Easter Weekend Visit
Easter Weekend Visit
mal8tr
Swing Joined: 10/22/14
#1Easter Weekend Visit
Posted: 4/8/19 at 9:09pm
I am visit for a long Easter Weekend Thursday through Sunday so I have five slots. I have already seen: Beautiful, Book of Mormon, Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Hamilton, Lion King, Mean Girls, Phantom, Waitress, and Wicked. Really am open to plays or Musicals--on or off broadway. Right now I am thinking of: Be More Chill, The Network, Hadestown, My Fair Lady, The Prom, Tootsie, Too Kill a Mockingbird. That said, I am open to an of those or shows off-Broadway, or cabarets (e.g. 54 below, greenroom 42). Any feedback on how to fill my week would be great. If there are things I have not mentioned, feel free to provide your thoughts! Thanks!
Updated On: 4/8/19 at 09:09 PM
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Easter Weekend Visit
Posted: 4/8/19 at 9:43pm
I would put both Hadestown and Mockingbird at the top of your list. I would also highly reccomend the off-Bway Fiddler on the Roof as it is stunning.
Personally, I could never suggest BMC to anyone having just seen and loathed it.
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PhantomOfFleetStreet
Chorus Member Joined: 2/17/18
#3Easter Weekend Visit
Posted: 4/8/19 at 10:19pmI would definitely reccommend Hadestown and To Kill a Mockingbird from your list. I saw Tootsie and I thought it was really funny but a lot of the songs were drags so if you want to see good musical numbers, you won't find them there. It's not on your list but I highly recommend Oklahoma. Even if you hate Oklahoma (like I did), you would like the latest revivial.
#4Easter Weekend Visit
Posted: 4/8/19 at 10:44pm
I echo voting for Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. Just stunning. I’d skip My Fair Lady. Not offensively bad. I mean THOSE Songs, but it somehow falls flat and from what I hear, a new lead actress hasn’t improved things as that really isn’t the problem. I probably won’t make it back to NY before November, but tops of my list are: Tootsie, Oklahoma!, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Hadestown as far as shows open during Easter weekend.
I also loved Bryan Cranston in a production I had mixed feelings about, but in retrospect I admire it more than most on here do. I also thought Kiss Me, Kate was pure bliss (an unpopular opinion on here).
But if you only have five slots:
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
Tootsie
Oklahoma!
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hadestown
