Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:19pm
Was it announced, at all, if Jason Robert Brown is conducting the orchestra on Broadway?
Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:25pm
Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:31pm
Tom Murray is conducting (per IBDB) and music directing. But like with BRIDGES, perhaps JRB will swing into the pit and conduct the show from time to time.
Eager to hear how large the orchestra is on Bway...did anyone here attend the invited dress last night?
Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:31pm
I'm not mad I went with mezz seats
Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:36pm
Im surprised this isn't selling much better.
What do you think is happening?
Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:53pm
Well it was announced very late (January 10), it is relying solely on Ben Platt's name to sell tickets, there hasn't been a ton of press up to now, and February can be a tough time of year to open a show. I haven't scrutinized the numbers myself, but we shouldn't count out this revival yet.
Posted: 2/19/23 at 1:06pm
I just don't understand why they haven’t started to offer discounts. Have to admit that I am waiting to see if they do. I purchased inexpensive discounts for Camelot and ADoll’s House, only to discover that they were offering discounts. Waiting on Parade…would like to sit in better seats for the same $$$.
Posted: 2/19/23 at 1:10pm
Jarethan said: "I just don't understand why they haven’t started to offer discounts. Have to admit that I am waiting to see if they do. I purchased inexpensive discounts for Camelot and ADoll’s House, only to discover that they were offering discounts. Waiting on Parade…would like to sit in better seats for the same $$$."
Discount code is BIGNEWS on Telecharge Offers.
Posted: 2/19/23 at 1:22pm
There's in person rush and lottery for $40.
Jarethan said: "I just don't understand why they haven’t started to offer discounts. Have to admit that I am waiting to see if they do. I purchased inexpensive discounts for Camelot and ADoll’s House, only to discover that they were offering discounts. Waiting on Parade…would like to sit in better seats for the same $$$."
Posted: 2/19/23 at 1:46pm
It's puzzling. They'll need an early audience to build a buzz/word of mouth. (I'm assuming the quality is comparable to at NYCC.)
I don't entirely get what the producers and investors are thinking for this show overall. With such a limited run but a somewhat expensive show, they need to be making money almost immediately.
Posted: 2/19/23 at 2:04pm
TaffyDavenport said: "Jarethan said: "I just don't understand why they haven’t started to offer discounts. Have to admit that I am waiting to see if they do. I purchased inexpensive discounts for Camelot and ADoll’s House, only to discover that they were offering discounts. Waiting on Parade…would like to sit in better seats for the same $$$."
Discount code is BIGNEWS on Telecharge Offers."
ATLANTA works too
Posted: 2/19/23 at 3:41pm
inception said: "I'm not mad I went with mezz seats"
Me as well! After seeing it from the front balcony at the city center I decided a First Row Mezz seat would be best for this! I think i was right!
Updated On: 2/19/23 at 03:41 PM
Posted: 2/19/23 at 6:27pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "BETTY22 said: "Im surprised this isn't selling much better.
What do you think is happening?"
Well it was announced very late (January 10), it is relying solely on Ben Platt's name to sell tickets, there hasn't been a ton of press up to now, and February can be a tough time of year to open a show. I haven't scrutinized the numbers myself, but we shouldn't count out this revival yet."
This revival was ALWAYS going to be a tough sell outside of the limited Encores engagement. My neighborhood just got mailers yesterday, so that may also be a factor.
ETA: Is there an actual reason for the stage elevation? That looks…unnecessary.
Updated On: 2/19/23 at 06:27 PM
Posted: 2/19/23 at 9:11pm
Posted: 2/19/23 at 9:29pm
I assumed it was a grandstand, like is often used for parades. The annual parade where I live always sets one up for dignitaries etc to sit on.
Posted: 2/19/23 at 9:34pm
Saw it at City Center, and found the platform to be totally unnecessary. I was sitting in the orchestra and was frustrated by it. It didn’t block my view, but it did prevent me from having the full picture.
Posted: 2/20/23 at 12:00am
No, this isn’t over — hell, it’s just begun!
Here’s some real big news for all of you: direct from an acclaimed run at New York City Center, the first Broadway revival of Parade plays its first preview tomorrow (February 21) at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre; opening night is set for March 16 and the limited run will conclude on August 6. Most of the City Center cast will be making the transfer, including leads Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond as Leo and Lucille Frank. Rounding out the principal cast of this star-studded affair are Alex Joseph Grayson, Sean Allan Krill, Howard McGillin, Paul Alexander Nolan, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Kelli Barrett, Courtnee Carter, Eddie Cooper, Erin Rose Doyle, Manoel Felciano, Danielle Lee Greaves, Douglas Lyons, and Jake Pedersen. Parade features a Tony-winning score by Jason Robert Brown, with a Tony-winning book by Alfred Uhry, choreography by Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant, and direction by Michael Arden.
“Leo and Lucille Frank are a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in the old red hills of Georgia. When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and devotion. Riveting and gloriously hopeful, Parade reminds us that to love, we must truly see one another.”
Who’s going?
Posted: 2/20/23 at 1:01pm
Per a friend who was at the final dress:
Orchestra is 16 players + conductor. So it should still sound full and rich, but there were 24 at City Center. (And I bet they are spread between the pit and dressing rooms, that pit isn’t huge.)
Updated On: 2/20/23 at 01:01 PM
Posted: 2/20/23 at 2:22pm
Disappointing but commercially responsible especially with the sales as they are now! The show is going to need all the love it can get!
Posted: 2/20/23 at 3:46pm
I never really understood how they'd make the numbers work with 24 musicians and 33 actors in a house as intimate as the Jacobs. So this sort of affirms that.
For reference, the Encores orchestra was:
Conductor
5 violin
2 viola
2 cello
2 trumpet
2 horn
1 trombone
1 tuba
4 reeds
1 piano
1 bass
1 drums
1 percussion
1 guitar
Posted: 2/20/23 at 4:53pm
Posted: 2/20/23 at 6:28pm
I reckon we lose 2 violins, a viola, a cello, the tuba, percussion, a reed, and a brass (one of the horns or trumpets). Maybe one other if they add a synth as "sweetener."
Which means now there'll be 3 orchestrations: the 24-piece original, the 8-piece Donmar version, and now this.
Posted: 2/20/23 at 7:31pm
People went from “maybe it will sell out in three hours” to “this show needs discounts to survive” hella fast
Posted: 2/20/23 at 8:10pm
Posted: 2/20/23 at 8:30pm
Nice, thanks for that sleuthing. 17! My friend was wrong.
JRB is credited as co-orchestrator on the show's website. Don Sebesky and JRB were credited as orchestrators for the Encores production, which may be the credit here too if this is a reduction, not a re-orchestration.
Updated On: 2/20/23 at 08:30 PM
