Dave Malloy's Moby Dick at A.R.T. — Page 4

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chris d said: "I saw it last night and thought it was... Interesting. Very much a work in progress and tonally all over the place”

Tonally all over the place is a perfect description of this piece, but I also think that that is exactly what they were going for.

To answer the last question, the bust is of Herman Melville and they do speak to him now and then, and not in a nice way. Did they need approval of the estate to stage this?



He's a public figure - no permission necessary. And Moby Dick is, I'm fairly certain, is in the public domain.

Wee Thomas2 said: "Things they don't need that could make the show tighter: Eliminate the audience participation part. That will save the 5-7 minutes to chose and "dress" the volunteers. The song they sing with the audience sitting on the floor could totally be eliminated and wouldn't cost a thing plot-wise."

While I agree that cutting the audience participation would be a good idea and save AT LEAST 5-7 minutes, probably more, I disagree that A Squeeze of the Hand should be cut. It’s a beautiful song in which we do get a progression of the Ishmael/Queequeg relationship that is important. Not to mention, it really is a beautiful song and that is lost in everyone laughing at the reactions of the audience members to the sperm oil.

I'm told the relationship between Ishmael and Queequeg is explicitly, as opposed to sub-textually, romantic in this. Does this story make up a large part of the musical or is it only in part one?

I have two $25 tickets available for the 12/19 matinee (1pm). Just trying to make back what I paid, which is $60 including fees. Message me if interested. Thanks!

annang said: "I have two $25 tickets available for the 12/19 matinee (1pm). Just trying to make back what I paid, which is $60 including fees. Message me if interested. Thanks!"

You may want to list your tickets on StubHub. People resell tix for exorbitant prices there for this production and somehow they are being sold. I listed both of my tickets at a face value $35 and someone bought them within few hours.

gibsons2 said: "annang said: "I have two $25 tickets available for the 12/19 matinee (1pm). Just trying to make back what I paid, which is $60 including fees. Message me if interested. Thanks!"

You may want to list your tickets on StubHub. People resell tix for exorbitant prices there for this production and somehow they arebeing sold. I listed both of my tickets at a face value $35 and someone bought them within few hours.

I will if I have to, but I’d rather sell them here and not give fees to Stubhub if I can avoid it.
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Lurker2 said: "Super long shot - I have one ticket for the saturday night performance on January 11 (closing weekend) that I can no longer attend - does anyone have a ticket for another performancethat they would want to swap? It was at the $95 price level, but I'm willing to take one at any price and pay the difference if it's more. Ideally a Wednesday night, Friday, Saturday or Sunday performance but I'm flexible"

I might be able to help you - I have a ticket for evening show Sat Dec 28. Though I only paid $25.00--it's a good seat Port (side) Row BB seat 5 - no obstruction. Though it says "Wet Deck" on ticket, from what I've read, it seems the only people getting wet (or sperm-oiled, more accurately), are those who volunteer for the boats-but someone can correct me. Would you be interested in an even swap? Message me if so. Let me know your seat location and if your ticket is for matinee or evening on Jan 11.

willep said: "It isn’t the sperm oil that the wet deck is about. The sperm oil is just in buckets that the audience volunteers deal with. The wet deck is for water blown out of the whales’ blow holes. Unless something has changed. When I went, the wet deck didn’t get wet, but I’ve heard they’ve added more since."


I have to tell you, I’ve mostly been avoiding this thread so I can avoid spoilers, but I decided to check in on it just to see what’s being discussed. I read your post first, with barely any context (still haven’t looked into the context). Absolutely hilariously to read out of context! 😂

Saw yesterday's matinee during a special day trip to Boston from NC. Still kind of processing whether it was worth it. I think I missed some details because I hadn't read the book and didn't see what effect was mentioned in spoiler that symbolized passing of Moby Dick. Agree that the Pip sequence seemed too long. Singing and production values were definitely amazing. It was sold out production but there were at least 5 empty seats at beginning and 10 more by end with a few intermission walkouts. I was in row ee on starboard side and it was a good seat.