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#1

"Miscast" seating question

For anyone who has gone and gotten the show-only general admission tickets: I'm assuming the seats are upstairs somewhere, but the Hammerstein Ballroom seems like it's way bigger than the audience would be for this kind of thing. Do they use all of it, or block some of it off? Also, how early should we get there? Thanks.
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#2

re: 'Miscast' seating question

I second these questions.

Also...is there a stage door and where is it?
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#5

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bump
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#6

re: 'Miscast' seating question

Looks like we're on our own tonight! I'm thinking 8 pm-ish, but I hate to stand/sit around for 45 minutes (and you know it won't start right on time...).
#7

re: 'Miscast' seating question

I got an answer over on ATC...

"You should get there between 8 and 8:15. Any earlier and you'll just be queuing up outside the building. And unless someone does something really sneaky, everyone exits through the ballroom and the lobby."


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#8

re: 'Miscast' seating question

Thanks.

Another question to throw out there: appropriate dress?
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#9

re: 'Miscast' seating question

I'm going skirt, boots (given the weather now, heels if it clears a bit), blouse. Dressier than I'd normally be (teaching I'm usually in jeans and tops), but not formal.
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#10

re: 'Miscast' seating question

That's what I was thinking -- definitely not jeans, but not too formal.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#11

re: 'Miscast' seating question

Yeah... I've got sort of a standard "benefit" outfit that I'll probably throw on. It's been fine at everything else. :)

I'm excited! It should be a great show!
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#12

re: 'Miscast' seating question

Thanks for all the answers I needed. Hooray for tonight!
#13

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I'm so jealous you two. Please post and let us know how it was and who was there etc.

Have fun!!!
#14

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Will do! :)
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#15

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Amazing! So much fun!! :) Song list...probably not in exact order...

Robin de Jesus ~ "It Won't Be Long Now"
Stephen Pasquale ~ "Maybe"
Alice Ripley and Kelli O'Hara ~ "It's The Hard Knock Life"
Aaron Tveit ~ "Back to Before"
Daniel Breaker ~ "So Much Better" (yes, he hit the note!)
Raul Esparza and Norbert Leo Butz ~ "The Next Ten Minutes"
Kelli O'Hara ~ "This Was Nearly Mine"
Stephen Pasquale ~ "Free At Last"
Alice Ripley ~ "Epiphany"
Aaron Tveit and Norbert Leo Butz ~ "What Is This Feeling?"
Raul Esparza ~ "The Man That Got Away"
Beth Leavel ~ "I Am What I Am"

Fantastic performances and a GREAT time!

edit: I forgot the BEST part. Aaron and Norbert did a "white pants off" in the middle of "What Is This Feeling?". Absolutely HYSTERICAL!
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Updated On: 3/9/09 at 11:36 PM

#16

re: 'Miscast' seating question

My first time attending MISCAST. Some of the performers seemed more comfortable with the material and better rehearsed. For me the highlight was the Norbert and Raul duet from "The Last Five Years" (a work which I don't know but now want very much to know). Alice Ripley nailed "Epiphany" I thought - not an easy feat sung totally out of context, even without the role gender switch. The WICKED duet was fun but a little too long (what a pun!) as a sight gag. I think the Raul/judy Garland idea was splendid although I would have to say that the song started stronger than it ended, for some unfathomable reason.

Didn't stay after the show - seemed like too much of a crush. I didn't realize that us poor folk in the mezzanine (who had show-only tickets) could bid in the silent auction. Not that I have any money to throw around, but it would have been fun to see what was available. Did anyone see any items of interest?
#17

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I didn't check those out either.

I will remember if I go next year to sit on house left in the mezz as that side got considerably more wine than house right. LOL. He came over to refill ours ONCE...about halfway through Beth's song.

But I had a GREAT time.
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
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#18

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I was on house right, too, and drinking white wine so I never got a refill at all! Pretty good wine for a benefit.
#20

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Besides for Broadway Unplugged, Miscast 2009 was probably the best broadway/benefit concert I've ever attended. I thought all performers were excellent. But, I don't think Ripley's "Epiphany" worked all that well. She sounded amazing, but at points it borderlined on absurd (I have no doubt it was the concert setting). I think the highlight of the night was actually Steven Pasquale's "Maybe." He has such a rich voice!!
#21

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wonkit ~ Yeah, I was drinking red, but for some reason he refilled a couple of people about midway through then headed up the stairs. I figured he was going to get another bottle, but no...he went BACK to the other side. So yeah...no refill for me either because frankly I wasn't going to sit there AFTER the show and drink a glass. I wonder if they always intended to only have one guy up there or if someone called out or didn't show.

Still...given that I wasn't expecting any wine at all, that one glass was a nice bonus. It was a GREAT evening.

I hung around out front for a little while and saw a few of the performers on their way out. And some (Marian Seldes for example) who had come for the benefit. Apparently there's an actual stage door on 35th, but you can't be in two places at once! :)
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#22

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I saw Marian Seldes during the evening. She is one of those actors who always seems to have her own follow spot no matter where she is.

I thought the wine was a nice touch, and the shout out by Bernie Telsey for the show-only crowd.

I had to laugh. I got home and saw that I had left my wrist band on! Kind of like leaving the hospital with the ID bracelet.
#23

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I love Stephen Pasquale's voice. I wish he would sing more often!

And yes, I would like to thank MCC for the free wine.

Heh, I took my wristband off as soon as the show was over. I hate those, they're so uncomfortable.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#24

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There was even someone in the mezz bidding during the live auction! :) I'll definitely consider going again!
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
#25

re: 'Miscast' seating question

Did the mezz bidder win? That was the Tuscany house for a week that went for $8200?

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