FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME Previews

Previews for Freestyle Love Supreme at the Booth Theatre started on Friday, September 13, 2019, and the show runs through January 5, 2020.  

From the show website:  "More than 15 years after its inception, Freestyle Love Supreme — the original hip-hop musical phenomenon from Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale — arrives on Broadway. Every performance, the crew takes the crowd on a freestyle, hip-hop, improvisational, never-before-seen comedy ride. See it for the first time every time as the performers take suggestions from the audience and spin them into instantaneous riffs and full-length musical numbers. With special — and spontaneous — guest appearances from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, James Monroe Iglehart, and more, every night brings the unexpected."

Does anyone know if there is a rush policy yet?  Looks like there is a social media $35 lottery.  I am considering seeing this on Sunday night.  Early reviews appreciated.

ACL2006 said: "Their performance schedule is odd. 10pm shows on Sunday and Mondays? Do they really expect people to attend those? Tonight's 10pm show has very few seats sold."

 

There are 9:30 shows at 54 Below and Joe's Pub on those days that sell very well. People will attend.

 

I don't have much interest in seeing this show, but I love the idea of a 10:00pm curtain.  As about-of-towner (Florida),it gives the opportunity to add another show, as long as I make sure the first one ends at a reasonable time.  Alternatively, it means that I don't have to eat dinner at 5:30 - 5:00, which I only do when I attend the theatre.

 

ACL2006 said: "Their performance schedule is odd. 10pm shows on Sunday and Mondays? Do they really expect people to attend those? Tonight's 10pm show has very few seats sold."

 

No they don't -- didn't you know?  New York City (and especially Times Square) shut down after 9:00PM.

 

looks like there are a few people getting around the pouches, I've seen a few stage+playbill pics, but definitely not as many as usual. 

ccbway said: "NYfanfromCA said: "Did you buy in advance or try the lottery? Where did you sit, any recommendations?"

I won the lottery and sat first row center orchestra. It seems like the lottery seats are all the first two rows center orchestra. Great seats. That said, it really doesn't matter at all where you are sitting for this show as there are no sets or anything really, just 5 performers on stage and two musicians. The "best" seats are probably the acoustically best seats, which i imagine are about 8-10 rows back center orchestra. But honestly, I imagine the show was pretty much as enjoyable from the rear mezzanine as anywhere else, since sight lines and the stage aren't much of a factor."

Thanks for the information on your lottery seat location!  I hope I am as lucky as you when I try the lottery this weekend.

 

Since we were also in the front row and the last people out, my friend and I took our stage photos after handing back the Yondr pouches. The ushers didn't seem to mind at all, though we had to be quick about it because the stage lights went off right after we took them. 

I sort of agree, although I think what they are trying to do is enforce a concept or promote an idea about being present for the performance vs. trying to ban people from taking pictures. Like the person earlier in the thread said, it's not like they stop you from trying to take a picture after the show is over. There's no secret or hidden thing about the stage they are trying to keep from the public. It's just a sort of social contract with the audience to stay off their phones for 90 minutes that the pouch just helps to reinforce. Like I said, if you really wanted to get around it, there are a dozen easy ways to do so. Just like with any theater policy, there are always some bad actors, hopefully they remain in the extreme minority.

Updated On: 9/18/19 at 04:16 PM

Any updates to the special guest roster so far? Someone posted that Inglehart and Jackson were there on Sat, 9/14...any updates since then?