#276
Posted: 8/30/14 at 5:24pm
I went to TKTS last week to see what they were offering. They had Orchestra seats all the way over...Partial view for $99.. No thank you.
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#277
Posted: 8/30/14 at 7:02pm
Maybe an 8:30pm curtain on Saturdays? I agree, this show shouldn't have a Sunday matinee. To have 7 shows a week, their schedule should be Sun, Mon & Tue @ 7pm, Thur & Fri @ 8pm & Saturdays @ 4pm & 8:30pm.
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#278
Posted: 9/2/14 at 9:33am
87% capacity wow, this was significant, any I told you so's may commence.
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#279
Posted: 9/5/14 at 3:11pm
Seems they have updated the schedule past Andrew's run to 7 shows a week. It is Sun at 3, Tue-Fri at 8, then Sat at 2&8.
#281
Posted: 9/5/14 at 3:20pm
Perhaps for some people it's the only time they can go to a show.
#282
Posted: 9/5/14 at 3:23pm
The 2 PM Sat. slot will be a real snoozefest. Hedwig is not a matinee crowd type of show at all. I've been on a Sunday and it was not a good experience.
#283
Posted: 9/5/14 at 3:25pm
I wouldn't go to matinee of this show, but I'm just saying a variety in show times is a good thing.
#284
Posted: 9/5/14 at 3:28pm
I think they need to recognize their market. The bluehairs and families who populate the Sat. matinee performances won't want to see this.
#285
Posted: 9/6/14 at 3:34pm
I'm with Sutton on this one. Aberrational performance times (like the 10pm Saturday) are fun, but without an NPH who pretty much guaranteed them selling out whatever performance schedule they played, those atypical performances tend to languish. I could see them ditching the Sunday matinee at certain times of year and switching to a Monday-Saturday schedule a la Phantom (and Rent at one time), but otherwise, playing a traditional schedule -- while maybe not make for quite as fun audiences -- makes a fair amount of sense from a ticket-selling perspective.
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#286
Posted: 9/6/14 at 3:47pm
I think the reason they may be doing it is for the actor in the role of Hedwig. I still think matinees of any kind for this show are ill-advised and I will avoid them like the plague. (Last thing I want is a bunch of blue hairs or worse yet the teenie bopper set. I wonder if Nick Jonas or Darren Criss is coming and they thought it would make the show a 'family affair' so they should add the mat. on Sat.)
#287
Posted: 9/6/14 at 4:07pm
I'm really sick of the casual dismissal of old audiences with lines like "blue hairs." I'm a big fan of great theater and I hope to still be attending as long as I live. Of course, that probably won't include Broadway very often because I am a fan of *great* theater.
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#288
Posted: 9/6/14 at 4:09pm
Well then you can go to the lovely mats and enjoy their company. People complain about the young people-but the vast majority of issues I've had are with elderly patrons. They forget to turn their cell phones off (or 'don't know how'), they talk incessantly, and I've even had them singing when it wasn't appropriate.
#289
Posted: 9/6/14 at 4:16pm
Great theater is happening on Broadway right now, as it has forever.
Older patrons have always been fine in my experience as long as they can hear. I hate when people ask the person they are with "WHAT DID THEY SAY??". Other than that, it's all good. Except tweens. Tweens should go play elsewhere.
Older patrons have always been fine in my experience as long as they can hear. I hate when people ask the person they are with "WHAT DID THEY SAY??". Other than that, it's all good. Except tweens. Tweens should go play elsewhere.
#290
Posted: 9/6/14 at 4:18pm
I honestly have had less problems with the tweens. I've had cell phones go off (and the person was aware it was-and it kept happening), the "What did you say?" comment, candy wrappers, singing. I avoid the mats like the plague.
#291
Posted: 9/6/14 at 4:27pm
That's probably a good plan. Those people who cause you problems might have been going to the theater for 50 or 60 years.
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#292
Posted: 9/6/14 at 4:32pm
Well I would hope they'd learn how to act. Maybe I go in expecting too much.
Back on topic, the show is best viewed at night.
Back on topic, the show is best viewed at night.
#293
Posted: 9/6/14 at 4:41pm
You aren't expecting too much. If they can't act correctly, they shouldn't go to the theater. Regardless of age.
#294
Posted: 9/6/14 at 10:59pm
I have experianced problems most with Old people- which is suprising. Many forget to turn off their phones and ask "What just happened/What he say?" even asking me these questions. It is pretty annoying, but alot of times they are sweet little old ladies who are very nice otherwise and fun to talk with during intermission. I remember once during Follies in L.A, This old couple next to me were talking thru half of Elaine's "I'm Still Here' about how Liza should be signing it instead and the like. It was really distracting. Hedwig dose not seem like the kinda show to see during the day/the afternoon at all.
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#295
Posted: 9/6/14 at 11:37pm
I hope Hedwig goes on tour (with a Broadway Vet.) or at least comes to LA.
#296
Posted: 9/7/14 at 12:08am
they should do 6 evening shows(Sun, Mon & Tue @ 7pm & Thur, Fri, Sat @ 8pm) plus a Saturday show at 4pm. No need for two matinee shows a week.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#297
Posted: 9/7/14 at 9:01am
It's 5 weeks until the new Hedwig. When are they going to announce? What's the typical interval?
#299
Posted: 9/7/14 at 10:06am
What might this be referring to? http://talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=2232075
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