PURLIE VICTORIOUS Previews Sep 18
2023, 09:42:38 PM
THANK YOU!
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PURLIE VICTORIOUS Previews Sep 18
2023, 07:15:17 PM
Does anyone know of discount codes? I really want to go but can't do full price
Thanks
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re: Musicals that are NOT based off of Movies, books, or plays/oprah Sep 14
2023, 11:07:29 PM
Re CITY OF ANGELS, the Stephen King story was not published till 1993 4 years after CITY OF ANGELS premiered so unless Larry Gelbart got some kind of very advanced look that seems unlikely
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re: Musicals that are NOT based off of Movies, books, or plays/oprah Sep 14
2023, 06:37:22 PM
Did I miss CITY OF ANGELS? I am not aware it is based on anything specific though it obviously parodies/ pays homage to several classic 40s films
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Best "papering" service Sep 14
2023, 03:56:06 PM
Sorry I know this has come up before but sometimes things change. I was wondering if people had a "favorite" among the various services that offer tickets for a nominal fee with membership. I have done Gold Club and Play by Play and am considering Theater Extras . I am open to others. I like a variety of entertainment but mainly theater. Is there mu
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Shows that Never went to London Aug 18
2023, 01:00:32 AM
As noted A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER can not be performed in London or indeed most anywhere outside the US. Studio Canal the owner of the film KIND HEARTS & CORONETS sued to stop it in the US saying it violated their copyright but GENTS won a summery judgement saying it was based on the novel which was out of copyright. Frankly having done a little research I am surprised ( but thrilled) that GENTS won the court case because the idea of both one person playing all the victi
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Walking Out at Intermission - The Thread May 15
2023, 04:25:34 PM
yyys said: "Any show you've walked out of at intermission?
Just curious after reading this tweet:
https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/1657911067916267522"
Technically never but last year I walked out right after The Oldest Profession at Encores THE LIFE. I really wanted to see that number but otherwise I would have walked out intermission. I am sure I have seen a couple of thousand plays over many decades ( maybe a few hundred on Broadway)
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Most suspenseful play you've seen? Apr 28
2023, 01:39:14 AM
Deathtrap & The Shining City.
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Sean Hayes / Oscar Levant - The Jewish Part Apr 25
2023, 06:44:42 PM
well I actually meant that for James Edwards ( also the name of of the great African American film actors ironically) but I don't post here much and I thought I replied to him but no it would not be OK for any WHITE person ( Jew , Christian, Muslim etc) to play a black person. I am a Jew and I find this discussion nuts. Judaism is not an ethnicity. There is no makeup that will make a white person black or Hispanic no matter how good an actor they are.
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Sean Hayes / Oscar Levant - The Jewish Part Apr 25
2023, 06:30:33 PM
Are you equally outraged that a non Jew ( Raul Esparza) is playing Fagin in the encores revival of Oliver?
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Current state of various Feb 20
2023, 05:19:35 PM
I can't speak to a specific service but TE is not the one I belong to or started the thread over I will say things have picked up lately. I went to a wonderful concert at Carnegie Hall last week and keep missing ( as in they are gone before I can get them) several off Broadway shows I would go to
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Current state of various Jan 23
2023, 02:25:38 PM
The vast majority of the offerings are NOT Broadway shows and I find it hard to believe that all plays, concerts, shows etc don't have a lot of empty seats at the moment. The great thing about these services for an impoverished theater/arts person like me was that I could try out some wonderful work I would probably never have thought to see but right pickings are beyond slim
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Current state of various Jan 23
2023, 10:54:44 AM
Thanks for the info and glad to know it is not just "my" service. Alas on my budget even a $50 TDF ticket is a stretch I can only do once in a while so I rely on the seat filler services for most of my theater. Fingers crossed that some things will pop up.
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Current state of various "papering services" Jan 22
2023, 07:30:02 PM
I know not to mention either a specific service or shows but I want to know if anyone else is seeing super crappy options with services. I only belong to one ( I used to belong to two) and generally there are at least a good number of off and off off Broadway plays, concerts etc but in the last two plus weeks it has been awful and January has usually been a good time. I am not expecting Broadway just some interesting preferably plays but also music to see and almost nothing, never seen it thi
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Tony-winning director Frank Galati (Ragtime, Grapes of Wrath) has passed away Jan 3
2023, 12:11:54 PM
I grew up in Chicago and while Mr. Galati is better known as a director and writer he was at truly great actor. He played Henry Carr in a 1979 production of TRAVESTIES that literally changed my life and turned me into a theater nerd. I also saw a terrific production of 1776 he directed just a few years ago in Sarasota.
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Year End Theater Quiz: A Look Back at 2022 Jan 1
2023, 01:00:51 AM
Angela Lansbury DID sing in movies prior to being in musicals. She played a cafe singer and sang in THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY ( She sang GOODBYE LITTLE YELLOW BIRD which she reprised in an episode of MURDER SHE WROTE. That was the one that was false.
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SeatGeek's New Fees Dec 19
2022, 05:31:28 PM
Is this for ticket from theater or reseller ( do they do both sorry not too up on these things)? preCovid I would go to boxoffice for friends or even friends of friends to get tickets because the fees were CRAZY. I also found the people at the box office super helpful since they obviously know the theater. Whenever possible go directly to box office and you can probably have a nice meal on the money you savel.
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AIN'T NO MO to close December 18 Dec 9
2022, 11:21:06 PM
I was there tonight and Mr. Cooper made an impassioned speech partly attacking Broadway for not being more open to plays like his.He kept saying Broadway has to change. I found the play thrilling but messy. As a white person there was clearly a lot I was not going to get. I can't imagine in what world anyone could have seen this as a show that could survive on Broadway. Broadway shows need tourists, suburbanites etc to buy tickets. I got my ticket at a steep discount, I am a d
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Based Papering Service - 2021? Oct 21
2022, 02:04:47 AM
I only have play by play but think it has a good mix of non theater offerings. Very little sports since a reupped in April but good selection of concerts, dance, some offbeat stuff. There have been some MSG events but not sports.
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Inexpensive Theatre District Food Recommendations? Oct 7
2022, 05:04:42 PM
Tonight I am making my 3rd trip on a week to Silky Kitchen on 46th between 6th and 7th. Insanely good and authentic ( they have a few other location in NYC) I am not likely to try pigs trotters or chicken gizzards but what I have had is amazing. Entrees run around $15 & 16 and portions are HUGE.
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