Help me pick a show

Hi everyone! Long time I haven’t written on here, but I finally made it back to NYC after a five year absence (first with my own health issues, and then we all know what happened for the past few years).


Anyway, for this trip, my sister and I knew there were a few shows we wanted to see (Sweeney, Funny Girl, Camelot, A Beautiful Noise), but we were unsure of the other shows. We originally left some of our slots blank in case a show got cancelled and we had to reschedule (thankfully nothing has happened yet), but now I have a couple of extra slots where we can fit in a show.


is there any musicals or plays, Broadway or off-Broadway, that you highly recommend? Our only caveat is that we are fairly averse to gunshots/loud sudden noises, but we can handle almost anything else.

binau said: "PARADE!!!"

I know Parade is a good show (I saw an excellent regional production in Seattle a few seasons ago that I still think about to this day), but I’m not necessarily the biggest fan of Ben Platt, so that keeps me from wanting to pay full Broadway prices for this. It’s still on my short list right now, though I have to choose soon as my open slots are tonight and a Sunday matinee

What I'd say about Ben Platt in Parade is that he doesn't really stand out and I don't mean that as a negative thing about him or the show - I think it's a true ensemble effort, he has an incredible scene partner and everything around him is done so beautifully done that it's not the case he is carrying the show or overbearing or anything like that (cf. DEH of course where it was the Ben Platt show). The cast recording is out so I suppose you can listen to "How Can I Call This Home?" "It's Hard to Speak My Heart" and "This is Not Over Yet". If you really don't like what you're hearing fine but personally I think he is doing great work, and "It's Hard to Speak My Heart" in particular I think is a perfect example of someone who knows how to act while singing, and the strength of his voice just adds a little bit more magic than I can hear from the OBC or Donmar versions.

&Juliet

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