LOBBY HERO Previews

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 10:52am

Previews for the Broadway premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero begin in just a few days (Thursday, March 1, 2018) at the Hayes Theater, the venue's very first production under Second Stage Theater. Starring Chris Evans and Michael Cera, Lobby Hero is set to open officially on Monday, March 26 for a limited run currently through Sunday, May 13.

Who's going?!

[JBroadway]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 11:00am

Seeing it on Saturday night! Will report back, though I expect I won't be the first to do so. 

[Bwayfan292]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 8:25pm

I have barley seen any buzz on this. Is it supposed to do well?

[Broadway Joe]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 8:58pm

My fault for not looking it up but I'm seeing John Litghow's show now(it's intermission) and I went to the Lobby Hero Box office and they were only open until 6pm so I missed it by a few minutes.

Is there any rush/lotto for this? I was planning on just buying the $99 tickets since I don't really expect it to be on TDF or anything.

[BOM]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 9:02pm

I will be there on March 11th. I enjoyed Michael Cera in This Is Our Youth so i'm really looking forward to this.

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 10:09pm

Broadway Joe said: "My fault for not looking it up but I'm seeing John Litghow's show now(it's intermission) and I went to the Lobby Hero Box office and they were only open until 6pm so I missed it by a few minutes.

Is there any rush/lotto for this? I was planning on just buying the $99 tickets since I don't really expect it to be on TDF or anything. "

They have 30 Under 30 depending on your age.

[Speed]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 10:10pm

This is one of my favorite plays of all time. I loved the original, has used some of it for audition material, and would love to be in it sometime.

[@z5]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 10:23pm

Going Sunday night.... very excited since I loved Manchester by the Sea. Should be good!

[yesraccoons]

Posted: 2/28/18 at 2:29pm

Going on Friday with 30under30. Last I checked though 3/2 still had a lot of unsold seats... really hope this does well!

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 2/28/18 at 4:42pm

If anyone doesn't have a ticket yet, and uses Audience Rewards, they have a really great promotion going on. I got an awesome side front orchestra seat for 5,000 points, with no additional cost. The other option was 1,000 points + $48. I checked out my seat on Telecharge, and it's normally priced at $169. Unfortunately, the only date right now for this particular offer is 4/25 at 2:00 p.m., but they still have 9 seats available, if anyone's interested. You won't get your seat number at the time of purchase, but they sent mine within 24 hours.

Updated On: 2/28/18 at 04:42 PM

[JPeterman]

Posted: 2/28/18 at 4:47pm

That's a great deal ... thanks for the tip.

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 2/28/18 at 5:36pm

JPeterman said: "That's a great deal ... thanks for the tip."

My pleasure!

[willep]

Posted: 3/1/18 at 7:48pm

Looks like they are doing a TodayTix rush, $32.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/1/18 at 11:46pm

Was anyone at the first preview tonight? If so, what are your thoughts?

[Alfie6]

Posted: 3/1/18 at 11:53pm

First Preview Thoughts:

Good: This production is in top shape and did not feel like a first preview at all, everyone was on top of their game and it felt like I was seeing this a few months into the run. The entire cast is fantastic but Michael Cera really stole the show and I would give him a Tony nom in a heartbeat. I think they all could work on projecting a little more and some lines were swallowed by the audience who kept screaming and hooting. This audience was VERY enthusiastic. There are some great laugh out loud moments that were hysterical and Michael Cera's delivery was killer.

Bad: As a whole, despite some really funny moments I don't feel like this is a really gripping play and it dragged on at several parts.  The lobby set looked so shabby considering there are well off people living there. There was also something bizarre with the elevator at the close of the first act, might have been a malfunction but he is going to a higher floor yet the elevator said he was going to the basement, can someone clarify this for me?

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 3/1/18 at 11:58pm

Curious if Evans signed this evening?

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 12:36am

I’m not 100% sure but from the looks of Instagram, it seems he came out but did not sign.

[comets]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 6:16am

Thanks for the update on the first preview. I'm seeing it next Saturday so I'm very excited now. 

[BroadwayBoy214]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 11:30am

What was the running time?

[Alfie6]

Posted: 3/2/18 at 1:13pm

The usher told me it would run 2:10 but ran 2:35- granted it started a little late and the Artistic Director made a speech before the show thanking people so I would say 2:20 with a 15 min intermission.

[yesraccoons]

Posted: 3/3/18 at 12:01am

Show is suppose to be 2 hours 10 minutes.

The show was amazing it is so relevant to this current social climate. It was funny, it was powerful. The actors were great. The characters were all pretty nuanced expect for maybe Bill but it was still good.

Would highly recommend people see this!!

And for any wondering it does not look like any of the cast will be stagedooring at all

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 3/3/18 at 9:39am

CT2NYC said: "If anyone doesn't have a ticket yet, and uses Audience Rewards, they have a really great promotion going on. I got an awesome side front orchestra seat for 5,000 points, with no additional cost. The other option was 1,000 points + $48. I checked out my seat on Telecharge, and it's normally priced at $169. Unfortunately, the only date right now for this particular offer is 4/25 at 2:00 p.m., but they still have 9 seats available, if anyone's interested. You won't get your seat number at the time of purchase, but they sent mine within 24 hours."

FYI, there are 8 seats still available for this promotion.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 3/3/18 at 8:42pm

This was a big ol' meh for me. It wasn't bad, but it also wasn't anything that tremendously amazing. It pretty much filled the definition of a standard play for me. 

Kudos to Michael Cera, though, who's on stage for the entire thing. He deserves recognition. 

The Hayes is so much cleaner and refined now that it's in 2econd Stage's hands, but I have no idea what image the dots on the walls of the house were trying to conjure altogether.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 3/3/18 at 11:07pm

I didn’t really care for this either; the actors are all fine, but the play was very blah for me. I didn’t connect with any of the characters and didn’t care what happened to them. Well, that’s kind of a lie. I really was hoping that worse things happened to all of them than what did end up happening.

I don’t know if this will make any sense, but the whole thing was just so straight. Like, I’d recommend this for a heterosexual date night where the guy isn’t into theater and his girlfriend has to reassure him that there won’t be any jazz hands involved.

What kept my mind busy was trying to figure out where this building was located. The Playbill states that the setting is in Manhattan and from the play we know it’s at least 22 stories tall and the apartment letters go up to at least J on each floor, so it’s a decent sized building. The lobby is far from fancy, but it’s at least expensive enough to live there to warrant a full time security guard at a desk. Also, for the size of the building we never see a single person enter or leave the building. Not a tenant and not a delivery person. So because I was bored this is what I ended up pondering and after 2 hours and 30 minutes of thinking about it, I still have no clue where this building might be!

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 3/3/18 at 11:14pm

any merch?