Profile for East Village

I don’t mind telling you I loathe children but it was so inspiring to see an audience full of mature, young people absolutely transfixed in the theater. Equally refreshing at a time when critics seem to only be singling out shows that preach politics, gender, race in your face, to see a show like The Outsiders accomplish that by simply telling a great story. Definitely my pick for Best Musical and Brody Grant for Best Actor. I wasn’t expecting that — wishing it a good l

Call_me_jorge said: "East Village said: "Most of congestion pricing advocates think it’s going to reduce cars in Manhattan. It will not — they will be replaced with more Uber & Lyft drivers. Congestion pricing is just another tax/money grab that will raise prices throughout the southern district. I’m old enough to remember the city in the 1970s. Theaters were being torndown & sat empty. Broadwaycould barely sustain1-2 newmusicals a year, whilehit pl

Most of congestion pricing advocates think it’s going to reduce cars in Manhattan. It will not — they will be replaced with more Uber & Lyft drivers. Congestion pricing is just another tax/money grab that will raise prices throughout the southern district. I’m old enough to remember the city in the 1970s. Theaters were being torn down & sat empty. Broadway could barely sustain 1-2 new musicals a year, while hit plays where forced to give

I saw Friday’s preview and visually the show is in great shape. The music & sound is perfect. If anything I thought it should be louder but it builds throughout the first act as it should. 

Every scene with Ali Louis Bourguiz is a revelation however narratively the show is all over the place and incomprehensible at times. If you don’t know the material then Tommy’s transformation into an adult and the entire Sally Simpson story could be lost on you

I’m not so sure this is traditional first preview sound problems. Broadway has had a hard time amplifying some rock shows especially when the band is involved. Granted this level of amplification is relatively new to Broadway houses however bands routinely go into smaller venues like Webster, Hammerstein & the Beacon and are not this painfully loud. Even if they are, the audience in the front of the house is usually high AF, head banging and full of adrenaline. They move a

They did this during the previews of American Idiot too with plenty of walkouts. Liza Minnelli was seated in front of us and turned to her companion and said it’s hurting my ears and left. I don’t know if they ever lowered the volume but it was louder than at any large rock venue or metal concert. Metallica, Guns’Roses, p*rno, Rage, etc  don’t amplify their shows that loud — a Broadway house shouldn’t be doing that. It’s not g

The problem is cellphones in the theater. Clearly no one wanted to shame a disabled person. That thought never crossed anyone’s mind. They understandably misread an audience member using a captioning device with the ever growing number of obnoxious theater goers who can’t go 5 minutes without fiddling on their phones. Phones should be put away and never taken out in the theater. Period.

But producers seem to want to have it both ways and benefit from social media posts.

TaffyDavenport said: "East Village said: "Jujamacyn will refund tickets. But if I want to exchange my $350 orchestra seat, they are asking I pay a price difference because seat geek (their official online sales agent) is now selling similar for $1260."

SeatGeek is the official seller, but they also sell resale tickets. $1260 is a resale price."

Makes sense — but still rotten when producers & theater owners are fully in bed with