HOW TO SUCCEED Begins Previews Tonight! — Page 5

Could you also post a list of the ushers and front of house staff? Who's working the bar and the souvenir stands?

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I'm a little curious about the orchestrations. With Cinderella Darling back in, I'm assuming it's the slower, less maddening 1961 version and not the zany-at-11 1995 revival one.

I bought tickets for this yesterday (for April). I was a bit hesitant to buy them because I didn't know how Radcliffe would do, but I'm glad to see that people here seem to love him. This is one of my favorite shows.

I saw it with Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker several years ago...didn't like Broderick at all in it. I guess nobody will ever beat Robert Morse in this role. By the way, wouldn't it have been great if they'd cast Robert Morse as J.B. Biggley? WOW, that would have been something.

Has anyone had a successful rush experience for one of the two performances?

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I, too, am curious about rush...

"...I was wondering do any of the characters truly need to be American? The company is Worldwide Widgets which suggests to me that they have offices all over the world. Wouldn't it stand to reason that there could be all sorts of accents in the office?"

For the period in which the piece is set, the NY office of an international company would have been VERY American. The career path of a non-American would probably have been substantially different from the advice given by the narrator.

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I rushed Sat morning.

Got there at about 7:20..there were 4 folks in line. I really thought there'd be nobody and I could go get something to eat and check back again. So I rushed for coffee and bagels, came back and there were another 2 people in line...so by 730ish, I was 7th in line. Next person didn't show til a little after 8. Right at 10 they moved us in, and was out of there in minutes.

The seats I got were row J, far left, partial view. For the price, it was good. Yeah I missed a couple things on the top far left, but it wasn't integral, could hear fine.

Radcliffe did a fine job...pulled off the singing and choreography...and was having a good old time.

I'm not a Potter stalker. Just thought I'd go for the rush.

Thanks, mak! I figured it was a get there by 7:30 kind of deal.

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I hear the show is running over 3 hours long. I hope not

amn, rush tickets are $30.

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Thanks givesmevoice :)

Delightful. Saw Monday night's preview and have to say I was very pleasantly surprised how well they've nailed this show from the sets, lighting, and costumes to the casting and staging. At first I thought the opening choreography looked a little uncomfortably close in style to the opener of last season's Promises, Promises, but then the show breaks into its own uniqueness shortly thereafter.
Truth be told, the most surprising of all to me was Daniel Radcliffe himself! Who knew he would actually be so darn legitimately stage-talented? I guess the Harry Potter seriousness and the bleakness of Equus never really let him show his playful side, but he certainly is a big charmer here. His singing is great but his Michael J. Fox-like command of the stage and his flawless dancing are remarkable.
All in all, this production is as about as solid and lovingly-crafted of a revival you could hope for with this classic and I wish them the best.

Updated On: 2/28/11 at 11:37 PM