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Thanks all, sounds like it's best to stay in the center.

Any downside to using TodayTix and the pick your seats feature? It appears to be a discount of around 20%.

I've heard to avoid the far left orchestra because you can't see the billboard.

How about far orchestra right? Or am I better off in the mezzanine?

Looking for discounts for any of the following:

-Water for Elephants

-The Lonely Few  at MCC

-Three Houses at Signature

This was back in January, but I found the Kimberly Akimbo stage door to be very chill. The crowds were small, everyone came out and signed, and we chatted with a few of the cast for a bit.

After the week I've had, this is definitely the good news I've needed.

My first exposure to Raul was listening to cast recordings of tick, tick, Boom and Rocky Horror Show, and I'm excited to be able to see him in person.

I saw an early preview of The Sound Within back in 2019. My mom and I happened to be seated next to David Cromer and his assistant director. They both introduced themselves, and explained what they were doing and told us in advance that we might hear them whispering or bringing out light to take notes.

I guess it depends on the show, but I didn't find it distracting. If nothing else, it was really cool to see that part of the creative process!

Broadway San Francisco's 2024-25 season:

• Wicked (8/28 to 10/13) at the Orpheum 
• Kimberly Akimbo (11/5 to 12/1) at the Curran
• Some Like It Hot (1/7/25 to 1/26/25) at the Orpheum
• Back to the Future (2/12/25 to 3/9/25) at the Orpheum
• Parade (5/13/25 to 6/8/25) at the Curran
• A Beautiful Noise (6/3/25 to 6/22/25) at the Golden Gate
• & Juliet (7/1/25 to 7/27/25) at the Orpheum

For what it's worth, I was pleasantly surprised that Victoria was in at last Tuesday's performance (January 9th). And while I'm sure her understudies are great, her performance was what really tied the show together IMO.

 

No idea if there's been a schedule change since then.

Anyone recent reports of TDF seat locations for Kimberly Akimbo? It's on the list of shows we definitely want to see on our January trip, but I'm debating TDF vs. finding an offer code.

Didn't Waitress have a stunt cast for the role of Joe that was a woman? I remember hearing they changed the lines about losing the baby when Joe is reminiscing.

On another note: I've seen a couple of local productions of Guys and Dolls where Arvide Abernathy is a female character. I also recently saw a local production of Anything Goes where Moonface Martin is a woman, who instead disguises herself as a nun (and gets the girl in the end).

I saw Swept Away at Berkeley Rep and really loved it.

For anyone who has seen the DC version, what's the song list? (And if anyone has seen both, I'd love to hear about the differences!)

gibsons2 said: "Any rumors on Suffs? Is Lempicka still happening? Both are original musicals."

I saw Jenn Colella in June in San Francisco. She mentioned that "hopefully by this time next year" Suffs would be on Broadway, and mentioned the recent workshop. 

So it sounds like the will is there, but it'll depend on financing / house availability / etc. 

Saw this recently as part of our London theater trip, and I'll echo all the raves, particularly for Andrew Richardson as Sky and Marisha Wallace as Adelaide. 

My husband and I opted for the seats, as we'd spent the last two weeks as tourists and our feet were sore from climbing Welsh castle staircases. The view from the standing section looked amazing, but we were probably more comfortable seated.

One bit I haven't seen discussed here:

My husband and I saw this when we first got into London and were running on about three hours of sleep. The fact that we both came out with positive feelings speaks well of the production.

As others have said, the plot is slight, but the music is wonderful, the production values are high, and the cast is very talented. I can't imagine Crazy For You working without a talent like Charlie Stemp, but when performed at this level, it's a lot of fun.

Long time Takarazuka fan here - tempted to make a joke about how in my day, we had to walk uphill through snow both ways to get our hands on performance DVDs 

 

(Seriously, I think this is a great step. I haven't followed Takarazuka as closely in the last few years, but I'll probably get a ticket to the live stream just to support the practice of translating and distributing shows overseas).