Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Show Suggestions Needed

I will be in NYC in December. I already have tickets for The Color Purple and will have time to take in one more show. I was thinking of seeing DRS and now even more so since Sherie Rene Scott will be leaving in January. I don't really know much about this show at all. Should I consider this show or can someone recommend something else? Also, if I should buy tickets for DRS, what seats are good? I just searched for tickets. Are 4th row seats too close for this show given that some shows are best viewed from further back?

Here are some shows I have seen and loved (in no particular order). Rent, Aida, Wicked, Chicago, Ragtime, Lion King, Cabaret, Dreamgirls, 42nd Street, The Life, Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon.

Here are some shows I have seen and did not like at all. Cats, Urinetown and Beauty and the Beast.

All suggestions/recomendations are greatly appreciated!

I HIGHLY reccomend DRS. It's amazing and fricken hilarious! Judging by waht you said you liked/disliked I think that you'd really enjoy it. I think that 4th row would be fine, but I'm a front mezz type of person myself, so I can't speak on your own opinion. But I REALLY hope you opt to see it! .

DRS is very good.

Try for Spelling Bee, though...thats what I reccommend. It's hysterical, poignant, clever, and a definite must see.

If I were you, no doubt in my mind, I'd be looking at tickets for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Its incredible.

(You didnt like Urinetown!?!)

In any case, try for tickets for Spelling Bee. PM me with any questions, although I wont be able to answer them until tomorrow *nite, nite kiddies!*.

DRS is better IMO! AAAND what he was asking about!

I highly recommend DRS, and I don't think there's a bad seat in the house. I've sat front row 3 times and the stage isn't too high and you see everything fine from there, to a more fuller view from the back orchestra, to twice in the rear mezz which still wasn't that far back that I felt too far from the action, and even on sides and in the box, where maybe I missed a thing or two but still felt views were great.

IMO, of the new shows, DRS has the all-around best combination of score and book, and as everyone said, you should NOT miss an oppertunity to see this amazing cast.

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SEE THIS SHOW!!

Seriously, it's incredible...it never gets old. I've brought a bunch of my friends to see it and everyone has absolutely loved it. We're all in our late teens to early twenties. Every time I've been there the audience has been pretty diverse as far as age and gender goes...I really think ANYONE can enjoy this show!!!

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I was completely underwhelmed by DRS. I would recommend Spamalot, Spelling Bee, Piazza, Hairspray or Movin' Out over DRS. It was sort of funny here and there, but I felt like everything was so forced all the time and there were so many inconsistencies in its style and direction that I wasn't sure what to make of it. It was my least favorite show last summer.

But then, I don't understand why you didn't like Urinetown, which I consider to be one of the most brilliant original musicals in the last 20-odd years.

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Light in the Piazza! Light in the Piazza!! Light in the Piazza!!!

or DRS!

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I'd consider WIW. Watching Maria Friedman and Michael Ball together is going to be awesome. I saw the show in London (with Michael Crawford) and absolutely loved every single moment of it.

Me?

I haven't seen DRS yet, so I'd say DRS, which I'll be seeing Nov 12.

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I saw DRS about 15 rows back on the left and it was fine. I saw it for Ms. Gleason. It was an ok show but in hindsight I wish I had seen Piazza instead. I suggest Spelling Bee, which I did see, it is hysterical. I would also suggest Sweet Charity. Loved that show. But enjoy whatever you choose to see!

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