No more plays on Broadway...- Page 2

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:20pm

Rosscoe im with you.. Im sick of seeing people posting here endlessly about seeing Rent 21 times, Legaly Blonde 13 times, Xanadu 5434 times and then they are talking about seeing Les Miz next week for the 35th time and for there birthday they may see Phantom for the 29th time. Thats not theatre loveing thats plain stupidity when they could have seen so many different things on Broadway. Ilive in London and ADORE musicals. I go the theatre at least once a week -at the moment there is only two productions ive not seen. Variety is the spice of life -seeing Xanadu 231 times isnt!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:30pm

Excuse me, but I haven't seen Xanadu a million times or Rent 13 times or whatever. The most I've seen a show is twice. Okay I lied...Hairspray 5 times. Other than that, I have seen a variety of shows this summer.

I personally have a preference for musicals. So what? It's not like I haven't seen plays before...the two I listed were national Broadway tours. I have seen other plays that weren't on Broadway.

I'm not bashing plays or anything. I'll admit I need to a variety of plays, but I've been slightly bored at what I have seen. And Doubt wasn't that bad.

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:33pm

I so want to see Doubt

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:35pm

I saw the tour with Cherry Jones. She was good. I'm actually reading the play for my English class this fall.

[avab802]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:16pm

I love music, so musicals in general are more interesting to me. I do see plays if one particularly grabs my attention; for example, I saw "Journey's End" after reading all the raves it got on this board and I loved it. But, in general, if I have to choose between a musical and a play, I will choose the musical. I'd also likely choose a concert or opera over a play. I just enjoy music a lot.

That said, there are a lot of interesting-sounding plays opening this season.

[Broadwayboy2631]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:22pm

Thats terrible, but I'm very excited to see the new plays on broadway.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 6:27pm

I enjoy plays much more than I enjoy musicals. It's sad because I'm almost 17 and whenever I meet someone and say I enjoy Broadway they automatically assume that I only like musicals. I guess that's the generalization. Either way, bring on September!
Updated On: 8/22/07 at 06:27 PM

[wheelsinmotion]

Posted: 8/23/07 at 9:55am

I think it's very unfair to blast somebody for seeing something they like multiple times, and very rude to insist that they are too closed-minded to see other shows and plays. I for one have seen everything currently running on broadway, including all of the plays that have recently closed. I just happen to like RENT and Xanadu the most, and have thus seen them the most.

[jayindapub]

Posted: 8/24/07 at 12:11pm

Someone else said it perfectly, it all boils down to money. People are more willing to shell out money for something that they know will leave them fulfilled at the end. Maybe if Broadway all around slashed some of their prices people would be willing to invest in new plays as well as new and undiscovered musicals.

[artscallion]

Posted: 8/24/07 at 12:50pm

I can't speak for New Yorkers, but as far as out-of-towners go (I refuse to use the term tourist with all the negative conotations New Yorkers unfairly attach to it), that it's not so much wanting to leave fullfilled as it is the money/availability issue. I can be just as fulfilled by a play as I can a musical. In fact, I see just as many plays as I do musicals, just not on Broadway.

The reason being that I can see plays all day every day right here in my area for 1/4 of the price that I'd see them on Broadway. With plays there is not usually a difference in production value or quality of talent between Broadway and good regional theatres (at least in my area) Things like Coast of Utopia being the obvious and rare exception. So why travel and pay so much?

On the other hand, I can't really see musicals in my area that are of the caliber found on Broadway. Even tours are not as good. So it's worth it to me to travel and pay more to see them on Broadway. Plays, not so much.

I usually go to NYC for a day or two, not a week. So, I have to maximize my time here. I see what's most worth it for me to see. Then I see plays when I go home.

Updated On: 8/24/07 at 12:50 PM