out after the curtain call and sings "Rose's Turn," complete with striptease, to balance the obviously ridiculous cost-to-running-time ratio.
"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
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#8Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 4:50pm
"The out of town reviews I read say that it is around 80 or so minutes long, which means that most people will be paying more than a dollar a minute."
Right on.
Can't tell you how many times I've been to a play that ended 4-6 minutes earlier than it's announced running time. You gotta know I'm sitting there those extra 4-6 minutes even in an empty theater because no one's gonna cheat me out of what I paid for.
Updated On: 2/11/14 at 04:50 PM
Matt Rogers
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 8:48pmA friend of mine is in the production and he tells me that the original musical numbers they're adding will lengthen the playing time by 390 mins or so,
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Matt Rogers
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
#11Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 9:51pm
Yeah and a frIend of mine told me that there is a select group of nasty, sarcastic snarky bitches on various Broadway message boards, who, when they have no legitimate comments or concerns, just like to see themselves in print and compete for the Biggest Broadway Bitch Award.
Well, I say you're all winners.
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#12Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 10:03pmOK Matt, would you rather people cut the snark and sarcasm and just tell you straight that suggesting a production cannot justify charging more than a dollar per minute of running time and that its value and worth as a piece of theater is related to its length is a breathtakingly ignorant comment? Better?
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#13Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 10:03pmMatt, why do you post here if that's how you feel about this message board, then? For your own personal happiness let me suggest that you move on from this board. There are plenty out there. Updated On: 2/11/14 at 10:03 PM
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#14Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 10:41pmIMO, whether a play is short or long has no impact on whether it's good or bad. A ten-minute play that stinks can seem like an eternity and a 3+-hour show can seem like 5 minutes if it's really good. I don't judge the quality of a work by its length. It appears that the days of a double bill are mostly a thing of the past, so take your pick. Just my thought.
BroadwayEd
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#15Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 10:56pmMatt, I got my ticket for $55 so...everything will work out for you just fine.
Matt Rogers
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
#16Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 10:59pmDear Disgusting Headband....No one was talking to you. You are one of the biggest disgraces I have ever had the displeasure to encounter on any message board. You shoot out your zippy little zingers and then when someone calls you on your trollish ways, you turn into a little bitch crybaby and report them. You are an absolute disgusting hag who has been here less than a year and has somehow racked up enough messages to become a "broadway legend". Hysterical. If hysterical means you have no life. Get one, you troll, and stop private messaging me.
oasisjeff
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/07
#17Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 11:11pmSo, you're saying it's not snarky to question the worth of the show solely by its running time? That seemed to be the introduction of the snark in this thread to me.
Now t/d/b/a haterobics on here.
Matt Rogers
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
#18Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 11:23pmSelling an 80 minute play for a hundred and thirty seven dollars is the height of arrogance to me. Terrence McNally is a great writer and his many full length plays prove it. If he wants to write a one act, fine. But to sell this as a full evening of theatre is a little cheeky, and I know it's not him. It's his producers.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#19Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/11/14 at 11:45pmYes, it's pretty ridiculous, but Broadway is a business that's becoming pretty elitist. I don't think it will get any better soon, that's just how it is. I got pretty inexpensive seats for the show though, if you wanted the promo code.
#20Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/12/14 at 10:49am
"But to sell this as a full evening of theatre is a little cheeky"
Since when does a play have to be two acts and 2+ hours to be considered a "full play" and a "full evening of theatre"? You have some serious issues. Perhaps you should go to the opera instead. I've heard some of those are 5+ hours. Think of the cost per minute there!!!
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
#22Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/12/14 at 10:55amThanks guys for all the responses. I understand the prices of all Broadway shows have risen,but for someone living in Texas who only gets to New York every year or two,that isn't a reason not to see a show.I envy all you guys close enough to go all the time and if I lived there then ticket prices would definetly be an issue.Again if anyone finds out about an etention to June 26 please let me know. I'm kind of impatient so telling me to wait til April is a tough pill to swallow.lol
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#23Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/12/14 at 12:19pmWill, as someone mentioned, it is listed as an open run which means they are not going to "announce" an extension since they didn't announce a closing date. Tickets are on sale through June 8. That doesn't mean that's when it's going to close. It could run far beyond that date or it could close in April or May if it's not doing well. No one on this board controls when they will put a new block of tickets on sale for dates beyond June 8. Rather than waiting for someone to tell you something, just keep checking the Telecharge site for the show and if/when you see the "on sale through" date change to a later date, that's when you'll know.
#24Will Mothers and Sons extend?
Posted: 2/12/14 at 12:31pmGreat one for the out of towners to catch the Saturday 8pm show, then time for a skinny latte then hit the ground running and see the 10pm showing of Hedwig and the Angry Itch.
