Hot Tickets

I'm going to NY in April and I'm trying to decide which shows to purchase tickets for. I have 5 choices: All Shook Up, Avenue Q, Good Vibrations, Little Women, and Sweet Charity. Which show is going to be the next big ticket? I passed up an opportunity to see Wicked before all the hype and I'm just now getting to see that show. So which tickets should I go for in April, before they become impossible to get. I've heard Spamalot is going to be big, but I can't get into Monty Python. Thanks!! Stay warm!! AIM:keg3254

Well considering La Cage is not on her list... I would probably say Sweet Charity but you can just never tell what's gonna be big.

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Avenue Q is already a hot ticket. And recommended. I think it's a bit of a light story, but it's clever and well crafted, and the score is both original and fun.

Sweet Charity hasn't started previews yet, so it still looks promising. It has been successful in the past, and it's a good score.

All Shook Up and Good Vibrations have been receiving very mixed, if not negative, word-of-mouth. (I think the word is a bit worse on GV than ASU, but that's my perception.) They could/should be fun, but I'm not sure how well they succeed. They don't particularly appeal to me (from what I've seen in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and rehearsal clips).

Little Women has also received mixed word (I think the official opening is very soon). The score hasn't impressed very many, but if you know and like the book, I think it might work on that level. Sutton Foster is supposed to be very good, and Maureen McGovern is getting some nice comments, too.

I would think that if you want to get tickets for Avenue Q, and maybe even for Sweet Charity, you'd want to buy in advance. I'm not sure if the others will be that difficult to get.

That is if Brooklyn is still there in April.

Avenue Q has been a sell out hit for months. None of the others on your list have the kind of buzz that would suggest that they be the next soldout blockbuster hit like Wicked or The Lion King or Mamma Mia. You'll have no trouble getting tickets to any of them (especially Good Vibrations -- if it even survives -- or Little Women). The only sure-fire hit that'll be impossible to get tickets to in a few months looks to be Spamalot (decent seats are already getting hard to come by). Sweet Charity will probably do fine, but I doubt it'll be a sellout. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will also probably do well. It's unclear how All Shook Up will do -- reviews were mixed, but it may still sell well given the whole Elvis appeal.

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I don't think DRS will do THAT well, they don't have big advance, and their tix are on TDF..

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I don't think DRS will do THAT well, they don't have big advance, and their tix are on TDF.

Tickets are often on TDF for previews (before previews start, particularly when they're starting in the winter season), and Scoundrels has pretty decent reviews from out-of-town. I don't think it's really possible to tell how the show will do until NY previews start.

It's certainly had better word-of-mouth than Brooklyn, and that's still open.