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Thursday Matinees
hamiltonboys
Understudy Joined: 1/18/16
#1Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 12:50am
Hello all,
I'm only in NYC from August 8-10, so I'm looking to see a Thursday matinee on August 9. Phantom really isn't my favorite show so I'm looking for off-Broadway recommendations
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#2Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 1:16am
Broadway.com has Bway & Off-Broadway listings broken down by day
Looks like Desperate Measures or Gazillion Bubble Show would be your Thursday matinee options. Thurs matinees are rare, unfortunately. (I haven't seen Desperate Measures, but I know some people have loved it.)
#3Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 2:00am
I have never understood why more shows do not offer Tuesday or Thursday matinees. Its a gem whenever you can find one.
Not to be confused with Dave19.
#4Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 4:39am
I would think Friday matinees would also be successful as there might be more people apt to be available to do a matinee that day (tourists in for a long weekend, locals who might take an afternoon off work, and the like).
<-- Tevye, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, March 2018
#5Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 7:12am
The highly praised production of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish has a Thursday matinee at 1 p.m. on August 9, but it's sold out. Maybe you can contact the theater for info about cancellations or standing room. The theater is all the way downtown, though.
http://nytf.org/?event=fiddler-on-the-roof-in-yiddish
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#7Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 9:04am
Always thought some shows should switch to Thursday matinees just for the summer.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#8Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 9:04am
Dave13 said: "I have never understood why more shows do not offer Tuesday or Thursday matinees. Its a gem whenever you can find one."
Lots of productions have tried to implement Thursday or Friday matinees over the years, but the concept has never really taken off. Unlike the West End, where midweek matinees throughout the week are common, Wednesday is really ingrained as the "matinee day" here. PHANTOM is the only show that seems to have consistently made a Thursday matinee work for a long period of time.
#9Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 9:12am
I would love to see the longer-running shows like The Lion King or Chicago implement a Thursday or Friday matinee.
Why is Wednesday the "matinee" day on Broadway?
#10Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 9:15am
I agree on Friday matinees. In the summer, my company let's us leave after 1pm on Fridays.
Phantom4ever
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/17/07
#11Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 9:34amI believe Lion King has a special matinee that Friday, August 10
carolinaguy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/06
#12Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 9:42am
Friday matinees would mean two consecutive two-show days. A few shows do this already with two performances each on Saturday and Sunday, but cast members often complain that this schedule is a killer.
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#13Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 10:14am
TheSassySam said: "Why is Wednesday the "matinee" day on Broadway?"
The bigger issue, I think, is if you consider all of the B&T that come to shows, there is an entire industry built around Wednesday matinees. If I were to take the "Shopper's special" bus from where I live 2.5 hours outside of NYC, it is a $25 round-trip. It only runs on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and specifically mentions catching a Broadway matinee as one of its features. If you go on a different day, it's $45 each way.
So after decades of bus tours and such standardizing on the Wednesday matinee, I don't think they would change it just so people could see an extra show on summer vacations. The bus tours and such are the people who see shows year-round, so they are more predictable business than vacationers.
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#14Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 10:32am
I'm just remembering: Phantom, Cinderella, and Mamma Mia all partnered on a promotion to advertise their Thursday matinees a few years ago (and Matilda also did some Thurs matinees). Phantom must do well enough with their Thursday matinee to justify it, sort of like the shows that have shows on Monday nights.
Unrelated, but I think ONCE ON THIS ISLAND has the most bizarre schedule:
Friday night
Saturday two shows
Sunday two shows
Mon night
Tues night
Weds matinee
Thurs dark
LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#15Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 10:53am
SomethingPeculiar said: "I'm just remembering:Phantom, Cinderella, and Mamma Mia all partnered on a promotion to advertise their Thursday matinees a few years ago (and Matilda also did someThurs matinees). Phantom must do well enough with their Thursday matineeto justify it, sort of like the shows that have shows on Monday nights.
Unrelated, but I think ONCE ON THIS ISLAND has the most bizarre schedule:
Friday night
Saturday two shows
Sunday two shows
Mon night
Tues night
Weds matinee
Thurs dark"
I actually think that schedule makes a lot of sense. Having only one matinee on Wednesday, followed by a Thursday off day, gives the performers more than 48 hours off between end-of-show Wednesday and call on Friday.
#16Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 12:33pm
“Chicago” tried Thursday matinees in the past - I enjoyed them - but didn’t sell well. Was like a ghost town inside the theatre. I’m sure tkts not being open didn’t help
TheSassySam said: "I would love to see the longer-running shows like The Lion King or Chicago implement a Thursday or Friday matinee.
Why is Wednesday the "matinee" day on Broadway?"
#17Thursday Matinees
Posted: 7/31/18 at 12:40pm
I remember seeing a Thursday matinee of Mamma Mia! a few months before it closed and it was so, so empty.
I was so happy to squeeze in an extra show though! Honestly, that and the $30 rush ticket was the only reason I saw it.
#18Thursday Matinees
Posted: 5/21/19 at 9:51pm
Just noticed when looking for tickets, but Moulin Rouge will be having Thursday matinees after it opens.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#19Thursday Matinees
Posted: 5/22/19 at 1:38amFiddler in Yiddish will be moving their Thursday matinees to Wednesdays in June.
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#20Thursday Matinees
Posted: 5/22/19 at 10:13amThe Play That Goes Wrong is also doing Thursday matinees this summer. Quite a few options this summer.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#21Thursday Matinees
Posted: 5/22/19 at 10:29ammacnyc, it's not downtown. It's at Stage 42.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#22Thursday Matinees
Posted: 5/22/19 at 11:11am
macnyc's reply was from July 2018, prior to Fiddler's transfer to Stage 42.
#23Thursday Matinees
Posted: 5/22/19 at 11:26am
For some strange reason "Frankie & Johnny" is dark Wednesday and has an added Thursday matinee the last week of June only. That happens to be the long weekend I will be in town so I am ecstatic to not only get to add an extra show but that one specifically! (Otherwise would have made a return trip to either "Phantom"
or "Play That Goes Wrong" - probably "Play..."
"Gazillion Bubble Show" has an 11am show on Thursday and on Saturday so was thinking of adding it in too. Anyone seen it? Thoughts? Runt time? THANKS!
<-- Tevye, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, March 2018
#24Thursday Matinees
Posted: 5/22/19 at 11:32amThanks, BroadwayGuy12!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#25Thursday Matinees
Posted: 5/22/19 at 12:38pm
SomethingPeculiar said: "Phantom must do well enough with their Thursday matineeto justify it, sort of like the shows that have shows on Monday nights."
Simply put, Phantom doesn't do any worse on Thursday matinees than it did on Wednesday matinees, so there was no reason to move it back to Wednesdays.
