GROUNDHOG DAY to Take the August Wilson, Spring 2017 — Page 4

Ah yes... I agree. I take it back- that Tony is Ben Platts.

I bet Christian Borle is really wishing he wasn't giving his Willy Wonka this year! Best Actor and Actress in a musical is going to be a fierce competition.

Updated On: 10/19/16 at 03:34 PM

It'll indeed be a good year for Best Actor. As of now, heavy hitters include Karl, Platt, Borle x2, Groban, and Hyde Pierce.

Well all of Broadway is obsessed with Tony Awards so surely when a actor plays a role like this, someone of his abilities, you'd kinda be hoping to add another Tony to your mantelpiece.

It doesn't start performances for nearly FOUR months. Has there been any ad campaign yet? (I'm not in NY)



Premium seats are not thanks to Hamilton.

The Producers started premium seating....and nearly every show since then has followed suit. You can't blame them for trying.



HAVE they started an ad campaign?

There have been lots of ads in the Times, but that hardly equates to much nowadays.

I live in NYC and am up to date on theater knowledge, and haven't seen much about this show, yet. So I'm not surprised regarding ticket sales. I think it will do well though. I look forward to seeing a big, splashy new musical. Feel like Bandstand, In Transit, and A Bronx Tale are going to be long forgotten come Tony time.

Casting set.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Barrett-Doss-More-Will-Join-Andy-Karl-in-GROUNDHOG-DAY-on-Broadway-Cast-Announced-20161213

Fantastic that they cast Rita with a black actress. She is quite beautiful as well. Also, although she did an understudy stint in You Can't Take It With You, this is her Broadway debut as a full cast member. Good for her, and good for the creative team.

Geez Skimble can you just calm down??! This show is not opening for another 2 months. It will sell out if it's a good show. I'm an Andy Karl fan but I haven't been checking tickets yet! I do plan to watch this show in my next NYC trip (May/June)

May I ask why you seem to have such a stake in this?

i feel like every show this season have had less than stellar logos and marketing. Like incredibly boring logos or not enough information regarding what it is.

And ticket prices for this show are so high! I have bought over 15 tickets for my trip to NY in April/May, but I still haven't bought a ticket for this one. I also blame Ticketmaster's booking system that won't allow me to book a single ticket if there's seats next to it. Like if there's four seats in row F and I want to buy the first seat closest to the aisle of the four (just one ticket), it won't let me buy it because it says I can't leave a gap or a seat left by itself even though this is not the case because there might be 3, 4, 5, 6 tickets next to it. Has anyone had this same problem? It's not just with this show. It's with all Ticketmaster shows, so it's something with their system.