Easter Weekend Visit

[mal8tr]

Posted: 4/8/19 at 9:09pm

I am visit for a long Easter Weekend Thursday through Sunday so I have five slots.  I have already seen: Beautiful, Book of Mormon, Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Hamilton, Lion King, Mean Girls, Phantom, Waitress, and Wicked.  Really am open to plays or Musicals--on or off broadway.  Right now I am thinking of: Be More Chill, The Network, Hadestown, My Fair Lady, The Prom, Tootsie, Too Kill a Mockingbird.  That said, I am open to an of those or shows off-Broadway, or cabarets (e.g. 54 below, greenroom 42).  Any feedback on how to fill my week would be great.  If there are things I have not mentioned, feel free to provide your thoughts!  Thanks!

Updated On: 4/8/19 at 09:09 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/8/19 at 9:43pm

I would put both Hadestown and Mockingbird at the top of your list. I would also highly reccomend the off-Bway Fiddler on the Roof as it is stunning.

Personally, I could never suggest BMC to anyone having just seen and loathed it.

[PhantomOfFleetStreet]

Posted: 4/8/19 at 10:19pm

I would definitely reccommend Hadestown and To Kill a Mockingbird from your list. I saw Tootsie and I thought it was really funny but a lot of the songs were drags so if you want to see good musical numbers, you won't find them there. It's not on your list but I highly recommend Oklahoma. Even if you hate Oklahoma (like I did), you would like the latest revivial.

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 4/8/19 at 10:44pm

I echo voting for Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. Just stunning. I’d skip My Fair Lady. Not offensively bad. I mean THOSE Songs, but it somehow falls flat and from what I hear, a new lead actress hasn’t improved things as that really isn’t the problem. I probably won’t make it back to NY before November, but tops of my list are: Tootsie, Oklahoma!, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Hadestown as far as shows open during Easter weekend.

I also loved Bryan Cranston in a production I had mixed feelings about, but in retrospect I admire it more than most on here do. I also thought Kiss Me, Kate was pure bliss (an unpopular opinion on here).

But if you only have five slots:

Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
Tootsie
Oklahoma!
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hadestown