MACBETH Tickets

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 5:07pm

Hey All -

Any idea when exactly Telecharge will put up tix for the show?

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 5:08pm

Give them a call.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 5:36pm

Well, the dates are announced, the prices, as well.

But when do they go on sale?

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 5:42pm

The article that was just posted on BWW states that tickets are now available, which is why I suggested calling Telecharge because the show isn't up on the website yet.

[sanda]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 5:58pm

I just called telecharge and was told "it's not available yet and to be announced".

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 6:01pm

Okay, thanks so much!

The Wait Continues...

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 7:00pm

frogs_fan, how did *you* get tix already???

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 7:40pm

I'm seeing it at BAM.

[Eos]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 12:46pm

They're on sale!!! Well, for AMEX anyway...

[sanda]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 1:15pm

I just booked my ticket. Thanks a lot.

[Maurice]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 1:17pm

Eos... Thanks for the update about AMEX presale. I just scored an incredible seat. I found closer seats available the regular (non-Broadway Offers) route as long as you pay with AMEX.

[Eos]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 2:54pm

My pleasure.
So many shows, so little time! I wish I could afford to extend my trip a couple of days!

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 3:31pm

Is this production going to be straight-up, 'to-the-book' Shakespeare, or is there an adaptation to go off of?

[keen on kean]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 3:37pm

My non-AMEX seats (purchased this morning) were pretty nice. I am AMEX but tend to forget to look for their "deals."

[keen on kean]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 5:37pm

Bump - can someone who saw the production at BAM answer Mike's question? I'm curious to know, too.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 8:38pm

It's in a kitchen in Stalinist Russia... I'll know more after next Saturday night.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 9:06pm

I got my ticket for May 17th matinee via AmEx. They didn't seem to be doing turnaway business -- every date I asked about seemed to be available at good locations. I just wanted to be safe -- Shakespeare isn't exactly a best seller, as a rule.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 10:01pm

Got my ticky for March 30. Front row of the balcony, on the aisle.

Mike (and whoever else wondering), it's a straight-forward production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. No adaptation.

It's set in a hospital in Stalinist Russia (with Macbeth being the dictator). I've heard mixed things about the production from friends who saw it - I don't like venturing to Brooklyn - but they've all said that Stewart is unbelievable. The thing, though, is that the whole thing looks like a Stalinist-reigeme, but nobody plays it that way.

The Weird Sisters (the witches) are nurses, who "rap" the "toil and trouble," speech. Lady Macbeth (Kate Fleetwood in a dazzling performance, I've heard) is a solid 30 years younger than Stewart, which, apparently, makes it clear all she's in it for is the power. And she gets groped a lot - above and down below.

It's very bloody. There are a lot of projections, as well.

Macbeth is one of Bill's shortest plays, coming in at about 2.5 hours most times. This performance has extended it to 3.

And since tickets quietly went on sale this morning, I don't think they're be a high demand yet.

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 3/6/08 at 12:15am

do you think there will be discounts or jump on tix while they last?

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 3/6/08 at 10:57am

I'd say get them now before the ad (which I'm assuming will be a full page) appears in this weekends NYT Arts and Leisure section. That's when the demand will go up.