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Posted: 9/27/12 at 2:59am

I'm going to be in NY for the first weekend that EDWIN DROOD is playing Previews. This is in fact the primary reason for my visit. Not being a particularly experienced Preview-goer, I wanted to get opinions on when the best time to see the show would probably be. From my experiences as an actor, I can gleam that the first show would have a terrific energy but could also be fairly rough. DROOD is playing five performances that first weekend (two show days Sat. and Sun.) When would you go see it?

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Posted: 9/27/12 at 9:00am

I'd go with either the Saturday night or Sunday night performances. Matinee audiences - especially at the subscription houses - are deadly.

(And glean not gleam).

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

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Posted: 9/27/12 at 12:43pm

I totally concur. (I would choose Sunday night-the cast will be 'warmed up' after having played four performances for an audience.)

Avoid the matinee crowds at that place like the plague.

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Posted: 9/27/12 at 2:54pm

Oh yes, subscription audiences at matinees. A nightmare. Years ago I went to a matinee of The Secret Garden at the Paper Mill Playhouse. The audience was filled with grumpy old senior citizens (it's too cold, it's too hot, I can't see, what did she say, etc.) and parents with children who they could not or would not control.

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Posted: 9/27/12 at 3:34pm

I wish I knew that before I bought my Sunday matinee ticket to Drood! Oh, well!

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