BRIDGES in its final week
BRIDGES in its final week
#1BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/14/14 at 11:43pm
Went tonight, the audience went wild. Yes, we've spent the last few months discussion the pros and cons of the show, and perhaps the producers are right in thinking it will do much better on tour in "the Heartland." But it is hard to fault the singing performances of Kelli and Steven (singing their second show of the day). They truly sang their hearts out, and the audience responded in kind. And composer Jason Robert Brown conducted the show tonight, and the audience cheered him after the curtain calls were done.
Wish I could be at the last performance, it will be insane.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#2BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/14/14 at 11:52pm
It's great that they responded like that, they are doing amazing stuff up there. Have tickets to the last show and I CANT WAIT!
Updated On: 5/15/14 at 11:52 PM
#3BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/14/14 at 11:56pmI really want to be at the final performance. I waited too long on purchasing a discounted seat, and it looks like they've pulled the code for the final show. Ugh.
avyrocks
Stand-by Joined: 1/3/07
#4BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 12:44amThere are a couple of seats that are $77 (rear mezz) and $87 (rear orchestra) for closing performance, which isn't bad at all. You can save convenience/service charge by buying it straight from the box office.
#5BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 12:46amYep, I was there tonight also. Crazy! I was waiting for JRB to come out for a curtain call, the applause for him being what it was.
#6BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 5:45amWe were at the Tuesday show and I am so glad we went back again. Kelli and Steven killed it and it was so great to be part of an audience that gave them so much love.
rjm516
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
#7BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 10:02amSo glad they are having a great final week. Going out with a bang. I cannot wait until Sunday! How many of us are going? I'm in row B. Most I've ever spent on a Broadway ticket. Worth it!
Rainbowhigh23
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
#8BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 10:41amThere was at least five minutes of applause after each song last night, and at curtain call 15 minutes where the crowd went nuts and just wouldn't leave. The love for the show was so great. I was able to get Jason Robert Brown's autograph when he was still in the pit.
#9BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 10:48am
"There was at least five minutes of applause after each song last night."
Well, there was prolonged applause after each song, for sure. if it lasted five minutes, the show would have ended at 11:30 instead of the usual 10:45, when it ended last night. It might have seemed like five minutes, but take out a watch a stare at the minute hand for five minutes--it's an eternity. It's why witnesses' estimates of time are always very suspect.
Please don't think I'm being critical. I agree with the basic premise that there were long ovations, which were deserved.
avyrocks
Stand-by Joined: 1/3/07
#11BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 11:16amI wasn't online when the closing was announced, so I'm slumming it back in M.
Up In One
Broadway Star Joined: 5/27/04
#12BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 11:17amLove it when fans of musical make up the house - wish every performance was like that. I attended a Saturday matinee a few weeks back and only a few songs got impassioned reactions. But the overall reception at the end was very warm. Love listening to the score on the recording but not enough to want to sit through it again. Very similar reaction I had with his Parade. But Songs For A New World I could sit through over and over again because it was wall to wall JRB music, pesky books and character development are not his greatest allies
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#13BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 1:59pmI'm in row A of the mezzanine on Sunday. YEAH!
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#14BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 2:42pm
"Love it when fans of musical make up the house - wish every performance was like that." Hate it when they do. They give a completely lopsided take on a show, and often irritate those in the audience with a more dispassionate vew of the material who just want to enjoy what's on stage.
Updated On: 5/2/15 at 02:42 PM
avyrocks
Stand-by Joined: 1/3/07
#15BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 2:47pm^ I'm pretty sure After Eight was deprived of attention as a child. Thus, he now feels the need to make up for that deprivation.
Steve721
Stand-by Joined: 2/21/14
#16BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 2:51pm
"They give a completely lopsided take on a show, and often irritate those in the audience with a more dispassionate vew of the material who just want to enjoy what's on stage.. People pay to see a show, not audience members trying to outdo one another in their displays of undying love."
"The hysteria regarding this show gets more overwrought with each passing day."
Give me a break. I've been going to Broadway shows for almost 40 years, and I have yet to see a performance ruined or even adversely affected by hysterical fans. People don't treat Broadway shows like rock concerts.
#18BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 3:00pm
"Perhaps it will abate after ghe show closes. but then some new object of veneration will come along and it'll start all over again."
I think people should have to label a thread like this, like by putting Bridges in the thread title or something, so that people who dislike a show could more easily avoid them.
avyrocks
Stand-by Joined: 1/3/07
#19BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 3:00pm
That makes me so happy! :)
I'm assuming no rush tickets will be available Sunday. Hope they sell as many full priced tickets as possible and don't need to offer rush for the final performance!
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#20BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 3:02pm
"I'm pretty sure After Eight was deprived of attention as a child. Thus, he now feels the need to make up for that deprivation."
100% THIS
After Eight, stop coming into Bridges threads and spreading your hate. These threads are positive and full of love for this beautiful show. Especially this one about the last week of it, and how much positive attention it's getting, and how excited people are to see the last show. Go away.
#21BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 3:05pmThey keep removing and adding blocks of seats throughout the day for Sundays performance.
avyrocks
Stand-by Joined: 1/3/07
#22BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 3:08pm^ I think it's because people keep adding the seats to their cart. And when time expires, it's released again.
#23BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 3:18pmPossible! But I see entire rows of seats disappear and return.
#24BRIDGES in its final week
Posted: 5/15/14 at 3:23pm
I have an extra FREE ticket for this Saturday at 2:00PM. I'd really like to give it to someone who hasn't seen the show yet, but will consider giving it to a super fan if no one else takes it. My friend who was going to use the ticket no longer can make it.
I'll do a first come first served basis here.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
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