Finalizing a great NY trip!

As a transplanted New York native and lifelong theater geek, I come to NY with my almost-as-geeky wife from LA 2-3 times a year to pack in as many shows as we can over the course of a long weekend or a week. We're heading there on Wednesday for a trip that I'm particularly excited about, both because of the longer-than-usual duration (12 days) and the exciting slate of shows that we've put together (with great assistance from the users of this board). We managed to unload tickets we had gotten early for Tammy Faye, Romeo + Juliet, and McNeal, and our schedule now includes Maybe Happy Ending, S**t.Meet.Fan, A Wonderful World, Our Town, Gatz, The Counter, Ragtime, Big Gay Jamboree, Yellow Face, Sunset Blvd., The Roommate, Death Becomes Her, Teeth, Hills of California, and Swept Away, as well as the Grand Hotel 35th anniversary at 54 Below.

We have one slot left. Candidates are Babe, Bad Kreyòl, The Blood Quilt, Vladimir, Cabaret (saw the Mendes production several times in both incarnations and loved it, really want to see Neuwirth and Skybell and interested in seeing Lambert, but hated the Tonys number and have a feeling I'll hate the direction), or a return visit to Suffs (which we loved) before it closes. (Assume we've seen everything else of interest on Broadway on previous trips.).We welcome any suggestions, and thanks to all the users who have helped guide us in hopefully making this the best trip yet!

Updated On: 11/3/24 at 12:27 AM

I highly recommend Water for Elephants and Mattress before they close.

Under no circumstances miss Oh, Mary!

Thanks! We saw both Oh Mary! (loved it) and Water for Elephants (not so much) on our last trip, and will be seeing Mattress when it transfers to LA in December. Would love any feedback on the listed options!

I’d go with Bad Kreyòl as I hear the performances are wonderful or a 2nd visit to Suffs.

If you're interested in this production of Cabaret, don't let the Tony performance dissuade you. I've seen it with both Redmayne and Lambert, and it's much better with Lambert, who doesn't do Redmayne's stupid over-the-top shtick. It really is worth seeing just for Skybell/Neuwirth alone. Some of the directorial choices really still don't work, but the production just shows the material is strong enough to withstand them.

The second time I went with a couple friends who hadn't seen it with Redmayne. They really enjoyed it, and wanted to know why I thought Redmayne was bad. I sent them the Tony performance, and they were horrified. So yeah, the show is much more bearable with Lambert, who is great in the role.

yyys said: "I felt McNeal was mostly a waste of time..."

Polarizing show for sure.

Don’t waste your time with the Cabaret revival. Unfortunately, it is truly awful.