Iceman Cometh @ BAM- Page 3

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 8:45pm

I'm going to be in NYC for work the first week of March and may try and catch this. Is BAM an easy trip from Manhattan on subway or taxi (especially given the midnight ending time)

Very. Especially since the Barclay Center opened. 15 minutes to the city. It's worth it alone to experience Brooklyn and great theater. PM me should you need restaurant advice.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/14/15 at 12:18am

Super easy to get to, and it's a nice little walk. You walk by the Barclay Center, Theatre for a New Audience's new space, the big BAM Opera House, a dance complex. It's cool. And a lot of trains go there.

[nyla123]

Posted: 2/15/15 at 5:33pm

BAM typically doesn't have a set area for rush seats like Broadway shows, a lot of it is based on what's available the night of. Since BAM is largely subscription based a lot of times people will end up not being able to go on the night they have tickets and donate them back to BAM (probably less likely with this show). I'm a BAM subscriber and had people cancel at the last minute and my front orchestra seat ended up going to someone who rushed. It's definitely worth a shot, I don't think I've ever been to a show at BAM that didn't have at least a few people getting in off the rush line. You might be seated after the show starts, but with this show you won't miss too much.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 2/25/15 at 1:29am

Finally managed to catch this tonight and have to echo all the praise for the production, it really is stunning. I know there are people put off by the running time, but the whole thing flies by and it's five hours well spent. Lane and Dennehy were of course majorly impressive, but the whole cast is spot on, with special mention for Stephen Ouimette, who gives a beautiful performance as Harry Hope. I know there have been rumors of this transferring, but anyone who's remotely interested shouldn't wait- this is a must see play.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 2/25/15 at 1:42am

Was also there tonight and agree- it's quite astounding and not to be missed.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 2/25/15 at 1:59am

RippedMan, to clarify, when I said "Not to be missed by serious, mature theatregoers." I wasn't referring to the theatergers age.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 7:07pm

So I saw this last night, and I thought it was a really cool experience. They lost me a little bit in act 3, but otherwise I was completely riveted the whole time. The whole evening flew by really fast for me. All the actors and the design team really worked their magic.

I wanted to post about my seat, because I thought it might be a good things for others to know: I sat in row N of the orchestra, which was a row of free-standing chairs (i.e actual chairs, not normal theatre seats) in front of the "rear orchestra" section. Some of the chairs in this row cost $60 because they are marked as "partial view," but there was nothing about this seat that was partial view; I could see everything perfectly (why they marked it that way is a mystery to me, but it worked in my favor). The seats are comfortable, with all the leg-room in the world, and cost significantly less than most of the other seats in the theatre, without any obstruction of view to deal with. The front row is expensive, and I've heard the gallery is uncomfortable, so for a 5-hour play (the curtain call ended at about 11:55), I really think this row is the best way to go if you can nab one of these seats.

Wow, that was long-winded. Sorry. I never thought I could be so excited about a seat in a theatre.

Updated On: 2/27/15 at 07:07 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 9:21pm

I don't mean this to come off snarky, but I'm honestly interested, what about this was "riveting?" I just could not find it engaging or interesting.

On the other hand, I saw the Audience last night and was I riveted, which I didn't think I'd enjoy.