Posted: 6/10/19 at 7:40am
I'm trying not to be such a Broadway snob and explore the offerings at places like Second Stage and other off-Broadway locations. Anyone have any predictions on some of those must see shows?
Posted: 6/10/19 at 8:11am
Posted: 6/10/19 at 8:57am
Posted: 6/10/19 at 9:04am
Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof is amazing.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 9:28am
Posted: 6/10/19 at 9:28am
For off-broadway shows, I would suggest:
Public Theatre, Atlantic Theatre Company, 2nd Stage, Signature, St Ann's Warehouse, 59E59, Roundabout, etc.
What I usually do is check out buzz on the board and scoring on show-score website. Those information helps me choose what to see.
Like others said, TDF offers some really good deals on off-broadway shows.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 9:33am
bandit964 said: "What time period?
Fairview @ TFANA https://www.tfana.org/current-season/fairview/overview
Check out Signature's 2019/2020 season: http://www.signaturetheatre.org/shows-and-events.aspx Their shows are so affordable.
Also, just look at Second Stage's season and choose a show that speaks to you. Don't worry about what's going to be the next must-see.
Atlantic's season also looks great. Still waiting to hear what St. Ann's season will bring us."
OH MY GOODNESS I just saw that Signature is doing work by Anna Devere Smith!!! I studied that piece in high school! Thank you so much--I'll definitely keep an eye out for when those tickets go on sale!
Posted: 6/10/19 at 10:51am
Posted: 6/10/19 at 10:54am
While more commercial, Puffs is the funniest show I've ever seen in NYC.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 1:54pm
Posted: 6/10/19 at 2:03pm
Yiddish Fiddler
Jersey Boys
I haven't seen either yet but I do plan to see Puffs and The Play That Goes Wrong as well
Also, Rock of Ages is doing a limited run this Summer
Updated On: 6/10/19 at 02:03 PM
Posted: 6/10/19 at 2:49pm
cjmclaughlin10 said: "Also on my radar is the new Duncan Sheik Musical Bob&Carol and Ted& Alice... though a New Group production makes me cautiously optimistic"
I haven't heard of this... Duncan Sheik has now gotten productions on stage for "Alice by Heart" and "Secret Life of Bees" as well as this all in one year? I know his work on it may have been previous to now, but still it is hard to get shows produced and he will have had three in one year.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 3:01pm
magictodo123 said: "I'm trying not to be such a Broadway snob and explore the offerings at places like Second Stage and other off-Broadway locations. Anyone have any predictions on some of those must see shows?"
As others have noted (theater groups and individual theaters):
The Atlantic, Signature Theater, Roundabout, 2nd Stage, Primary Stages, Playwrights Horizon, The Public Theater, NY Theater Workshop (NYTW) and anything at Lucille Lortel, Barrow Street, Cherry Lane, BAM (Brooklyn), Theater for a New Audience (Brooklyn), 59E59, Lara Pels, Irish Repertory Theater.
There are plenty of very rich theater to be seen off-Broadway. I see a handful of off-Broadway in addition to hitting most of the Broadway offerings on my 2-3 trips a year to NYC. A good amount of productions make a transfer to Broadway houses, and you get to see the next hot ticket early on and for lesser prices (but you also sometimes get it earlier in the development and what transfers is not quite what you saw).
Posted: 6/10/19 at 9:20pm
Updated On: 6/10/19 at 09:20 PM
Posted: 6/11/19 at 7:34am
dramamama611 said: "Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof is amazing."
I saw the production when it was downtown and it was so, so special to see it in the language it was originally written in. 100% agree.
