One slot left for NYC visit - show recommendations

you are going to see 8 shows? i am so freaking jealous! what are you going to see?
i am going in April and only can afford to see two shows.. and one of them is The Little Mermaid (my partner's birthday present.. he chose the show)

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Go see August!

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Cry Baby. Have a wonderful trip!

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Avoid Glory Days.

To all -

I go to NYC 3 times a year and see about 8-9 shows each time.
Of what is on Broadway, I have seen pretty much all of them once I finish this visit (bring on the Tony's). On this visit, I have:

Tue - Les Liasons Dangerous
Wed (matinee) - Top Girls
Wed (eve) - South Pacific
Thu - Passing Strange
Fri - In the Heights
Sat (matinee) - From Up Here (Off-Bway)
Sat (eve) - A Catered Affair
Sun (matinee) - open and not decided
Sun (eve) - open (Off-Bway or nothing)

What I have not seen:

Gypsy (saw the Bernadette Peters one and don't have the opening to see a "repeat" with the WONDERFUL Patty LuPone - have seen Patty in other shows so this is not a MUST SEE for me given all the others I wanted to see).

Boeing Boeing
The Country Girl
Cry Baby
Little Mermaid (not really interested)

I LOVED LOVED Osage County when I saw it in January. I had originally booked a ticket in November when the strike hit the day before my arrival for a week (ouch). By the way, during that first week of the strike, of the 8 shows I had booked only 2 were cancelled (the others were non-profit, Young Frakenstein and off-broadway). That was strange, disappointing and a little fun all at once.

As for my choices now:

(1) I saw Hairspray in Seattle AND in NYC - LOVED the show. Not sure Cry Baby can duplicate the quality but I do like John Waters subversiveness and humor (or at least the "clean" movies).

(2) Would love to see that Country Girl cast - not sure I am that hyped on the show though.

(3) I just saw the movie version of Boeing Boeing on TCM (LAST NIGHT - how weird) and was not impressed. It is a little dated - but LOVED my favorite Thelma Ritter as the housekeeper - a role another of my favorites - Christine Baranski is playing (I think). I love farce but again, this seems dated.

(4) Have a fear that another unexpected show may come up (like Glory Days) that I would want to see last minute and I won't be able to. Also have a Sunday evening open so any off-Broadway may be able to fit into that slot (LOVE Sunday evening performances - saw Sunday in the Park in previews on my last Sunday night in NYC last visit in January).

ALSO - I will not be back in NYC until October/November - so have to hedge my bets that Cry Baby will make it that far to see it then (although would like to see it BEFORE the Tony Awards).

HELP me decide this last slot...

Thanks again TO YOU ALL

Updated On: 3/13/08 at 01:18 PM

I'd pick Country Girl--McDormand and Freeman are two of the best if not THE BEST working actors today...

b

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I saw the world premiere production of Four of Us and was very disappointed. It's a middling effort after the briliant "Bach at Leipzig".

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Mealz1042 - I AM seeing In the Heights - already got a ticket (at a discount no less). This is for the last slot in my visit.

To all -- thanks for your input. I (maybe stupidly) went with Cry Baby. I think maybe I should have gone for The Country Girl after reading the not so great reports on this board.

I also bought the rip-off Show Insurance and am thinking about pushing this back to October trip and going with The Country Girl.

Any more opinions from those that have seen previews of Cry-Baby??

uncageeg -- thanks for the input on Cry-Baby and Fuerzabuta.

I don't like to do this often, but may even eat the ticket for Cry-Baby to get a ticket for The Country Girl. Its always a shot in the dark with some of these shows (even as well read on the upcoming stuff as I think I am).

I liked cry baby, it was very enjoyable.

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