O'neill or Sondheim--seeking advice!!

SWEENEY is an oustadning musical but since you only have a limited time see POET.

I always encourage people to see as many different shows as possible.

It disappoints me that so many people here just go back and see the same show over and over. I am NEVER impressed when someone posts "I've seen WICKED 37 times!" WHAT could anyone possibly gain from that many vieweings of the one show???

POET isn't staged all that often, but SWEENEY is done frequently. Even in New York the original ran 1979-80, New York City opera staged it in 1984 and 1986. Circle-in-the-Square did a Broadway revicval (dubbd TEEENY TODD) in 1989-90. NYCO brought it back last season, ad now this new production.

Also I often find that while a second visit will allow you to pick up on details that you may have missed the first time, your memory of the first time you see a show will always be the strongest.

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Go see something else.

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Because you've seen them already!

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Poet, darling. Poet, Poet, Poet!

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Sadly -- no.

But I've seen SWEENEY and adored it. But if given the choice between the two, I'd take POET. Don't miss it while you have the chance to see it. That would be silly!

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Oh, I misunderstood. DUH, go see poet! Legend has it it's great (I still haven't made it over there to see it).

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