Marin and Jason in N2N on September 18th?

[rorschach37]

Posted: 8/20/10 at 1:50pm

Does anyone know if they will be on vacation or out for any reason on September 18? That's the only time I can get to NY for awhile, and I'd love to see them.

[MeggilyWeggily08]

Posted: 8/20/10 at 1:56pm

Considering they would have only been with the show for 2 months I don't think they're vacation would be then. They could have something else planned, or obviously become ill but I doubt that's when their planned vacation time is.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/20/10 at 2:03pm

Well, there's still the chance one (or both) of them falls ill or has a last minute emergency or commitment. I highly doubt they'd take a vacation anytime soon considering they just started.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/21/10 at 10:15am

As this show isn't selling out, my advice would be to wati until you get to NYC and purchase your ticket(s) at the box office on the day of performance. That way you'll have a better idea if they will be performing then.

[rorschach37]

Posted: 8/21/10 at 4:16pm

I've never purchased tickets at the box office before. Can you still get good seats?? Like center orchestra for example?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/21/10 at 4:55pm

Yes you can. In fact, there are times when you can get even better seats because frequently they release the "house seats" for sale at the box office. Besides, the Booth Theatre isn't a large house. Even if you're a few rows back you'll be okay. You really shouldn't have problems.

Good luck.

[rorschach37]

Posted: 8/21/10 at 10:27pm

I have just two more questions, would it cost more/less/same at the box office? And how do I go about discounts. I'm sorry for all the questions, I'm just new to Broadway theatre.

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 12:01am

Full price tickets will cost the least at the box office because if you order them by phone or online, there will be a charge (of about $7, I believe).

Most days (maybe everyday) you can buy half price tickets at the TKTs booth in Times Square, which end up being in the $60s. They may not have wonderful seats, but then again, they may. You could check out what they have for half-price and then decide if you'd rather buy a full-price tickets.

At the box office, too, you can buy cheaper tickets for the further back sections ($40 something for the last 2 rows of the mezz and maybe $70 something for the two rows in front of that...which aren't bad seats at all).

I'm guessing if you're new to Broadway, you don't have a TDF account, but if you did you could book $38.50 tickets in advance.

Other than that, I don't know if there are any discount codes floating about, but if there are, I'm sure someone on here knows what they are or could direct you to them on Broadwaybox or elsewhere.

And as to your question about absences, Jason's facebook recently said that neither he nor Marin had any planned absences yet.

[dragonlp86]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 12:39am

We've just always sat in the rear row of the mezzanine the times that I've seen the show. They're between $36.50 and $41.50 depending on the show you're getting them for. And the Booth is so small that you can still see everything very well.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 7:04pm

This thread has haunted me for some inexplicable reason. However, it gave me an answer to something that has been bothering me for many years:

I have never been able to understand how people (mostly out-of-towners) are so concerned with getting "good seats" for a show.
I know a person who refused to see THE PRODUCERS because he couldn't get seats good enough for his taste, and he absolutely refused to THINK of seeing it once Lane and Broderick left. As for me, I've always been glad to see a show from any seat in the house. In my day, there was no such thing as a Student Rush or TKTS Booth, so if I wanted to see something, it was usually from the balcony.

However, in this thread someone confesses to never having bought tickets at the box office. Scary. But it also explains why there's the preoccupation with "good seats". This young man is accustomed to getting his seats on-line, where the seating chart is displayed. In my youth, I would send in a postal money order to the box office, along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope and in 10 days I'd get my tickets. I didn't have a seating chart to consult. I was just glad to get the tickets. Of course, if I purchased the seats in person I WOULD have the chart, but I did that ever so seldom.

I guess that's the explanation for so many "seat snobs" today. Ticketron or TicketMaster or SmartTix have changed things and some people are more concerned with the location of their seats than the quality of the show.

To be perfectly honest, I still don't care where I sit in the theatre.

Updated On: 8/22/10 at 07:04 PM

[rorschach37]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 7:09pm

@Dollypop I just don't want anything with partial view. If I'm paying to see the show I want to get the full experience.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 7:11pm

The box office will tell you whether the seats have parial views or not. They have to do that by law.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 7:19pm

When I was younger, I didn't care where I sat. I was just happy to be able to afford ANYTHING.

I'm not sure I would say I'm a seat snob (but probably not too far from it) but sitting too far back in the mezz very often does take away from my enjoyment. I LIKE seeing the faces and expressions of the actors. Since I CAN choose where to sit, I like to.

Have I decided to NOT see a show because I was unhappy with where I'd be sitting? No, I don't think I have. I sat in the balcony for ALNM (all I could afford at the time), and took the cheap seats for BE the first time I saw it. When I take my young kids to the theater, I am careful about where we sit, as I want the experience to be as personal as possible. When I take my HS kids we nearly always get rear mezz since we are a large group. The kids never complain (neither do I).

Things are different. Since we CAN be picky, we are.

[Dollypop]

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

Let me hasten to add that I'll be taking my 5 yr old granddaughter to see THE NUTCRACKER this Christmas. I will definitely be getting "good seats" for her first visit to the ballet. No doubt about it.

[eponine88]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 11:17pm

I don't consider myself a seat snob (I tend to get the cheapest tickets possible), but I do get frustrated at some partial view seats. Aka the box seats in the American Airlines Theater...the seats on the edge are fine but the second seat in gives you a grand old view of nothing.

[yournamehere]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 11:25pm

I am going on vacation with both of them on September 16 - 21. I am sorry.

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 11:35pm

While I am definitely not a "seat snob", I think if it weren't for the people who want to best (and most expensive) seats in the house, so many fewer shows would be running. The higher-priced tickets help the show more. Of course, my budget usually puts me in the rear mezzanine/balcony, but if I could afford front orchestra seats for every show I see, I would take them (and if it's a show that I really want to see, and I know that I will enjoy, I'll spend a little more to get better seats). But the people who only buy the most expensive seats are the people who allow shows to stay open.