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TaffyDavenport said: "If anyone's interested, I have one of those $20.22 promo tickets that I won't be able to use, for Sunday, Aprl 17th, at 3 p.m. I can return it, but I'd rather pass along the savings. Seat is orchestra BB 101 (second row). It came out to $31.72 with fees, and I have the PDF to forward. PM me!"

This ticket is still available.

JBroadway said: "Has anyone seen this yet, who also saw it at the public? I would really love to get some perspective of comparison between them. For 2 reasons:

(1) i’m curious, because of the unusual circumstances surrounding this production and it’s loose “transfer”

(2) I’m trying to get a sense of whether I can/should see this again."

I saw it at the Public. I preferred this production. I liked the Public production, but I found the staging a bit claustrophobic and almost amateurish with the lighting, etc. Having it in a proscenium gives the show much more space to breathe, which I think benefited it strongly. And the lighting and choreography felt like they both contributed to a more cohesive atmosphere.

Regarding your question about "narration". It's still a series of spoken word vignettes that are more poem-like than monologue-like. That's the text. So if you don't like that, I don't imagine that will change. But it did feel more "theatrical" at the Booth than it did at the Public, to me at least.

TaffyDavenport said: "If anyone's interested, I have one of those $20.22 promo tickets that I won't be able to use, for Sunday, Aprl 17th, at 3 p.m. I can return it, but I'd rather pass along the savings. Seat is orchestra BB 101 (second row). It came out to $31.72 with fees, and I have the PDF to forward. PM me!"

This ticket is still available.

petewk87 said: "Was wondering if someone has tried rushing for this show recently? I wasn't able to find their policy online, but it was suggested here that there are $29 rush tix available. Thanks!"

I rushed for today’s matinee. The tickets are 27$. I walked up at 1:30pm and got a ticket for the 3pm show. Mezz full view - D 9. The Booth is so intimate that probably the last row mezz would be fine too. I think you should be fine getting to the theatre as the box office opens, or even a few minutes before. Mezz was maybe 60% full.



wonderful show. I too felt lost at some points, didn’t pick up on everything, but that’s a problem easily solved by reading the text again. Really brilliant performances, wonderful imagery, and beautiful choreography. The energy shared between the performers - and channeled out into the audience / brought back to them, was sooo beautiful. Inspiring to be in the same theatre as that. And the chorepoem is such a fascinating form. Very beautifully done.

TaffyDavenport said: "If anyone's interested, I have one of those $20.22 promo tickets that I won't be able to use, for Sunday, April 17th, at 3 p.m. I can return it, but I'd rather pass along the savings. Seat is orchestra BB 101 (second row). It came out to $31.72 with fees, and I have the PDF to forward. PM me!"

Last call for this great cheap seat.

Ticket is sold.

Updated On: 4/13/22 at 10:37 AM

Man, that makes me so sad that it was empty. But, it's Springtime and people are coming out of these last two trauma filled two years and still struggling. With all that is going on worldwide, people just are not interested in this. I loved it when I saw it what seems like a million years ago, but I would not see it now. I hope business picks up but I doubt it at this point

A few days from opening, it feels like it's in pretty good shape. I don't know what any other productions have been like but I felt like the choreography helped fill the stage in what otherwise sometimes felt like a very small production. The Booth is relatively intimate but I wished there was either a bare stage or some kind of platform rather than those hanging panels that only made the actresses look smaller on that stage. The lighting was effective but I wish they had used something else to fill the space.

I thought D. Woods was the standout from the actresses with the most time on stage while Kenita Miller, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Alexandria Wailes felt like excellent featured players. I wanted more from all three of them. I was worried about being able to follow the poetry but I only lost the thread a few times. I zoned out the most during "sechita" but the majority of the poems are easy to grasp. It's more about whether you enjoy monologues and that one-woman play kind of delivery. If you don't like any narration, this probably isn't the show for you. Some parts felt a bit dated and more rooted in a specific moment. The more generic stuff about relationships still felt very relevant. To me, it felt like the show had been updated to a 90's aesthetic (music, movement, attitude) which gave it an in-between feeling of being somewhat contemporary but not rooted in 2022. There were wonderful joyful moments and well-acted monologues and very funny moments and delivery but I kind of wish some of the poems had been rearranged to make it flow better though I don't know how much they would have been allowed to do that. Based on what's on wikipedia, some of the poems were assigned differently in this production.

I got out at 9:45pm tonight but it definitely started late.

How bizarre to have a Lady in Red leaving a week after opening. It's a significant part and sort of the bravura center of most productions. Kenita Miller is a stunner but I can't imagine how moving forward knowing she'd leave so soon was the best choice.

KJisgroovy said: "How bizarre to have a Lady in Red leaving a week after opening. It's a significant part and sort of the bravura center of most productions. Kenita Miller is a stunner but I can't imagine how moving forward knowing she'd leave so soon was the best choice."

She has an official standby, so maybe it might end up being like an Elizabeth Stanley/Heidi Blickenstaff situation.

quizking101 said: "Oh, also, a sidebar:

I’ve now seen 12 shows at the Booth and nearly ever time, I’ve encountered an usherette, Marjorie, who is just the sweetest woman you will ever meet. I hadn’t seen her since before the pandemic and wondered what had happened to her. I was elated when I saw her and she gave me my Playbill. She hasn’t lost a step, and she told me she just turned 80 years old!! It made my heart so warm to see her again"

I'm pretty sure I know who you're talking about! She's the best!

Saw the show last night, first saw a high school production a million years ago, it's funny how over two decades later, so many of the lines and moments from the show were still in my memory. But even then, there was so much in these actresses' performances that surprised, delighted, and moved me.

According to the COVID monitor, this is Kenita's last week. As a huge fan of hers from way back, I'm so glad I was able to come before she left, because even at 8 1/2 months pregnant, she is just phenomenal. How she delivers her final monologue, so grounded, so raw, so cathartic, the only emotion I can use is breathtaking. They better figure out how to give her that Tony live, so soon after she gives birth, because she's earned it.

And while Kenita is getting the lion's share of the praise, it's hard to imagine this show without any of these superstar actresses. Just one after the other, blowing me away with their vibrant talent. D. Woods and Okwui Okpokwasili were especially impactful, and must give special props to Lady in Blue understudy McKenzie Frye, who also left a lasting impression.

The set and lighting didn't quite leave the lasting impression, but that was fine, because under Camille A. Brown's direction and choreography, it was all about those women. If there was any justice in the world, Brown would be winning the choreography Tony. Just wonderful work.

Spotted in the audience: TV favorites Gina Torres and Bevy Smith.

TheQuibbler said: "There isn’t a rush policy for this show, is there? I didn’t see it listed anywhere."

There's an in-person general rush. $30 for seats in the side orch, and I think there's a higher price tier for the center orch. Rush seats have been stellar by all accounts, since the show isn't selling.