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Shuffle Along previews
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#50Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/14/16 at 9:41pm
Rudin decided he didnt want any merchandise sold til after opening.
#52Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/14/16 at 9:52pm
bwayobsessed said: "It's intermission at the dress rehearsal...there's lots of trimming to be done but Audra is stunning"
Could you please give us a full report after the show?
#53Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/14/16 at 10:13pm
LightsOut90 said: "Rudin decided he didnt want any merchandise sold til after opening.
Where did you hear this?
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GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#54Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/14/16 at 11:33pm
Holy. Wow.
Invited dress. I have few words. All of which are good.
#55Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/14/16 at 11:34pm
Please give more detail if possible! I'm so excited for this...
#56Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 12:10am
Now THIS is what I love so much about BWW.
SL..........x to all
bwayobsessed
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/13
#57Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 12:13am
The entire night ran about 3 hours and 40 minutes including a 20 minute intermission and like ten minutes of tech troubles. There's a lot that can and should be cut but I think there's a really great musical underneath. The entire cast is amazing. Bully, Brian and Audra all have brilliant act 2 solos. Act 1 I think failed to really have a focus, I didn't feel connected to any character until Act 2. Like the pieces are all there, they just need to distill it a bit and figure out what's really important.
Also, the choreography is thrilling but I think they could cut 3 tap no story moving numbers and still have more than enough.
#58Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 12:25am
The show ran almost 4 hours? Holy Bullocks. Imagine yourself lucky for getting to see the invited dress because they will be making major cuts before a first paid audience I assure you.
#59Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 12:31am
Imagine yourself lucky for getting to see the invited dress because they will be making major cuts before a first paid audience I assure you.
How much do you think they can cut in a night? The changes will be made throughout the month of previews.
#60Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 12:40am
Oh I think it's easy to make cuts. Major ones if you have to. Shows cut songs overnight in previews. It's hardly uncommon... It frankly sounds like the show is a little bit of a mess. I have no doubt that the talent involved makes it all compelling and exciting, and this this is being put together by people who know their craft. Surely, they will pull it all together. But there's no way you can ask a paid audience to sit through a 3 1/2 hour musical. Even at a first preview. Any director in their right mind would automatically know 30 minutes has to be immediately cut, and would spend tomorrow making sure that happened.
#61Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 12:54am
if its good audiences will sit through anything no matter how long it is, Les Mis ran nearly that long when it first opened, operas run longer. Such a blanket statement that you say you can't ask an audience to do that!
#62Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 12:54am
AHHHHHHHh regardless of run time, this is so exciting to hear! Cannot wait to see the show...
#63Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 1:00am
This isn't the opera, and this is not the RSC in 1985. Audiences who go to the musical theater on Broadway in this day and age are not going to sit longer than three hours no matter how good it is. They will start to walk out, and that will be what the word-of-mouth is. And I promise you George C Wolfe knows this and Scott Rudin knows this, and they aren't going to let it happen.
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#64Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 1:15am
Please. How could anyone walk out of a musical Audra McDonald's in before it's over?
#65Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 1:20am
Plenty of people would walk out and not for lack of quality. They have a train to catch, a sitter they have to relieve, a job they have to get up at 5 the next day....Audra would probably be right with them for all the same reasons if she were a patron. its also worth remembering that anything over 3 hours starts going into overtime for the entire cast and crew. That's boucoup bucks. They will have this down to under 3 hours by Thursday night I bet my life on it.
@z5
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/30/15
#66Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 1:41am
I have a ticket for Wed night, hopefully it'll be good. Hope I'm not seeing it too early.
#67Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 8:21am
As was announced at the beginning of the show, it was for friends and family, so I wouldn't expect the length (for what sounds like a lucky audience seeing bonus material!) or anything else to be remotely close to set it stone. And as invited dress rehearsal guests are there for (and as) friends and family to see an early run-through, I'd caution on posting here or elsewhere to help maintain the sanctity of that privelge.
To the first preview audience tonight though, enjoy!
#68Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 8:37am
I'm can not wait to see this!
Even if the show is mediocre just to see the cast live is worth the price.
How are the arrangements of the Blake songs bwayobsessed?
bwayobsessed
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/13
#69Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 9:19am
Don't get me wrong, The show is certainly better than mediocre, it's truly moving. Even if it is a bit long, it is watching people at the top of their game do some amazing work. I don't think you can see it "too early."
Also regarding the music, which was amazing, I am not familiar with the original arrangements (yet) so I can't respond to that.
#70Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 9:25am
Just letting y'all know that TodayTix prices shot up yesterday but now they're back down to $69 for side mezz for a few performances.
#71Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 9:34am
People complain at 60-minute shows, people complain at 3.5-hour shows. A show well done is a show well done!
Just saying.
#72Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 10:31am
I picked up a rush ticket for the 1st preview. $40 general rush, CASH OR CREDIT. My seat is in one of the boxes, partial view. I'm not sure how many tickets they ended up selling, but there were about 15-16 people in line by 10am. I got there a little after 9 and was 5th in line. I'll be sure to report back after the show!
Side note: this is my first time attending a first preview on Broadway! I've been to several 2nd-previews as well as some first previews Off-Broadway. I'm excited!
#73Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 10:43am
JBroadway said: "I picked up a rush ticket for the 1st preview. $40 general rush, CASH OR CREDIT. My seat is in one of the boxes, partial view. I'm not sure how many tickets they ended up selling, but there were about 15-16 people in line by 10am. I got there a little after 9 and was 5th in line. I'll be sure to report back after the show!"
Wow, I'm surprised (but also not) at how many people were there before the box office opened for the first preview. I am going to be in NYC on Friday night and was going to try to rush when I got there at 6:00, but that sounds like a lost cause now. Enjoy, JBroadway, let us know what you think, and the run time!
#74Shuffle Along previews
Posted: 3/15/16 at 10:46am
I got there a little after 10, just missed rush tickets. However the box office had a few "post rush" tickets for $69, so I got side Orchestra partial view.
Excited for tonight!
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