LIttle Women tour... - Struggling?

I just got an e-mail from BroadwayLA, saying that you can buy one ticket, and get TWO free! WTF? It sounds like they're desperate to fill in the seats...

oh, and if you wanted to know, the Promotional code is: FREE

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I saw the show last Sunday afternoon at the Kennedy Center and I got a discount ticket at DC's version of TKTS. The Opera House seemed fairly full to me. Although the performances were very good, I found the show to be quite dull.

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it was discounted the whole time it was here in Boston and we were the 1st date.

it just forced me to see it twice though so i didn't mind

I am thinking of going here in LA. I've been very surprised though.

I was thinking of going to that random Thursday matinee at 2:00 because I am off from work that day. That show doesn't show up on any list that I check.

I just assumed that a Thursday matinee would be the type of show that they'd be practically giving away tickets to if a tour was struggling.

Yeah, Sutton is elsewhere these days. That's why I was wondering about the tour. I'm sure Maureen is wonderful, but she's not the lead.

And Patronus, maybe that show has busloads of school kids coming in? (The year-round schools, at least.) Could that be a reason?

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I love the Music, but the story is quite boring. I'm sure Sutton Foster made it enjoyable, the the Jo I saw (which was this tour) is only okay. I say, if you love the original broadway cast recording, go see it, because the musical numbers are quite enjoyable, or go see it if it is cheap. :O) the book is so poor (book of the musical not actual book) that it needs SPECTACULAR actors to make it enjoyable, which, besides Maureen, the tour does not really have. they are just "pretty good."

Updated On: 7/14/06 at 10:33 AM

Thanks, guys!

So if I find a "pretty good" ticket deal, I'll go expecting a "pretty good" show.

...Oh, and LuPonatic, you might want to revise that "soundtrack" verbage to "cast recording" before you're drawn and quartered, never to be heard of again.

EDIT: Why couldn't they find a good (enough) "Jo?" There are thousands of out of work ladies who would kill for that part (no?).

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Updated On: 7/14/06 at 10:39 AM

thanks best12bars!

Yeah, I suppose that would the explanation on the Thursday matinee, b12b.

Still, I may just show up that morning and see what kind of single seat I can get if it doesn't pop up on Goldstar between now and then.

I've been look for an excuse to try out the new Orange Line to the Red Line anyway.

There's bound to be some kid who gets sick... or "sick of Broadway" that day.

Or you could just walk on your knees and dress young! You'll blend right in.

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By the way, you don't actually have to buy three--the price of the tickets are 21.75 (a third of the price--hence the buy one and get two free) no matter how many you buy. I search for a single ticket and it was $21.75. I searched for two tickets and they were $21.75 each. I searched for 4 tickets and they were stil $21.75 each. So don't feel you need to buy three if all you need is one or two.

Yes, b12b, it's true.

So it looks as if the Little Women tour is harming the bottom line for theaters the way the Thoroughly Modern Millie tour almost wiped out a few back in its less-than-stellar heyday.

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The show seemed derivative to me-- a little "My Fair Lady" here and a little "Wicked" there, a little "Secret Garden" over here... It's not a bad show, it's just a show dealing with not the most exciting subject matter in not the most exciting way. But, the tour does have very good actor/singers, so that made it worth it for me.

I know I risk the rage of the Suttonites, but the way the role of Jo is written in the LW musical is not the most dimensional. I didn't see Sutton Foster and I'm sure she was excellent, but she's not the be-all, end-all. I saw the tour with Kate Fisher and with Susan Spencer, and I thought they both did the role justice. Flying around passionately about everything all the time has to get tiring after a few shows.

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