AMEX Pre-Sale for A Tale of Two Cities OPEN!

They are NOW on sale to AMEX cardholders. Go to BroadwayOffers.com
It's easy with Gold card using promotion code from back of your card (Customer Service Tel #).

p.s. Most of the $99 seats come up on the side orchestra (D 5-7, for example). If you call Telecharge and speak to a person, you should get a better selection. I was offered center orchestra row B or row H. I chose row B for August 21st [$214.50 total charge].

pps: They said the tickets would be emailed TODAY.

I would wait to buy tickets until James Barbour is no longer associated with the production.

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You know Etoile, Barbour's profession is acting, musical theatre at that. So, why should he not be allowed to do his job...? Especially one that he has been working on for years, in Tale.
I am not getting why some posters here go about kicking him around, when everything is past and he has paid a hard price, while the rest of us are reprimanded when talking about the other party. I think people need to get past the "blacklisting" mentality, when it is obvious that this case had so many loopholes, it looked like swiss cheese.
Barbour is one of the reasons I WILL go to see Tale.
BTW, when was the last time you boycotted a movie because a certain actor was in it?

May I suggest that the young woman has not fared that badly at the hands of either Barbour's "supporters" or his friends and family - many of whom could have specifically named the young woman on this and other sites and have never done so partly out of respect for Jim's wishes. This in spite of the fact that Jim has been called every vile name in the book (and then some) and treated like something akin to a serial killer by supporters of the young woman. There were even a few personal attacks on Jim's wife on this board. So I agree that it would be nice if everybody could move on from this.

You know bwaybabe2, there are many professions in which the choices you make, the bad choices, the criminal choices, the morally repugnant choices have consequences that affect one's ability to continue in a profession that one has worked at for years. In some professions, when you commit and are convicted of a criminal act, then the price you pay goes far beyond a mere slap on the wrist plea agreement sentence. In some professions your career is over.

Behavior has consequences!

And explain to me how there are "loopholes" in a case when the defendant accepted a plea agreement. Is there some confusion over what constitutes a plea agreement? Trust me, I don't need a recap of the case. If there were such "loopholes" in a case then a man would be a fool to accept such an agreement and might consider suing his attorney for malpractice. If I were an innocent man charged with a crime riddled with "loopholes" I'd break the bank to take the case to trial so these "loopholes" could be exposed. But then I don't now, nor have ever had, a history of diddling with juveniles.

I feel that Barbour's plea agreement was a gift - a GIFT - and an ability for him to get out of having to register as a sex offender. I have every right to that feeling and have learned to let my money do my talking. I'm a consumer with a comfortable discretionary income. I'll not knowingly put a dime of my money in this man's pockets. I also question the judgment of any producer not able to see him as a box office toxin.

Certain professions are literally and figuratively in the spotlight. If the light shines too brightly, then perhaps it's time to bow out.

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"BTW, when was the last time you boycotted a movie because a certain actor was in it?"

I don't know about anyone else, but it will be a cold day in hell before I see another Mel Gibson, O.J. Simpson or Michael Richards film/tv show. I can't even watch reruns of Seinfeld, a show I loved, since Richards' horrific outburst.

As for Barbour, I would choke watching him in a musical about standing up for what you believe, doing the right thing and justice. How could you NOT think of his legal issues while watching a show that has everything to do with that?

If YOU can do that, fine, but don't you DARE put people down for feeling so strongly about it that we might RUIN it for you.

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Sueleen, I NEVER put anyone down. I simply stated that this case was resolved in court, and now it is time to stop bringing it up every time. How you or anyone feels about it, that is your prerogative--if you don't want to see him perform, fine!However, don't YOU or anyone try to get others to agree with you and drag Barbour into the mud over and over again (is HIS name that has been dragged mercilessly, NOT the other party), when he has paid for and suffered this long enough. LEAVE HIM ALONE, for God's sake! He's ALREADY on probation, for your satisfaction!
And, please, do not compare him with a possible (...) murderer.
As for Gibson, I'd like to see everyone start to shed their social "masks" and start pouring out what they REALLY feel about controversial subjects--some will surprise you!
God is gracious, let's pratice it ourselves.