Sondheim and Ives' HERE WE ARE at The Shed- Page 24

[JSquared2]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 11:33am

dramamama611 said: "Anyone hearing rumbles of "problems"? It seems two shows have been canceled and that, of course, has spurned rumors (from reddit):As another commenter noted, the 10/2 performance was cancelled. There is one on 10/8 that appears to have disappeared. I’ve heard rumblings on some other boards that folx close to the production have indicated…something. What that something is I can’t get at, so was hoping someone here might have insight."

 

Now this is exactly how stupid rumors get started.  

Also, Reddit is just something for people who have already been banned from Twitter!

[bear88]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 11:37am

The8re phan said: "I am one of the affected folks --- initially bought seats for the Monday Oct 2nd performance, but recieved an email this week stating that the Monday shows have been re-scheduled (NOT cancelled) for newly added Sunday afternoon performances.



My exact seats were automatically moved to the new Sun Oct 15th 3pm show, and I was given the option to exchange to another date if i so choose......including earlier performances on Sept 28, 29 or 30th, that are indeed still happening as planned


The only 'issue' seems to be that they're now looking to a more typical performance schedule, where Mondays are dark....."

Is the Sunday, Oct. 15 show really new, though? I recall seeing it on the schedule before, and a poster here buying tickets for that date during the presale (around the same time I got tickets for the Tuesday, Oct. 17 preview performance in the same seats). 

The Sunday, Oct. 15 performance is at 2 p.m., not 3, per The Shed’s website.

Anyway, the dropped previews don’t seem too surprising. There never was a Thursday, Oct. 19 preview, for example, a few days before the opening. 

It all adds to the mystery, though. I guess I will believe I am seeing Here We Are when I am actually there and the show starts. 

Updated On: 8/10/23 at 11:37 AM

[Voter]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 12:49pm

JSquared2 said: "dramamama611 said: "Anyone hearing rumbles of "problems"? It seems two shows have been canceled and that, of course, has spurned rumors (from reddit):As another commenter noted, the 10/2 performance was cancelled. There is one on 10/8 that appears to have disappeared. I’ve heard rumblings on some other boards that folx close to the production have indicated…something. What that something is I can’t get at, so was hoping someone here might have insight."



Now this is exactly how stupid rumors get started.

Also, Reddit is just something for people who have already been banned from Twitter!"

Huh?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 2:28pm

Well, yes, that's why I referred TO the info as a rumor.

[Falsettolands]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 3:57pm

if the production is dropping PREVIEWS, it could be that there are new scheduling conflicts within the cast (potentially stuff that was up in the air when negotiating contracts, but was communicated could be a schedule issue)

Most productions don't rehearse understudies extensively until after the show opens. My guess (complete guess) is they would rather not take time to rehearse in an understudy when the show is making changes/isn't frozen, and would focus on canceling performances/rescheduling rather than going through the extra hassle of plugging someone in when the show isn't frozen.

Updated On: 8/10/23 at 03:57 PM

[Cory Schimmoelelr]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 6:18pm

Hey, I'm the person who made the comment on reddit about being impacted.

Like the other person in this thread, I bought a ticket for the 2nd and  was offered tickets for Oct 15th, but I was offered tickets for a 7:30pm performance.

I ended up just requesting a refund and buying a ticket for the 4th. I'll have to extend my planned trip by a day.

I emailed the shed for a comment and I'll let ya'll know what I hear.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 9:34pm

Reddit that's still a thing? lol

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 9:38pm

Says the dude that's posting on a 20 year old message board.........

 

Updated On: 8/10/23 at 09:38 PM

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 11:38pm

Robbie2 said: "Reddit that's still a thing? lol"

Reddit is huge.

[bear88]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 11:53pm

Cory Schimmoelelr said: "Hey, I'm the person who made the comment on reddit about being impacted.

Like the other person in this thread, I bought a ticket for the 2nd and was offered tickets for Oct 15th, but I was offered tickets for a 7:30pm performance.

I ended up just requesting a refund and buying a ticket for the 4th. I'll have to extend my planned trip by a day.

I emailed the shed for a comment and I'll let ya'll know what I hear."

If your information is correct, there will be two shows on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. That would be somewhat surprising, but perhaps an opportunity for people to pick up seats to an unexpected Sunday evening preview performance. (As of this writing, there is no 7:30 p.m performance on The Shed’s website.)

Updated On: 8/11/23 at 11:53 PM

[Alex M]

Posted: 8/11/23 at 9:27am

Sutton Ross said: "Says the dude that's posting on a 20 year old message board.........

"

This made me smirk 

[Cory Schimmoelelr]

Posted: 8/11/23 at 11:52pm

Looks like load in is happening https://twitter.com/dhughesnyc/status/1689656322969489410

[lapinitsa]

Posted: 8/13/23 at 2:07pm

I guess it is indicative of exactly how much of a bubble we are all in that after all the frenzy there are still lots of tickets for sale for this while down at The Public, Hell's Kitchen--which we're barely talking about at all--is nearly sold out, with only a handful of tickets available (in ones and twos mostly) for an even smaller handful of performances that are not yet sold out.

[signorafosca2]

Posted: 8/13/23 at 4:11pm

lapinitsa said: "I guess it is indicative of exactly how much of a bubble we are all in that after all the frenzy there are still lots of tickets for sale for this while down at The Public, Hell's Kitchen--which we're barely talking about at all--is nearly sold out, with only a handful of tickets available (in ones and twos mostly) for an even smaller handful of performances that are not yet sold out."

Hell’s Kitchen is running for 6-7 weeks compared to HWA’s 15 week run. Hell’s Kitchen is also playing in a venue that is 299 seats vs 5something.

 

[bear88]

Posted: 8/15/23 at 11:02pm

Cory Schimmoelelr said: "Hey, I'm the person who made the comment on reddit about being impacted.

Like the other person in this thread, I bought a ticket for the 2nd and was offered tickets for Oct 15th, but I was offered tickets for a 7:30pm performance.

I ended up just requesting a refund and buying a ticket for the 4th. I'll have to extend my planned trip by a day.

I emailed the shed for a comment and I'll let ya'll know what I hear."

A preview performance has been added on Sunday evening, Oct. 15. There are some $129 tickets left for those looking.

[binau]

Posted: 8/16/23 at 2:17am

It looks like they have finally sold out the first performance. As for the rest, well they've still got ages of time. I notice that tickets seem to move closer to curtain the pre-covid these days. If you look at many Broadway shows that far out you'll notice heaps of availability. I do wonder if they have been a bit over-ambitious with the pricing though. 

[bear88]

Posted: 8/16/23 at 2:55am

I’m not sure the pricing was necessarily a mistake from a business perspective. Plenty of premium seats have been sold for a total mystery of a show and The Shed got some subscriptions. If it’s terrible, those tickets have already been purchased. If it’s good or at least worthwhile, the remaining tickets will sell later.
And unless people have no choice, like me planning a cross-country trip for a few days in October, they can wait.

 

Updated On: 8/16/23 at 02:55 AM

[Jesse St. James]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 8:14pm

This article interviewed an "insider" who claims there will be six songs in the first act with one being repeated in every scene. They also claim there are zero songs in the second act. I think someone in this thread something similar?

Stephen Sondheim’s mysterious final musical has shocking Act 2: insiders

Updated On: 8/18/23 at 08:14 PM

[DCS]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 9:13pm

Jesse St. James said: "This article interviewed an "insider" who claims there will be six songs in the first act with one being repeated in every scene. They also claim there are zero songs in the second act. I think someone in this thread something similar?

Stephen Sondheim’s mysterious final musical has shocking Act 2: insiders"

Are we seriously linking to this idiot in the NY Post?  LOL  Have you ever watched any interviews with this guy?  He's nothing but a bitchy theatre queen who hates everything and has nothing nice to say about any show. 

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 9:56pm

Doesn’t mean he’s wrong.

[steve.sometime]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 10:03pm

Are we going to get no visual design for Sondheim's last musical??? It's less than 40 days away, there's not even a teaser logo. What is going on???

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 10:08pm

steve.sometime said: "Are we going to get no visual design for Sondheim's last musical??? It's less than 40 days away, there's not even a teaser logo. What is going on???"

I’d guess that if there isn’t even a second act, they’ll be more worried about that. 
 

This is starting to feel like a dastardly ego-fueled endeavor. Would Sondheim have wanted anyone to see this? If he indeed never wanted it performed, should we let our curiosity get the best of us and go watch it anyway?

[JasonC3]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 10:24pm

oh ffs

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 10:31pm

Maybe we can wait until we see the damn show. That’s an option, you know.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 10:46pm

But I do wonder how the Shed of all places got this and not the Public or Playwrights where he has a history.