King Lear - SITP

[HighFlyingAdored97]

Posted: 7/22/14 at 12:16pm

Is anyone going tonight? I'm excited to hear early reports.
Being the unlucky person I am, I lost the online ticket lottery... but I'll keep trying.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 7/22/14 at 12:34pm

What was the line like this morning?

[haterobics]

Posted: 7/22/14 at 12:35pm

Filled with line sitters from craigslist if all those listings are any indication...

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 7/22/14 at 12:46pm

The first person in line got there at 4:45am.

[SomethingPeculiar]

Posted: 7/22/14 at 11:51pm

Anyone go tonight? Really interested to hear how Lithgow, Bening, and co. are in this.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 7/23/14 at 12:10am

This is a Majestic LEAR. Just hot home, it was Three and a half hours tonight. Three and a half hours of the best Acting I've seen in a while. Lithgow is tremendous, kingly, funny, mad and ultimately heartbreaking. Bening is terrific but Jessica Hecht steals all the Sister scenes. Go see it. The cutest spear carriers in town, to boot. Bravo to all.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 7/23/14 at 12:54am

Did you wait in line or do the virtual lottery?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 7/23/14 at 1:20am

Senoir Citizen Line.

[brdway411]

Posted: 7/28/14 at 12:38pm

Anyone done the line lately? I don't mind sitting but what time have people been getting there? Don't want to get there at some incredibly early hour of the morning only to sit at the entrance alone for 3 hours.

[fenwic]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 9:51pm

Bump -- hoping for the latest on how the line is? For Much Ado, we got there at 6:30AM and had no problem getting tickets, but this sounds like a hotter ticket. We're going this Saturday, and were thinking 5AM...

[The Josh]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 10:20pm

I, too, am wondering what the line is like. For both Into the Woods and Much Ado, I got there at 6 AM and had no trouble, but I went very early in the run for both. I'm planning on going Tuesday morning.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 11:27pm

tues is the opening so there will be no ticket distribution

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 12:20am

I saw tonight's performance. Won tickets through the virtual lottery after losing it almost daily this summer.

This is a fantastic production of King Lear. Fantastic. John Lithgow loses himself in the role and spirals into madness and heartbreak that is unbelievable to watch. Every word and movement was crafted so well, proving Lithgow to be a true legend of the stage. I found the three sisters to be excellent and thought that Jessica Hecht was particularly a stand out. The supporting cast was extremely strong, which fueled Lithgow's Lear into the masterpiece it was.

A major shout out to Daniel Sullivan's directing. I've liked his work in the past, but fell in love with that he did at the Delacorte tonight.

Side note -- two raccoons made an appearance in the first act by running upstage and waddling around the doors of the set. Very entertaining.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 12:29am

I'm interested in the line.

[AntV]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 1:03am

I got on the standby line tonight at 7 and got a ticket at 8:02. It was front row center. Never sat there at the Delacorte. Amazing seat.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 10:17am

Anyone in line this weekend and want to report on the line?

[brdway411]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 12:54pm

Did line last week. It's pretty easy. I went on Tuesday. By 830 900 am they stopped taking people in the line.

[dreaming]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 1:04pm

Keep in mind it opens tomorrow, and once the reviews get out the line may get more difficult.

[PianoMann]

Posted: 8/5/14 at 1:20pm

Anybody else enter the Virtual Lotto this morning (Tuesday, August 5) and submit the form, but go to check at 12:00 and find that they are no longer offering it today? It makes sense since this is their opening night, but when I entered at 9:00 it was clear that they were going to offer it, but perhaps changed their minds / no longer had available tickets.

[HBP]

Posted: 8/5/14 at 1:47pm

I read the other day that they were not going to offer virtual lotto... I won on Sunday, however, and loved the production. John Lithgow did a great job of balancing out the drama with some subtle comedy. Jessica Hecht as Regan was also a standout for me. I sat fairly close and was so impressed by the way she stood absolutely still when she wasn't delivering a line. The rest of the cast was pretty great, as well.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 8/7/14 at 10:22pm

Getting in line Saturday...thoughts on how early to get in line to secure tickets? Considering the reviews, I can't imagine it's going to be much worse the previous weekends.

[jawjuhh]

Posted: 8/7/14 at 11:20pm

Got in line today at 8:15, didn't get tix. I would say they stopped maybe 10 people in front of me.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 8/7/14 at 11:33pm

Jaw: sorry to hear that. Did you at least get standby?

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 8/8/14 at 4:04pm

Planning on going on Saturday sounds like being at the park by 6 is a safe bet.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/8/14 at 5:18pm

there are no safe bets but 6 on a weekend with no rain in the forecast certainly isn't inherently safe.