Matthew and Nathan may alternate roles in THE ODD COUPLE — Page 2

Mamie...if they decide to do this and not announce in advance, you'd be hard pressed to pick the right dates, unless you are psychic!!!! So, even if you wanted to go to two shows and could afford it, you'd still be at the mercy of the luck of the draw.

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I think it's a great idea - at least they'll be earning their salaries...


Okay, not quite.

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Forget the switching roles - the prices are way more of an issue! 800 dollars a ticket??? Even the 200 dollar ticket price is absurd. It used to cost more to go to a MOVIE than a Broadway show (granted, that was 50 odd years ago I believe), but still....
And they wonder why people don't get out to the theater all that often!
And at those prices, say you wanted to see Lane and Broderick in both roles - are you really going to roll the dice and HOPE that you get to see them switched?

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When I said that I was talking about the standard price of $100. I can't afford that and getting anything lower will be next to impossible. I just don't think it's worth the effort anymore. Broadway has priced me out of the market! I still love theatre - but now it's just Off-B'way and any deals I might be able to scrounge up on TKTS. This show won't be on either.

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Updated On: 7/3/05 at 03:39 PM

From the Daily News today:

'To err is Post-like

Could the New York Post have gotten it wrong yet again?

Last week, The New York Times said the discount digest had wrongly reported that financier Robert Weil was buying Adelaide de Menil's 40-acre Amagansett, L.I., oceanfront estate for $90 million - which would've been the highest price yet paid for a residential property in the country.

It would have been, that is, had it been true.

A day later, another Postie claimed that Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick would switch roles as Oscar and Felix when "The Odd Couple" hits Broadway in October.

But Broderick told The News' Joe Dziemianowicz that it wasn't happening.

"No," said the talented-to-his-toes actor, who'll play the neat Felix. "Only if we get really bored."

How could ennui have set in already, before they've even rehearsed?'

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They buy their tickets during the group sales period, which runs BEFORE the general public sale (and the AMEX pre-sale). I have a theory that's why tickets were scarce even during the pre-sale. The brokers went through and bought up 20+ tickets at a time.

I should have done that... and then sold them on ebay...

~Jessica

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