Perfect Crime to start shows again — Page 2

I think the below is hilarious. It's from the show's website. A show so bad that they need to offer some explanation for the plot holes.

Spoilers

With [playwright] Manzi's infamous twists and turns some audience members feel a little puzzled at the end of the show. To help with this we've created an answer key, but be warned, reading this ahead of time will spoil some of the plot points.

Click here for the Answer Key

LOL so true that theater holds about 100 and it plays to around 1-8 people a night tops if that..utter garbage and a joke that's it's reopening!

Literally 1-8 people a night??

CATSNYrevival said: "I’d love to see The Fantasticks back Off-Broadway. I was in New York in 2005 and 2018 so I missed the original production and I missed the revival. But it seems wrong to bring it back just because it usually played to small houses."



I had several friends in THE FANTASTICKS and they all reported how common it was for their paychecks to bounce. The union was brought in and the cast and crew were urged to request that their salaries be paid in cash.

There were reports that on pay day they'd pick up their pay envelopes at the box office and count the money only to find they were shortchanged. They confronted Russell and she'd dig into her own purse to make good.

Updated On: 3/22/21 at 01:11 PM

ImAProphet said: "Honestly I'll probably go. For one, because I'm vaccinated and just want to see a performance again. For another, I've always had a morbid curiosity about this show and may as well see it now when I have no other options. Plus it might actually have some energy to it on the first night back."



Please report back if you do go.

Robbie2 said:"$ave your Money tickets are $43-$63...are they crazy!? For this garbage!"

Not on TDF, it was $31. Still a lot for how much of a stinker this seems to be, but oh well.

Alex Kulak2 said: "Was there any kind of pomp and circumstance before the show? People were saying De Blasio or other leaders would be showing up at the reopeningperformances to say a few words. Was anyone there or are they waiting for the important shows to reopen?"

No, unless De Blasio was downstairs at The Office: A Musical Parody. There was literally nothing special about this performance except the audience which was large-ish and somewhat social distanced (enforced by police tape over some of the seats).

Incidentally I overheard from people around me that there was a local CBS reporter stopping people outside the Winter Garden and asking them if they had ever worked for or with Scott Rudin. I guess they didn't know how else to contact theater-adjacent people? I thought that was weird.