Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
#1Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/15/17 at 2:51pm
Hi, everyone! Thanks in advance for your help.
I'm going to be in the city April 25-29th. I have tickets for DEH, Hello Dolly, Hamilton (again, bringing the in-laws this time), and War Paint. That leaves me only the Tuesday evening show slot open, and that is one of the days Josh Groban will not be performing in the Great Comet, which I was planning to have fill the last slot. Is it still something that should top the list? I'm also considering Amelie and Bandstand.
I also read somewhere that tickets might be available for some performances of the Mean Girls workshop happening in April. Anyone know anything about where to find out about this or if it is even a possibility?
#2Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/15/17 at 3:12pm
Well, Groban being out isn't the end of the world, unless you're a fan, especially since the composer of the show, who played Pierre Off-Broadway is on that night... very acceptable trade, IMHO.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#3Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/15/17 at 3:39pm
"I also read somewhere that tickets might be available for some performances of the Mean Girls workshop happening in April. "
I don't remember reading that.
#4Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/15/17 at 3:53pm
The Mean Girls workshop and readings will not be open to the public.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Updated On: 2/15/17 at 03:53 PM
#5Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/15/17 at 5:54pm
You should really consider looking into Groundhog day
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
Nycat63
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/16
#6Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/15/17 at 5:59pm
I say Comet 100%. While I saw it with Groban, I am not a "Grobanite" (I don't dislike him and he has a stellar voice, I just did not see the show because of him). It's a remarkable and unique piece of theater and I would have enjoyed it with or without him. I highly recommend the on-stage banquettes especially if you can get close to the center aisle - for this theater nerd that was a special experience and one you won't get elsewhere! (Other than maybe Sweeney Todd at the Barrow now).
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/15/17 at 6:27pm
While is great, he doesn't MAKE the show. And as others pointed out, the understudies (in this case the composer) are wonderful as well.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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Rainah
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/16
#8Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/15/17 at 9:48pm
See Great Comet. You won't regret it
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#9Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/19/17 at 11:57pm
I agree that Groban does not make or break Great Comet and you should see it regardless, BUT just to correct the above posters so that you don't get your hopes up, the composer (Dave Malloy) is NOT scheduled for this performance. According to the announcement, he is doing 10 performances all of which are in May and June, none in April.
#10Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/19/17 at 11:59pm
No Sunset?
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/20/17 at 11:10am
Ah, sorry I didn't check those dates, just assumed the previous poster was correct.
That being said, Groban's regular understudy played the role in Boston and is excellent as well.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Updated On: 2/20/17 at 11:10 AM
#12Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/20/17 at 11:20am
dramamama611 said: "Ah, sorry I didn't check those dates, just asd u med the previous poster was correct.
That being said, Groban's regular understudy played he role I need Boston and I'd excellent the as well.
dramamama are you OK as you NEVER post like this--has someone stolen your avatar?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#13Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/20/17 at 11:46am
Thanks for the concern, not suffering from a stroke...whew.
I really need to stop posting from my phone, my auto-correct is totally in control on that device.
Corrected - so that it makes SOME sense!
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#14Mean Girls workshop and Great Comet without Groban
Posted: 2/20/17 at 6:08pm
I'm hoping to catch Scott in the role during one of these absences, I've heard good things!
Updated On: 2/20/17 at 06:08 PMVideos