Gatz

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Posted: 4/5/12 at 12:54pm

Has anyone done rush/standby or student tickets for Gatz? The website says they are "extremely limited" and "subject to availability," so I don't know how to best approach trying for them. Thanks!

[bwayrose2]

Posted: 4/5/12 at 2:27pm

They usually post when they have Rush on their Twitter feed. But student tickets are available and plentiful.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/5/12 at 4:50pm

They usually have rush tickets available. Get there when the box office opens.

[JRybka]

Posted: 4/5/12 at 5:02pm

I thought GATZ was a modern retelling of "cats" with all gay hip hop artists.

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Posted: 4/5/12 at 5:17pm

Thanks all, this is super helpful!

[bwayrose2]

Posted: 4/6/12 at 2:54pm

also, to clarify - the Public's student tickets are always advance sale, not rush. So you don't have to wait for day of. Rush is open to anyone who is there.

[Baiseur82]

Posted: 4/6/12 at 11:08pm

Anyone know how much the rush tickets cost?

[Kad]

Posted: 4/6/12 at 11:59pm

$40

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Posted: 4/10/12 at 3:37pm

Oh wow, I had no idea you could get student tickets in advance! Thanks!

The Public said via Twitter a few days ago that they're offering rush on Wednesdays and some Fridays, but I imagine that changes w/availability.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/10/12 at 3:41pm

Wednesday performances are rarely sold out, since they are during the work week.

[bookofmel]

Posted: 4/10/12 at 5:35pm

"I thought GATZ was a modern retelling of "cats" with all gay hip hop artists."

Hahaha! Now THAT is something I would much rather see! Gatz was too tedious for me when I saw it at the Public. I love the book, but instead of simply reading they book they decided to add additional moments that (in my opinion) didn't do anything to add to the story except make it longer. And it is sooooooo long. And it booooooored me.

[VirginiaK]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 2:05pm

Just a FYI - I went on this past Friday, April 13, and got a $40 rush seat which was in addition a really great seat, in about the 5th row center.

I arrived at 1:30 for the 3 pm show. There were 2 or 3 people ahead of me, maybe 10 there by 2 when the box office opened. I think they all got in and I don't know now many more.

If this is something you think you'd like, don't miss it. This presentation makes the genius of the work totally clear. There is a section of ten minutes or so between the first break and dinner which to me is off-puttingly not good (buffoonery that is ill-supported by text and goes on too long) - don't be discouraged by it, post-dinner-break the show becomes perfect and stays that way.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 2:11pm

It didn't make the genius of the novel totally clear to me, but opinions are gonna differ. I found a lot more to admire in the story than I'd ever found before, and was very impressed with the actor playing Gatsby, who managed to bring a degree of danger and interest to the character that I'd never found there before.

Otherwise, I've never seen what the big deal is about GATSBY. Fitzgerald seems shocked, SHOCKED, to find decadence and evil among the Very Rich, and he seems to expect me to take some significant message away from the tedious little story that he serves up with so much admittedly gorgeous prose. There's less there than meets the eye.