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Hi Everyone, I'm going to NY for this Christmas vacation (I'm staying a week) and I'm spending most of my time going to Broadway Musicals, I have almost one show per day but I have one day left, Of the following which one would you recommend the most: Spamalot, Spring Awakening or Xanadu, I've heard the 3 of them are great, it's just that I don't know which one should i go see:
Spring won the Tony, I heard Xanadu is hillarious and I really like Monthy Pyton & the Holy Grail. Your thoughts??

I agree with JayStar -- Xanadu is the most fun. Spamalot is getting a little old and SA is VERY serious with a heavy metal rock score. It what you want is sheer fun, Xanadu by all means.

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I have not seen Spamalot. Of the other two (and I know I will be in the minority here), I say DEFINITELY Spring Awakening. No, it's not "fun", and it's dark, and it's racy, and some of the staging is pretentious, but I think it would make for a far more fulfilling and original theatrical experience than those other more fluffy things. But maybe that's what you like.

Xanadu kind of left me cold, to be honest. I was ready to have a blast, but I thought it tried way too hard from moment one, and had nowhere to go. There were some cute parts, and good performances, but I didn't think the script was good. (And I was on-stage and everything....)

Thanks gymdudeva, I know exactly what you mean I like both comedy and drama, maybe I'll go for Spring Awakening, now I just have to decide between those two, I really want to see both, but there's no time so...,
I guess I'll just have to see what mood I'm in once I'm there, do you think it would be too risky for me to wait and buy them there, or should I buy them now on telecharge? What do u think?
Broadway Enthusiast I'm also seeing the following shows: (have my tickets already)
Phantom of the Opera (big fan of the film and have never seen the show)
Rent (love music! never seen the show! I know.. 2 classics lol.)
Mary Poppins, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Lion King & Little Mermaid. So exited!! Been waitin all year!

Rotel brings up a good point....since SA and Xanadu are arguably two of the best choices of all, maybe ditch one of the others and see both! What else are you seeing?

Both seem to be at TKTS a lot lately....I don't know if Christmas is a busy or slow season, but if $ is a factor, you might just want to gamble...chances are good one or both will be there....they both play in small theatres, so you really can't get bad seats...

You ask about on-stage seating for Xanadu. Both SA and X. have on-stage seating, but for SA, it sells out right away. For X., I think it's usually available via Telecharge, and it's cheap. You just sit in a semi-circle on stage. It's first-come-first-serve as to seat choice. You are pretty visible to the audience, and unlike SA, the cast may interact with you a little. They are always skating around you, and you can see the actors getting ready to enter, the scenery going in and out, etc. And at the end, you are sort of part of the show, standing, dancing, and waving your glow-sticks. (No glow-sticks in SA, LOL!!)

TKTS is a booth that sells half price tickets on the day of the show. One of them is in Time Sqaure and the other is down in South Street Seaport(This one sells matinee tickets the day before). I'm not a fan of TKTS and I'll tell you why.
1. A TKTS ticket is usally between $55-$70
2. During X-mas week it is VERY hard to find shows on TKTS
3. There a cheapest methods of getting the same if not better seats.

Rent does a lottery for the front two rows of the Orc for $20 (I've seen the show 12 times and I think I've sat in the lotto seats like 8 they are amazing and only $20)
SA does Student rush: I went for a Thursday night show during the summer and got there at 6:45AM and the box office opened at 10 and I got Right Orc Row E for $26.00 It was considered Partical view but the only thing that I missed was because a guy was standing in my sightline for like not even 5 minutes.
I would say see RENT and SA
Enjoy whatever you choose to see

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