Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Roger246
Featured Actor Joined: 3/4/06
#1Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 10:23pm
hi everyone,
I am seeing BE, Hair and Ruined in July (between the 20th and 25th). I was going to pick up tickets at tkts to also see August: Osage County when I am in town but now that it is closing, I need another option.
I don't really want to spend money and buy tickets in advance so it will have to be a show that I can pick up discount tickets for when I am in town. I was thinking of either God of Carnage or Next to Normal. Would either of these be available at tkts in July? Also, is there a possibility that The Wiz will extend?
Updated On: 6/20/09 at 10:23 PM
#2re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 10:24pmYou should get Standing Room for God of Carnage. The Wiz will not extend.
#2re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 10:35pmDefinitely Next to Normal.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
Roger246
Featured Actor Joined: 3/4/06
#3re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:08pm
While I have heard GREAT things about Next to Normal, I think it might be nice to have a balance of plays and musicals. So, I am leaning towards God of Carnage, which I have heard also GREAT things about
Updated On: 6/20/09 at 11:08 PM
#4re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:23pmGod of Carnage is closing on July 27 and resuming September 8. You're just gonna make it. If i was you though, I would definitely see Next to Normal.
"It's about the Benjamins, not the Bernsteins."-CapnHook
#5re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:26pm
The Norman Conquests (that will be the last week)
But if we are choosing between God of Carnage and Next to Normal, then without a doubt choose God of Carnage.
Updated On: 6/20/09 at 11:26 PM
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#6re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:28pmI'd recommend God of Carnage over N2N as well.
Roger246
Featured Actor Joined: 3/4/06
#7re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:32pmFor Carnage, If we were to do a 2pm Wednesday matinee, how early would we have to go for SRO? I am assuming that being it's last week before the summer hiatus that there would definitely be SRO available.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:47pmI've seen both and I highly reccomend N2N.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Act4ever
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/04
#9re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:54pmIf you're looking for a balance and you're looking for a true comedy, catching any of THE NORMAN CONQUESTS would be a treat. Having seen all of the pieces that you're deciding between, NORMAN, in my opinion, is the best choice. It's the funniest play I've seen in a long time.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#10re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:23amnext to normal- such a powerful and wonderful original musical. Go see it!
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#11re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:24amSaw both recently...definitely enjoyed Next to Normal more.
bwayfan7000
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
#12re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:40amnext to normal is like nothing I've ever seen. Truly incredible. You'd be passing up something amazing if you don't do next to normal.
"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim
#13re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:43am
"Having seen all of the pieces that you're deciding between, NORMAN, in my opinion, is the best choice."
I second this completely.
Roger246
Featured Actor Joined: 3/4/06
#14re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:48amFor Conquests, I would only have time to see one show of the trilogy, which one would you guys recommend?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#15re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:51am
TABLE MANNERS or LIVING TOGETHER.
LIVING TOGETHER has a mix of drama and comedy; TABLE MANNERS is 100%, unabashed hilarity. Depends on which you prefer.
For more fun (since RUINED is a downer of a play), go with TABLE MANNERS.
#16re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 1:08am
If you're only going to see one, Round and Round the Garden would be my pick.
Very funny, and in my opinion stands best on it's own as it has a bit more closure in the end than the other two.
I heartily recommend Norman Conquests... it's a delightfully off-beat comedic crowd pleaser.
#17re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 1:10am
"For Conquests, I would only have time to see one show of the trilogy, which one would you guys recommend?"
See whichever one you have time for. You absolutely cannot go wrong with a single one of them.
Roger246
Featured Actor Joined: 3/4/06
#18re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 1:17amEven though it will be the last week of Conquests, would I still be able to get tickets at TKTS?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#19re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 2:05amI'm sure it'll be on TKTS.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#20re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 4:04amYou have a MUCH better chance of Norman being on TKTS than your origianl two choices. And you will be at the mercy of your schedule as to which play is available.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#21re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:03pmNext to Normal
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
Salene
Broadway Star Joined: 3/26/07
#22re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:24pm
Another vote for The Norman Conquests.
If not, Next to Normal.
#23re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:41pmI vote Next to Normal.
I know you.
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#24re: Seeing BE, Hair and Ruined, need one more...
Posted: 6/21/09 at 12:45pm
I would definitely go with Next to Normal.
Updated On: 6/21/09 at 12:45 PM
