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Falsettos 
 Relieved to see somebody else post "Falsettos"...I am  a gay man of a certain age who lived through the AIDS crisis in the 80s and I was profoundly disappointed in a show I was so looking forward to finally seeing. I mean after all the rapturous talk about it etc. etc.… And people were crying around me and I was like "what?"   I almost found it like

Hi… Through a very lucky connection I was able to see "Dear Evan Hansen"  April 12th.  Incredible seats… Katie Holmes was sitting behind us!  I was fortunate to grow up in New York City.... Have seen a lot of shows both musicals and straight plays over the years...including Angela Lansbury's "Gypsy" back in the day…but I have never ever in my life seen such an epic performance like Ben Platt is giving. A

Hi… Have tickets for "Dear Evan Hansen"  on Friday, April 7… Only way I got them was through an incredibly good connection who got us House seats. I'm not the jealous type but yes I would be jealous of me as well! Ha ha...Anyway… Pre-theater dinner suggestions in the theater district?  Did a search and apparently nobody has posted anything recently… Joe Allen?  Would rather hear from you guys… Much better than yelp&hell

Late to the thread...but...

I was there. Had house seats through an old friend who knew a member of the company. A personal miracle considering how hard I have tried to see it in the past. The opening booing is only part of the story. 

 

Because they were House seats they were GREAT seats… Front row center front mezzanine… Basically the 10th row (?) or so orchestra only you're up 15 feet or whatever it is so you can really see the choreogr

Now 50 dead and the worst mass shooting in US history. Just beyond horrible.  All those probably young lives lost and their families…just no words. Clearly, this has to be addressed on the show, which realistically has to go on and cannot be canceled. Poor James Corden. How should they handle this? Only thing I can come up with is a cold open of the show with a very simple version of "You Have To Be Carefully Taught"  from South Pacific.&nbs

 You may want to see the interview that Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels did on the Charlie Rose show recently… Jeff Daniels is doing the part from the standpoint that Ray is lying to himself… Once a child molester always a child  molester… Never occurred to me that he might be grooming the girl even if he has never touched her yet… Interesting theory… I always took it as it makes you immediately assume that she is the new Una in his li

 Gypsy… Sent you a private thank you message for not flaming me about posting the Times article twice…OY.... And yes… An increase of 21 tickets to 46 tickets for the lottery isn't much in light of 10,000 people entering every day... But that said… At the end of the year those 25 tickets means that roughly 9000 people extra are going to see the show for 10 bucks... Based on seven performances a week for the lottery as opposed to 8... 7×

Personally I would wait. The OBC will be gone… As well a lot of the craziness… Things at some point have to calm down.  Unless of course it matters to you whether you want to see it this fall or a year from fall. The other sad truth of this entire situation is that it just made any existing scalper seat in the orchestra that much more sellable and/or valuable. Maybe scalpers weren't selling any seats for 849 in the orchestra anyway… But now I can see th

Doing some quick math based on the rumored profits at the moment…means Lin's dad is currently making about five grand a week or 250 a year… When all the roadshows etc. are up and running… God knows what that will become. Pretty nice retirement plan… Which means his son is probably making 5 to 10 times that.  Not saying this begrudgingly...his family story is quite amazing and a son looking out for his dad… Nothing wrong with that.  An

With touring companies in major cities and with the talk about the show literally dying down… I just don't see how they can possibly sell out most of the orchestra at $849 a ticket a year or so from now. I think they're trying to gauge what they can get away with… And the next round of tickets will be priced accordingly… But a year from now? Or year from now when they release new tickets I mean… I can't see how they could possibly still be thi

This is probably just me but I remember in 1997 when Streisand was doing her first tour and she still had a great voice… And I've loved her forever....just could not bring myself to spend $350 for a seat… Just felt I was being taken advantage of. Feel the same way about this. $849 for most of the orchestra...geez!!! It is really bad karma for a show that in all ways has been about the opposite. It's almost like the producers are going to put the

 Friend is an assistant for a rich guy who is very cool and has a black card. I'm pretty sure he'll be able to get me tickets which of course I would reimburse him for. So this is fantasy stuff… What are the best seats in the house that are not premium seating? Go for front mezzanine as opposed to orchestra? Any advice would be welcome.  And from what I can see on the Ticketmaster website it looks like they are selling tickets through May 2017 for the poster

And it will...can the whole ticket situation...cancellation line etc. situation get any worse? If Chorus Line won, Hamilton just has to. And of course anything can get worse but....just venting I guess. And on a side note..."Blackbird" is sensational....great performances by Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels and quite thought provoking. See it. Often at half price TKTS booth. Update..and of course they did win… So obvious I can't even humble brag about it becau