Newbie needs advice

I'm going to speak on Chitty's behalf. I'm nineteen. Granted, a huge fan of Chitty Chitty's leading man, but nineteen no less. I went to see the show for said actor, and I fell in love with the show. It's certainly not high art, but the sets are beautiful, and the special affects astounding. I've seen it a few times, and I'm always extremely impressed at the brilliance of this cast. If anything was done right with Chitty, I think that was it. They've put some of our best actors into this show, and they absolutely shine - at least as best they can with not-so deep material. But they're funny, and form a great onstage bond of wonderfully talented individuals. The show is far from perfect, and certainly isn't the best theatre Broadway has to offer right now, but there is something to be said for pure fun. It makes you feel like a kid again, which is sometimes a really nice feeling.

Certainly with a nineteen-year-old there are plenty of other things you can see, but don't discount the flying car.

And you can wear whatever you want.

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Updated On: 7/10/05 at 02:15 PM

You can get decent seats for Chitty the day of, most of the time.

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Thanks for the advice

You can wear anything you want-- cut off jeans to prom dresses will be in eveidence.

If they want to see Chitty, go see Chitty-- you are always better off seeing something you want to see rather than something you SHOULD see. You've got almost 3 weeks, get shopping! If all else fails, show up empty handed and hit the TKTS booth that day and buy whatever sounds interesting-- I've seen some wonderful shows that way.

I agree with the TKTS option. I was there in may and had purchased advance seats before I arrived. While walking up to Times Square I decided to check out TKTS just for the heck of it. 3 shows that were not discounted online were on the board at TKTS (Spamalot, Piazza and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). I got a good discounted orchestra seat for DRS for that evening. Also, if you are able to see a matinee, go to TKTS' second location at South Street Seaport and get your tickets the day before the show as opposed to trying the day of the show at the Times Square location. A friend said you may get better seats. TKTS has a website.

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Spamalot was at TKTS in May?

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You know, I sort of figured that people on here are smart enough to know that it meant within reason. There's no rule that you have to dress up for the theatre, but you should look presentable. I didn't mean for that to be taken literally, and common sense would tell you so.

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lol, Toon, I think they were going for humor.

If you look at how people dress for the theater these days you will see there is no humor there. Saying you can wear "whatever you want" is a round about way of saying that many things are acceptable now. No emcee, there is no rule that you have to dress up. But people used to. Many do not anymore. And I am not saying dresses and suits are necessary but now people come in shorts and flip flops. To me it is not only sad but I completely see a correlation between how people dress and act in the theater re: food and cell phones. The standards of respect have diminished in the theater unfortunately.

I'm just saying that it's become acceptable

It has become acceptable to those that do it. To a large portion of the theater going audience it is not. The mere fact that the original poster asked about a dress code signifies that there used to be one and some still do hold to it. So it is not entirely something people "used" to do. Many still do even when it would be more comfortable not to.I hope you know I'm not picking on you emcee but rather venting a pet peve.

this conversation is silly.

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this conversation is silly

You just proved my point. I'm done with this one now.

I'm with you on that thinking