July Trip - Insight Welcome

I'm planning on making a NYC trip at the beginning of July. It's long overdue as my last theater binge was in June of last year. I've since moved out to Boston, which is great as it will hopefully allow me to make more frequent, shorter trips to NYC, and will allow me to see a number of shows on tour or pre-Broadway.

I'm looking at July 1-3, both because I could get a decent hotel rate and with the holiday, I can take advantage of a Friday matinee that might not ordinarily occur.

Currently I'm thinking about 7 shows:

Act of God, Les Miz, Something Rotten, Fish in the Dark, On the Town, Curious Incident, and Churchill

Something Rotten, On the Town, and Curious Incident are more or less locked in. There seem to be very few matinees on Thursday 7/2, so Churchill is in that slot for the time being.

That leaves Act of God, Les Miz, and Fish in the Dark as possibilities for the final show. If I can somehow swing a late departure Friday night, that would allow me to see two of these three, but I'm not sure how practical that is.

Les Miz will probably be the fallback in the event, since it'd be the cheapest of those three. Plus, another play would balance things out. Any thoughts are appreciated and welcomed! If anyone is aware of any other matinees on that Thursday, I'm happy to consider that as well. Churchill seems to have rave reviews...I think Mamma Mia might have a matinee that day as well, and I've never seen it...

Thanks all!

"Gigi is my favorite, don't miss it."

I think it's admirable that you keep shilling for Gigi in advice threads where the original poster doesn't even mention nor has shown any interest in it. You should work in sales.

If you think it's just a few jaded critics who didn't like Gigi, then you're clearly not dealing with reality. If you enjoyed it, great but at some point you need to come to terms with the fact that very few share your opinion.

Les Mis all the way. I saw it and it was absolutely incredible

Fish in the Dark has Friday matinees. (I haven't seen it, but I am going to a Friday matinee next month when I'm in town.) That may help you squeeze in another show.

I haven't seen nearly as many shows as the others on this board and haven't seen all those you mention, but I would add Hand to God for consideration if (and only if) you like dark humor. My favorite play I've seen in a long time.

Thank you for the info on Friday matinees @ FITD. Maybe I will actually catch it now. Not to be off topic, but if anyone tries to rush it now that Jason Alexander is taking over please report back. I'm assuming it is way easier now that David has departed.

The extension of Heisenberg throws another option into the mix, unless of course the two weeks sell out before I make a decision this weekend.

Big fan of MLP, would really like to see her on stage. Trouble is, I'm not sure which show it should replace on my list.