Show Suggestions!

Of your list, Groundhog Day is a ton of fun, Oslo and Sweat are supposed to be excellent as well (Sweat won the Pulitzer). If you can get tickets to Sweeney Todd that would be great too, Carolee Carmello is supposed to be an AMAZING Mrs. Lovett. If you really want to see Hello Dolly you can try the four-day rule with resale sites. I'm not 100% sure if they have a rush or SRO policy.

Groundhog Day, Little Foxes and Oslo, in this order.

How "talky" is The Little Foxes and Doll's House? My mom was not a huge fan of Long Day's Journey Into Night when we saw it last year since it was fairly long for her and a lot of talking with not much happening (her words not mine) despite the performances being great. I feel like The Little Foxes might be the same, but am unfamiliar with the show. Anyone have input?

Thanks!

Doll's House is talky in the sense that there isn't a lot of staging, but the dialogue is quick and often quite funny. It's only about 85 minutes and moves briskly.

The Little Foxes is definitely a slower production as the play is older and has a much more rigid construction, but it's close to melodrama and has some bigger moments as the play progresses.

I will also be going around the same time. I have also seen the shows you have except for War Paint which I will be seeing and Hello Dolly.

I also have 2-3 slots available. I am leaning towards Bandstand, Groundhog Day, Sweat, and possible The Golden Apple at Encores! I will be starting a thread on that one. There are only a few shows from 5/10-14th.

If you are still around the evening of the 14th Patti Lupone will be in concert.

Hello Dolly does have SRO tix if sold out. That probably is one not to be missed.

The only one from your list that I've seen is Groundhog Day, and I do highly recommend it. However, I would also highly recommend that you avoid the mezzanine at all costs. We sat in the the fifth row center and the experience was like some medieval torture device. There is NO legroom at all (I'm 5'10" and had to bend my legs off toward the seat next to me and bend my knees so that my feet were underneath my seat) and no upstairs restroom. Also, there isn't nearly enough of a rake in the mezzanine, so the lower 1/3 to 1/2 of the stage was blocked by the people in the preceding rows. Loved the show, but the August Wilson is the worst theatre I've ever been in.

Updated On: 5/3/17 at 02:59 PM