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Jumping on to say I'm also going to London next week. Seeing Two Strangers, Guys and Dolls, Fawlty Towers, N2N, Starlight, Mincemeat, and Les Mis. Really looking forward to it. First trip across the pond since covid!

hearthemsing22 said: "Gotta say, that performance did not inspire me to want to buy a ticket for Cabaret."

Same, I've been on the fence about seeing it in London in a couple weeks, and this was the final nail in the coffin

And we're off. Good luck to everyone trying for tickets!

Shows I hated: Patriots, Doubtfire (tour), The Bodyguard (tour), Lightning Thief (tour). Granted Doubtfire was on tour so it may have been better in NY, but I saw nothing there worth seeing.

Hijacking this thread a bit. I will also be in London the week of July 4th. I've already booked the below shows and have one slot left. I was originally planning on Cabaret, but the NY reviews tempered that a bit. Thinking Kiss Me Kate w/ SJB, but open to suggestions. Thanks!

• 2 Strangers
• Fawlty Towers (love the TV show)
• Starlight Express
• Operation Mincemeat
• Next to Normal
• Les Mis

FANtomFollies said: "kurtal said: "I sat in the balcony for Hell's Kitchen and the sound design was awful up there. Clearly the nominators sat in the orchestra."

Maybe that also explains Sweeney Todd's win for sound design last year. I sat front row Mezz and it was truly the worst sound design I have ever heard at a Broadway show."

Nah, I sat center orch and it was still bad

Ptero2 said: "Hell's Kitchen with a Best Book nomination - hell has frozen"

After Sweeney winning Sound Design last year nothing surprises me 

*looks at picture of GW* Thank you mother!

The theatre staff may not have megaphones, but when I saw Tommy the staff outside did have a headset microphone with a speaker. I do have to say they were very pleasant though. No shouting, just directing the line which has to be stopped to not block the hotel entrance

Hi All, I'm buying tickets for an upcoming trip to London and am attempting to buy table tickets for Cabaret. Is there a way to purchase a single ticket? I'm going by myself so I'd rather not have to buy two tickets. Or if someone can recommend the best place to sit I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

Auggie27 said: "Two friends: "This season's Paradise Square.""

Halfway through Act 1 last night I thought “this is what seeing Diana must have felt like”, and I loved every second of it. 

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Snooping around on PlaybillVault and it looks like SUFFS will have a 12-piece orchestra onBroadwayfor its new orchestrationby Tony winner Michael Starobin. I don't remember what it had at the Public, but that production had a different orchestrator.

• 2 keys
• 2 reeds
• 2 trumpets
• trombone/euphonium
• drums
• guitars/banjo
• bass
• violin
• cello

Additionally, Raja Feather Kelly gets the unique credit of "Development Consultant and Original Choreographer." (He was involved with the Public production but the showhas a new choreographer now, along with its new design team and orchestrator.)"

Looks like the Public run had an 11 piece band

• Keyboard
• Guitar
• Drum
• Bass
• 2 Violin
• Viola
• Cello
• Flute
• Reed
• Trumpet

jpiedrafite said: "Just got tickets to the 5pm show on 5/11. Is it possible to see a matinee before? Thinking either Illinoise (cause it's shorter) or The Outsiders."

I saw the Teeth matinee before heading to Oh, Mary. Teeth started around 2:35 and I was on the street around 4:30. I made it with plenty of time to spare.

Saw three shows today. Teeth and Oh, Mary did not collect. Days of Wine and Roses had playbills for 40 and window cards for 75. 

Can't wait to hear reports from tonight. I'm seeing it in April. Especially curious about if the production uses the entire Overture and Underture. A number of recent revivals have either cut theirs completely or trimmed them down.

How's the runtime been? It's advertised as 1:55. How accurate would y'all say that is? Especially with the 2:30 matinee. Thanks!

How has the run time of the show been, and has it been starting on time? I'm looking at hopefully getting one of those randomly dropped tickets for Oh, Mary, and with the 2:30 matinee start time that would be a very tight window to get downtown. 

Kad said: "If I recall correctly, that's how she died for the entirety of the pre-Boradway run of the show at La Jolla. There used to be video of it online. It was... very anticlimactic and it's wild it made it into any performances at all.

Here's a thread from over a decade ago that has more info on all the material cut and changed in the show before it was finalized on Broadway."

Thank you for linking that thread. It was a fascinating read