Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
mule
Understudy Joined: 7/31/04
#1Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 10:40am
She likes fun musicals, comedies, etc. Nothing too serious or thought provoking.
In the past she has enjoyed Wicked, Evita, Phantom, Les Mis, etc.
TIA>
#2re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 11:26amAvenue Q.
zooxanthellae
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/07
#2re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 11:29am
Gypsy, Gypsy, Xanadu, Gypsy, South Pacific, Gypsy.
and um... Gypsy
BroadwayBen
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/03
#3re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 11:36amLEGALLY BLONDE is really fun.
#4re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 11:40am
Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening, or In The Heights! If none of those YF solely for the cast and SFX.
Hunter: Your teeth need whitening./ Heidi: You sound weird./ Jeff: You taste funny.
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.
Updated On: 4/23/08 at 11:40 AM
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.
#5re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 11:55amXanadu, Spamalot, Legally Blonde, Young Frankenstein would probably be good choices.
<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
HBBrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/11/07
#6re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 11:55amMary Poppins, Young Frankenstein
#7re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 11:59am
When are you going?
Curtains is so great!
Also Mary Poppins is wonderfu too!
I also really enjoy MAMMA MIA
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#8re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 12:06pm
Legally Blonde, In The Heights, Ave Q., Xanadu,
most fun things on broadway
though i havent seen it boeing boeing is supposedly fantastic?
[spring awakening is pretty heavy but fabulous]
#9re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 1:09pmGypsy, Gypsy, and Gypsy.
#10re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 1:27pmGypsy is pure entertainment. She will know many of the songs. It is a delight from beginning to end. Xanadu is also bliss, pure fun confection and an amazing time.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#11re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 1:41pm
Curtains. If you go before it closes in June.
Just give the world Love.
Updated On: 4/23/08 at 01:41 PM
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#12re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 3:01pm
Definitely Curtains, Young Frankenstein, of Mary Poppins. Have fun!
(Curtains is loads of fun, it would be a shame to miss it...)
#13re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 3:04pmIn the Heights, Curtains, Avenue Q, or if it's back by the time you go, Forbidden Broadway!
Humbert
Stand-by Joined: 6/11/07
#14re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 3:12pm
XANADU, XANADU, XANADU
Best show of the year and the best reviewed comedy of the year. And most unique theater-going experience due to the intimate Helen Hayes.
This New Yorker review should give you an idea of the bliss you'll experience:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/theatre/2007/07/23/070723crth_theatre_als
uwho
Chorus Member Joined: 9/16/06
#15re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 3:22pmAltar Boyz!
#16re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 3:24pmIf you want just FUN, see Avenue Q or Cry-Baby. If you wanna go off Broadway, see Altar Boyz and Forbidden Broadway.
"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson
#17re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 3:32pmGYPSY
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#18re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 3:38pmIn The Heights, Young Frankenstein, and Legally Blonde.
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
Timmer
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/06
#19re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 4:46pmCurtains is a whole lot of fun. Spamalot is a musical of Monty Python -- how serious could it be? Young Frakenstein is a musical of a Mel Brooks movie. Those ought to be good.
#20re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 5:15pmI second Altar Boyz...it is a riot. I actually stayed away from the show because I wasn't crazy about the recording. I was dragged to see it and was so sorry I didn't see it before I did. I had a blast at the show!
Just give the world Love.
cannison101
Understudy Joined: 1/11/08
#21re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 6:01pm
I third ALTER BOYZ.. It's an amazing time! Legally Blonde, Avenue Q, Spring Awakening, Xanadu.. are also all GREAT choices!
Hope you guys have a great time!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#22re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 6:34pm
Young Frankenstein
Legally Blonde
Crybaby
Xanadu
Curtains
Mary Poppins
Poster Emeritus
FuturePenny2
Stand-by Joined: 12/13/07
#23re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 9:35pm
If you want fun happy and comedic: Xanadu
also see, Hairspray, Gypsy, Ave Q. Mamma Mia..all very good choices :)
He's so nurturing! - Penny Pingleton, Hairspray
#24re: Need to take my wife to NY to see some shows - recommendations?
Posted: 4/23/08 at 9:36pm
Ave Q, Hairspray, Xanadu, In the Heights--- if you want a play,
"August" is a must.
Videos