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SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread
Stand-by Joined: 7/17/22
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#825
Posted: 1/2/23 at 12:18pm
TheQuibbler said: "JSquared2 said: “Please consider going back to just "lurking". Your sense of entitlement is exhausting. HNY!"
Not sure it’s entitlement so much as an acknowledgment that we used to get a better product for a cheaper price and now we get an inferior product for an inflated price.
Rush and lottery tickets used to feel special; it’s perfectly acceptable to long for those earlier days."
Hmm, I remember even EARLIER days when there was no such thing as a "lottery". The producers have absolutely NO obligation to offer ANY discounts. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
It is the same "entitlement" that gets people upset because, "I waited in freezing rain for TWO HOURS and Sutton had the nerve not to come out and sign my playbill. She owes it to us!"
How can people be so ungrateful and criticize something they have no god given right to? Yes, entitlement. Grow up.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#826
Posted: 1/2/23 at 12:27pm
I think one can appreciate the lottery and still be disappointed in their seat location.
Both things can be true.
Stand-by Joined: 7/17/22
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#827
Posted: 1/2/23 at 12:38pm
If you don't want to be disappointed in your seat location buy a freaking ticket.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#828
Posted: 1/2/23 at 12:41pm
I mean let's be real...knowing the show isn't selling well and winning a lottery ticket only to find out that you are on the sides of the balcony really sucks.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#829
Posted: 1/2/23 at 12:54pm
The show hasn't been selling well, so, realistically, there should be options if stuck with a lottery seat you don't like. Rather than suffering in silence, I'd start by asking the box office if there's anything they could do. If that didn't work, I'd go in early and start scoping out better seat locations, and, at the very least, I'd plan on moving at intermission. Even asking to do standing room for the first act, and then finding an empty orchestra seat for act two seems preferable to being annoyed in the balcony the whole show. For $40, I wouldn't mind putting in some leg work to make myself more comfortable.
Updated On: 1/2/23 at 12:54 PMSOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#830
Posted: 1/2/23 at 1:12pm
Exactly. Ask for the House Manager...more often than not they will find you a much better seat.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#831
Posted: 1/2/23 at 1:55pm
Any news on a cast album yet?
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#832
Posted: 1/2/23 at 2:43pm
I wonder if they’ll post closing today?
Stand-by Joined: 7/17/22
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#833
Posted: 1/2/23 at 2:53pm
CATSNYrevival said: "Any news on a cast album yet?"
Has the entire score been recorded yet?
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#834
Posted: 1/2/23 at 3:03pm
Lola Getz2 said: "CATSNYrevival said: "Any news on a cast album yet?"
Has the entire score been recorded yet?"
They have not recorded yet.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#835
Posted: 1/2/23 at 4:15pm
DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "I wonder if they’ll post closing today?"
You really need to give it a rest already. They're not closing anytime soon.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#836
Posted: 1/2/23 at 4:35pm
DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "I wonder if they’ll post closing today?"
Why would they post a closing notice on a Monday? Not sure what you have against this show but your last prediction didn't happen either.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#837
Posted: 1/2/23 at 4:36pm
Lola Getz2 said: "TheQuibbler said: "JSquared2 said: “Please consider going back to just "lurking". Your sense of entitlement is exhausting. HNY!"
Not sure it’s entitlement so much as an acknowledgment that we used to get a better product for a cheaper price and now we get an inferior product for an inflated price.
Rush and lottery tickets used to feel special; it’s perfectly acceptable to long for those earlier days."
Hmm, I remember even EARLIER days when there was no such thing as a "lottery". The producers have absolutely NO obligation to offer ANY discounts. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
It is the same "entitlement" that gets people upset because, "I waited in freezing rain for TWO HOURS and Sutton had the nerve not to come out and sign my playbill. She owes it to us!"
How can people be so ungrateful and criticize something they have no god given right to? Yes, entitlement. Grow up.
"
No one is saying anything remotely this dramatic.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#838
Posted: 1/2/23 at 10:42pm
Huss417 said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "I wonder if they’ll post closing today?"
Why would they post a closing notice on a Monday? Not sure what you have against this show but your last prediction didn't happen either."
what last prediction? I don’t recall becoming a psychic? Maybe I did? I did think it was Tuesday today that’s why I wondered if they might post closing today? Maybe tomorrow.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#839
Posted: 1/2/23 at 11:00pm
I’m sure they will try to get to the Tonys unless they take some giant nose dive. Most producers know the winter is the worst. Granted they have been promoting the crap out of this. Maybe the gold age big tap dance style show is just of the past?
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#840
Posted: 1/3/23 at 6:14pm
On my way to see the show for the fifth time tonight with three friends who saw the film over the holidays. Paying the most I have yet - I really shouldn’t have, as it was most of my holiday ‘bonus’ but I want things to turn around for this show so much.
I was also thinking, this is a splashy musical that could tour with very little adjustments to the physical production…do select/major cities, get Mariah to make an appearance at one of them. A girl can dream, right? I still think there’s more they could be doing with promotion but that seems to be a touchy subject lately.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#841
Posted: 1/3/23 at 6:47pm
GiantsInTheSky2 said: "I was also thinking, this is a splashy musicalthat could tour with very little adjustments to the physical production…do select/major cities, get Mariah to make an appearance at one of them. A girl can dream, right? I still think there’s more they could be doing with promotion but that seems to be a touchy subject lately."
If the producers can’t even get Mariah to show up to see this on Broadway, what makes you think Mimi would show up to a second tier touring production?
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#842
Posted: 1/3/23 at 7:07pm
The most I could see her doing showing up at a curtain call or covering a song for the cast album.
Seems like we’ve got a real influx in celeb producers hoping to get those EGOTs.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/13
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#843
Posted: 1/11/23 at 9:04am
The reviews tell me it’s funny but not particularly sexy. The two songs they’ve performed on TV seem generic. They remind me of the catchier corresponding songs in Sugar.
The LGBT press hasn’t been promoting this as a queer romance, so I’m assuming that’s a minor subplot. At this point the only thing that would get me to buy a ticket is a stellar cast album.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#844
Posted: 1/11/23 at 10:41am
MrsSallyAdams said: "The LGBT press hasn’t been promoting this as a queer romance, so I’m assuming that’s a minor subplot. At this point the only thing that would get me to buy a ticket is a stellar cast album."
Because there really is no "queer romance". Osgood doesn't know until the end. And it is a big part of the plot in Act II.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#845
Posted: 1/11/23 at 10:47am
uncageg said: "MrsSallyAdams said: "The LGBT press hasn’t been promoting this as a queer romance, so I’m assuming that’s a minor subplot. At this point the only thing that would get me to buy a ticket is a stellar cast album."
Because there really is no "queer romance". Osgood doesn't know until the end. And it is a big part of the plot in Act II.
"
There is a queer romance - Daphne is queer and falls in love with Osgood.
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#846
Posted: 1/11/23 at 12:35pm
Someone on Twitter pointed out the delightful chaos of how the J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre just announced that their lineup will include a production of Sugar, so there'll be SLIH musicals playing both on and off Broadway at the same time.
Updated On: 1/11/23 at 12:35 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#847
Posted: 1/12/23 at 12:22am
uncageg said: "MrsSallyAdams said: "The LGBT press hasn’t been promoting this as a queer romance, so I’m assuming that’s a minor subplot. At this point the only thing that would get me to buy a ticket is a stellar cast album."
Because there really is no "queer romance". Osgood doesn't know until the end. And it is a big part of the plot in Act II."
SPOILER ALERT:
I'm not so sure. I believe it's suggested that Osgood knew all along that Daphane was trans - it just didn't matter to him. Daphane, on the other hand, didn't know that Osgood knew. In the musical, Jerry/Daphne gets to the point of saying, “You don’t understand—” only to be interrupted by Osgood: “Daphne, my dear, I do understand. And I think you’re perfect.”
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#848
Posted: 1/12/23 at 10:59am
The company will perform on Late Night with Seth Meyers January 17.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
SOME LIKE IT HOT On Broadway - News & Discussion Thread#849
Posted: 1/14/23 at 10:53am
Saw a comment on Reddit this morning that they were closing off the balcony for mid-week performances this past week.
You might get better seats rushing this week.
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