Any 2 shows...
Any 2 shows...
#1Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 4:11pm
I need help. I'm going to New York in a bit, and I can see 2 shows. I've already decided that one will be Spring Awakening, since I've been obsessed with it ever since the OBCR came out.
And I can see one more. The ones I will not see are: Avenue Q, Beauty and the Beast, Curtains, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Mamma Mia, Spamalot, Rent, Spelling Bee, Phantom, and Wicked. Because I have either seen it already, or have no desire to see it.
Andddd.... GO!
I'm not afraid of anything
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#2re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 4:18pmGrey Gardens.
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
#3re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 4:20pmGrey Gardens, Company or 110 in the Shade.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#4re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 4:21pmGrey Gardens
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
bwaygal1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/07
#5re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 4:32pmGREY GARDENS!!!!!!
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world."
"Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
#6re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 5:03pm
Grey Gardens. If you do, you'll see a performance that people will be talking about 25 years from now.
See it now.
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.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#7re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 5:17pmGrey Gardens
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
teka21
Leading Actor Joined: 12/19/06
#8re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 5:19pm
As a sister SA devotee, I highly recommend In The Heights as your second show. The music is inventive and captivating- fresh and unique the way SA's score is new for B'way theatre. The acting and dancing is first rate, the intimate staging is terrific. If you go, sit behind the first 4 rows for a better view.
It is understandable how the Lortel Awards voters couldn't decide between these 2 shows as the Outstanding New Off Broadway Musical, and called it a tie. (Although I think SA has improved upon its auspicious off-broadway version since its move to B'way, and I'd rate it ahead of ITH now.)
ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#9re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 5:22pmCompany and Grey Gardens... or see Lea Salonga in Les Miserables...
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
shesamarshmallow
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#14re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 7:11pmGrey Gardens & Company!!!
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daspazoo
Leading Actor Joined: 3/11/06
#15re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 7:24pm
I would like to second the suggestion for IN THE HEIGHTS.
I did not know what to expect (having gone mostly to see Priscilla Lopez and Andrea Burns), but my friend and I walked out just giddy with delight! A heartwarming and moving story, with a wonderful score and some electric dance numbers. One of the two shows to get a special ensemble award from the Drama Desks as well. Don't miss it!
Short form: of the 10 shows I saw in NYC this year, this is the only one I bought a t-shirt from!
...this bird is singing.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#17re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/12/07 at 8:34pmGrey Gardens and A Chorus Line.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
BroadwaySinger2
Leading Actor Joined: 4/12/07
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#19re: Any 2 shows...
Posted: 5/13/07 at 12:01am
110 In The Shade.
Or hey. go for a play and see Coram Boy. Just saw that one today and was floored. It was only the second time I've been shaking at the end of a show I was so moved. (The other was The Year of Magical Thinking. The first time and again tonight.)
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