Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#1Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:05pmDid anyone actually pay for a ticket tonight?
"Have they come yet?"
#2re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:15pmI paid for a ticket for this Saturday night...
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#2re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:20pmFull Price?
"Have they come yet?"
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#3re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:21pmI just got an email from The Public offering $25 discount tickets for previews.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#4re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:27pmI've gotten 2 emails and a mailer offering various discounts, plus BwayBox has another code. They have been papering all week long, and there were even some papered ticked available still today. This does not seem like the start of a successful run, even if it’s limited.
"Have they come yet?"
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#5re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:31pm
I got the $25 discount offer from the Public, too.
Don't know if it's worth it. I'll have to read early preview reviews.
#6re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:31pmi have a ticket for the Saturday evening performance as well! :)
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#7re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:06pmI'm really looking forward to it. The show got across the board raves in London and with the same director and what looks to be an outstanding cast, it should receive a similar reception here.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#9re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:11pmI'll be there Sunday.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#10re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:11pmFor a show like this raves will not necessarily equal success.
"Have they come yet?"
#11re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:15pm
A show that's papering a couple of preview performances in and is still looking for an audience doesn't necessarily equal trainwreck either, which is what you seem to be implying with your quasi-snarky "is anyone actually paying for this" type posts.
But when did New Hampshire become--Such a backward wasteland of seatbelt hating crazies?...I mean, only 40 people actually live there. The others are just visitors who come for the tax-free liquor and three inches of novelty coastline. John Hodgeman on The Daily Show (1-30-07)
Updated On: 2/8/07 at 06:15 PM
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#12re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:19pmI haven’t seen it, and I do plan to. Im just saying that the pre sale must have left something to be desired. I have a feeling it will get excellent reviews, Im just skeptical how successful the production will be, after observing other shows with good notices failing on Broadway (Little Dog, Jay Johnson etc.)
"Have they come yet?"
#13re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:27pm
I think it's early yet. Hopefully as more people see it through previews, assuming it is a good production, the buzz will pick up (along with the Box Office).
I definitely plan on getting rush seats in the next few weeks.
But when did New Hampshire become--Such a backward wasteland of seatbelt hating crazies?...I mean, only 40 people actually live there. The others are just visitors who come for the tax-free liquor and three inches of novelty coastline. John Hodgeman on The Daily Show (1-30-07)
Updated On: 2/8/07 at 06:27 PM
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#14re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:32pmYou're right that even with rave reviews, it's tough for a nonmusical play to succeed in New York (as INISHMORE, WELL, GEM OF THE OCEAN, I AM MY OWN WIFE, TAKE ME OUT and so many others have proven). Even having a movie star like Julianne Moore doesn't guarantee a hit (VERTICAL HOUR is closing three weeks early, though it should recoup anyway). Broadway is a brutal and indifferent place for straight plays, but we should still hope that quality work can find an audience. I shudder to imagine a day when producers stop taking the risk of presenting strong intelligent plays and will only finance musicals (no matter how mediocre and mindless they are because that's all the tourists seem to want to support anymore).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Heybeenfood
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/06
#15re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:41pmSomebody bought me full priced seats for this in March and I am extremely excited. I will see Jefferson Mays in anything. The person knew of the discounts, but wanted to support this show.
#16re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/8/07 at 6:44pmi paid full price as well and i agree that i'm excited for this. i am unfamiliar with the play but i hear it's amazing :)
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#17re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/9/07 at 9:38am
I went last night and really enjoyed it. I honestly had no idea what it was about, and...well, it was certainly intense. But it was a really great play I think. And great work considering it was the first preview.
I'd definitely recommend seeing this show.
Quite a few people left during intermission though--I've never seen that though. I didn't know whether they didn't enjoy it, whether it was too intense, though it wasn't really in the first part...weird.
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
#18re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/9/07 at 11:30amKeeping on the topic of paying for tickets, Journey's End has a student rush policy. Apparently the tickets are subject to availability, but the question is: where are they generally located? Anyone have an idea? Thanks.
#19re: Anyone going to Journey's End tonight?
Posted: 2/9/07 at 11:33am
Seeing it Saturday as well.
"Translations" seems to be doing well (eta -- capacity-wise, although ticket price obviously could be much better) after its glowing reviews, so there could be hope, yet.
Updated On: 2/9/07 at 11:33 AM
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