PARADE On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread- Page 12

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 2/19/23 at 8:49am

Dolly80 said: "Whatever ?
They will fit more players at the sides. On the stage."

Come again? 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:19pm

Was it announced, at all, if Jason Robert Brown is conducting the orchestra on Broadway?

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:25pm

Front row folx going to have to look straight UP to the sky. Yikes.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:31pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Was it announced, at all, if Jason Robert Brown is conducting the orchestra on Broadway?"

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?

[inception]

Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:31pm

I'm not mad I went with mezz seats

[BETTY22]

Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:36pm

Im surprised this isn't selling much better.

What do you think is happening? 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 2/19/23 at 12:53pm

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.

[Jarethan]

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 $$$.

[TaffyDavenport]

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.

[yyys]

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 $$$."

 

[wickedwitch2]

Posted: 2/19/23 at 1:46pm

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 $$$."

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.

[amiyagi]

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

[Alex M]

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

[GiantsInTheSky2]

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

[pethian]

Posted: 2/19/23 at 9:11pm

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "Is there an actual reason for the stage elevation? That looks…unnecessary."

Reminiscent of gallows?

[inception]

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.

[DramaTeach]

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.

[EDSOSLO858]

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?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

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

[binau]

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!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 2/20/23 at 3:46pm

binau said: "Disappointing but commercially responsible especially with the sales as they are now! The show is going to need all the love it can get!"

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

[pethian]

Posted: 2/20/23 at 4:53pm

Well, we have our answer about orchestra size. Normally when an orchestra downsizes, strings suffer the most. I expect that will be true here as well. That string sound at City Center was memorable.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 2/20/23 at 6:28pm

pethian said: "
Well, we have our answer about orchestra size. Normally when an orchestra downsizes, strings suffer the most. I expect that will be true here as well. That string sound at City Center was memorable."

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.

[nativenewyorker2]

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

[dan94]

Posted: 2/20/23 at 8:10pm

Playbill just added orchestra credits to their Parade page.

Conductor
Assoc Conductor/Piano
Assistant Conductor/Keyboard/Guitars
4 Reeds
Trumpet
Trombones/Tuba/Euphonium
French Horn
Drums/Percussion
Second Percussionist
Bass
2 Violin
Violin/Viola doubler chair
2 Cello

Wasn't listed last night when I checked. What's fascinating is there isn't an orchestrator listed anywhere. I wonder if it's JRB himself doing an extensive adaptation of the Sauter orchestrations.