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I normally prefer to watch plays from front orchestra (first 7 rows) to be able to see the actors' facial expressions but from watching this play, you can sit in rear mezzanine and you'll still get to see Snook's facial expressions quite clearly. I thought it was clever use of technology and it is a marvel. Snook was amazing! 

I talked to my friends about it and perhaps adding screens/video that feature actor closeups is the future of plays to

Glittergrrl said: "I don’t have much to add, but I saw the matinee today. Here’s my two cents.
It was overwhelmingly fine. I was surprised there was so much humor in it. I took a few Shakespeare classes in college, and although that was manyyears ago, I don’t remember Othello being funny.

With all the talk of mumbling in this thread, I worried that I wouldn’t understand DW. I understood him just fine. I’m pretty far removed from my colleg

Back in 2016, Hamilton could have easily charged Othello level prices and they all would have sold… but they didn’t sell them at astronomical prices. Who profited instead? Ticket resellers/scalpers.

What’s fascinating to me is how ICEMAN COMETH starring Denzel back in 2018 was grossing roughly $800k to a million a week. It was even on TDF and TKTS. In 2019, SEA WALL starring Jake Gyllenhaal never grossed above a million dollars a week. However both of them combined i

gibsons2 said: "RippedMan said: "On one hand, I think it's kind of cool that the hottest ticket is a Shakespeare play in 2025. And on the other hand, I do think it's gross that tickets are as high as they are. Denzel could have easily told them to set aside a certain amount of fairly priced seats, etc. But then there's also the gross beast that is resale. Why aren't we mad at the idiots paying $500 to see it? Or should Denzel and team asked for some of the ov

Operation Mincemeat had a Golden Ticket draw promo where seats in previews cost $39. That's probably why OM has a lower than expected average ticket price.

Given it's still in previews, normally creative team take up some of the seats and have some comps as well.

As for Othello, what amazes me is how star casting will drive fans to watch anything --- even Shakespeare --- just to see their favorite actors live in person. I don't recall Iceman Cometh being such a draw

I saw the first preview on Friday evening and overall it's in pretty good shape.

Note I've never read the play nor seen the play/movie before but thankfully I went with someone who was very familiar with it and I asked him several questions during intermission. Before watching this play, I just assumed Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran's characters were husband/wife or boyfriend/girlfriend given some of the marketing I've seen. Obviously I was wrong!

Set is raised on

If the advance is $28M for a 15 week engagement, then that's roughly $1.86 million per week, which is great for a play! I'd say the grosses will be fine as long as the 2 stars above-the-title don't have significant absences that entitles the patrons for a refund.

Yes it seems like the only affordable way to see the show is via the lottery. However, if the show gets mixed-negative reviews or word-of-mouth, I can see the secondary market prices decrease to more affo

I don’t think the Barrymore theater has standing room.

Dont forget the cancellation line. I don’t know how much these tickets are but they tend to be a little below or above $200.

Judging from what happened to Macbeth starring Daniel Craig back in 2022 where reviews were mixed-negative, it was so much easier to find tickets later in its run.

If the reviews for this Othello are negative, then I bet there will be a lot of cheaper tickets in the secondary market