PARADE On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 6

Honestly wouldn’t mind either way if they record or not. The OBC is still definitive in spite of the changes. Justice for Big News!

Another thing I hope to see with this revival is a new vocal arrangement book with a solo version of It Don't Make Sense.

https://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/parade.htm


https://deadline.com/2023/01/parade-musical-broadway-ben-platt-micaela-diamond-1235215824/
Here we go https://paradebroadway.com/

Updated On: 1/10/23 at 08:06 PM

Jarethan said: "This may be due to overall cite slowness mentioned in other posts, but this was only the third time ever that I have had to wait to purchase my tickets. When I first got on, it said there was a 20-minute wait due to high demand. The estimate was on the nose...20 minutes. I also bought tickets for Summer 1986 (most of the orchestra seems to be premium priced) and Bad Cinderella, and I had fine response time with both was fine. Which makes me wonder whether there is a lot more interest in seeing this show / Ben Platt than I would have expected??

Just with the line-up of revivals, the Tony's are going to be very competitive this season."

Yup! My best guess will be that the revival nominees will be Woods, Camelot, Sweeney, and Parade!

They will also most likely get Best Actor and Actress noms and potentially best Director and Supporting Actor as well!

I wonder if the orchestrations for this count as new? I'm pretty sure JRB said that they have more instruments than they originally had. Not really so familiar on what counts as new orchestrations or if they fulfilled that.

jkcohen626 said: "I wonder if the orchestrations for this count as new? I'm pretty sure JRB said that they have more instruments than they originally had. Not really so familiar on what counts as new orchestrations or if they fulfilled that."

I'm pretty sure that they just added more string players to the same parts, the orchestrations themselves didn't change. Except for the new numbers that weren't part of the original Broadway production (i.e. "The Glory," which was added for the Donmar production), but the full orchestration for these numbers was done for the 2015 Lincoln Center concert. So I'm pretty sure the orchestrations won't be eligible.

On the other hand, though, does anyone remember when the Tonys accidentally nominated Santo Loquasto's costumes for the Ragtime revival before realizing he just recreated his work from the original production? The nomination was revoked when that was brought to their attention. So it's not like they're always highly aware of these details.

all the producers pushing the idea on social that the demand crashed telecharge is so disingenuous and laughable

binau said: "Does anyone think if we were going to get an Encores!-sized orchestra we would already know about it? Surely they’d want to boast proudly (see also, Sweeney Todd). And the show already feels like financially it’s an uphill battle so it’s a key area they could save money. Unless they want to wait for more press or something in future."

I think the only reason Sweeney’s orchestra size is getting mentioned in press releases is because this is the first Broadway revival since the original to incorporate the full orchestration. We’ve already seen this production of Parade and it’s orchestra size. It’s not part of the selling point. The selling point here is the pre-existing rave reviews, which all mention the orchestra.

Stacie Bono recently has to drop out of the production of into the woods at the paramount in the Chicago area, I’m assuming its because she’s transferring to Broadway with this.

If anybody was actually worried that they wouldn't be able to get tickets because a musical about lynching would sell out a 6 month run in 1 day, there were still hundreds of seats left for all the dates I was looking at in May.

BETTY22 said: "It is go to be fascinating to see the size of Ben's fan base. He recently played MSG - I went. It wasn't sold out, but it wasn't empty either.

Wish him (and the show) the best of luck."

They papered the hell out of his MSG show...they literally couldn't give tickets away....so I don't think that's the barometer you think it is. He likely could of easily sold out Radio City if he played there, but his last tour was a disaster in terms of ticket sales.

There is a massive amount of ticket availability right now. Cute that some eager fans were like “it’s going to sell out all 6 months immediately!!!111”. Of course, when any show like this (prestigious unusual high-quality etc) is announced I’m always excited that this will finally be the time a profit is made and get my hopes up after the inevitable strong start but it rarely has worked haha. In any case, if those investor presentation figures were true I think it’s clear that there were risks involved financing this show and perhaps making a profit is not the primary goal of whoever is putting the money up!

JoeW4 said: "Has anyone here ever experienced a scenario where an entire limited run (even one of 2-4 months) sold out in a matter of hours, in a Broadway-sized theatre? I've seen it happen in London, but never heard of it happening here. But then again I don't get tickets in advance very often, so it's possible that it happens more than I realize."

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child for its first two batches of tickets, and Into the Woods was basically sold out within a week for its initial 8 week run.

bdn223 said: "
The fact that they made their transfer announcement on Morning Joe of all places shows producers know the production need as much media attention it can get in hopes of getting audiences interested enough to buy what many consider one of the toughest sells. "

I think it shows the producers are not at all banking on the Ben Platt fanbase by any means, and appealing to an older, liberal crowd of "newswatchers" who think the subject is exceptionally timely. A wise move-- i found out this was transferring from a co-worker who saw it on Morning Joe and was very excited to learn more about it. (this is not a regular theatergoer by any means).