Posted: 7/10/23 at 4:58pm
It's weird that tickets are going on sale next week without us getting actual dates/schedule, like yeah there are events on the calendar but they're all listed for 12am which I doubt is the actual performance time.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 5:25pm
What do we think the likelihood of the first preview selling out on the first day is? Before the movers are able to purchase?
Posted: 7/10/23 at 5:32pm
I’d imagine things will sell out quickly being it’s his last show and a small venue. Interesting we’ve yet to get a cast or anything.
How did The Shed even get this?
Posted: 7/10/23 at 5:53pm
I really don't think this is going to sell out on that first day of presale.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 5:57pm
Pretty sure cast will be announced tomorrow and Matt Doyle is involved
Posted: 7/10/23 at 5:59pm
I don't think the entire run will sell out on the first day of presale but I might wonder about the first preview specifically which was ljay's concern - though they might easily hold tickets back for each release as is common in pre-sales?
I think there would be 500 people in New York City and beyond that will want to be there for the first preview. Not a load of tickets and it's Sondheim's very last show ever.
Updated On: 7/10/23 at 05:59 PM
Posted: 7/10/23 at 6:15pm
Yep, that’s my concern. Not sure if I should pay the $90 to upgrade to the next level or not. But like you said, they may hold seats back.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 6:15pm
I do remember getting an easy rush ticket to Road Show's first preview at the Public. So maybe Sondheim-mania is a pretty small group comparatively.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 6:19pm
Hmm. I think the demand will be far greater for this because Sondheim is gone and it’s completely brand new. Road Show/Bounce had been around for several years before the Public.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 6:26pm
Plus Joe Mantello is as a prestigious theatre director they come and maybe they have a couple theatre names in the cast. This wouldn’t mean anything if it was going into idk the Broadway theatre but for a small off Broadway theatre it starts to mean more. If it really was important to be there I’d just shell out for the upgrade especially if it means you might get a better or more affordable choice of seat (eg what if they have some insane premium tickets in prime orchestra and scraps at the back? Idk). It’s hard to say though.
There are probably enough NYC theatre professionals that want to be there let alone the public.
Updated On: 7/10/23 at 06:26 PM
Posted: 7/10/23 at 6:29pm
And also let’s just wait to see who is announced for the cast. As great as the cast of “Road Show” was, they weren’t going to get people to break the bank for tix.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 6:33pm
Is it too early to ask for a cast recording and maybe a Broadway transfer while we’re at it :p?
Posted: 7/10/23 at 6:39pm
Jordan Catalano said: "And also let’s just wait to see who is announced for the cast. As great as the cast of “Road Show” was, they weren’t going to get people to break the bank for tix."
I think a small revival of one of Sondheim’s “problem shows” over a decade ago while he was still alive is quite a bit different than the posthumous first production of his final musical. They could cast whoever they want and it’ll sell. Stars would just be the gravy.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 6:44pm
“Road Show” at the Public wasn’t a revival.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 6:52pm
> I think a small revival of one of Sondheim’s “problem shows” over a decade ago while he was still alive is quite a bit different than the posthumous first production of his final musical. They could cast whoever they want and it’ll sell. Stars would just be the gravy.
i largely agree with this ... but let's remember this is only [ insert your preferred speculative supermajority number here] percentage Sondheim. It might end up ****e.
I say this largely in response to the aspirational post wishing for a Broadway transfer; i'm too old to be naive, but i'd like to believe that if this new adventure is BAD, the theatre community will have enough respect to let it lie.
And to Jordan, who is infinitely wiser than myself on things theatre: I saw Road Show at the Public as well as two of its previous incarnations. As for the former not being a revival: eh.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 7:01pm
I am so confused by this conversation. lol
Posted: 7/10/23 at 7:28pm
Me too. It wasn’t a revival. It was the final version of the show that had two prior tryouts. It also had significant revisions.
Updated On: 7/10/23 at 07:28 PM
Posted: 7/10/23 at 7:53pm
Did I up my membership level? I sure did. Trying to get tickets for the same weekend I’m flying in for Merrily.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 8:02pm
Glad we became members for this! Received an email an hour ago:
It's a great time to be a Shed member! Join us this fall for the highly anticipated world premiere of Here We Are, the new musical from Stephen Sondheim and David Ives. Two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello will direct a soon-to-be-announced cast.
Tickets will be available Thursday, July 20.
Members have access to presale tickets ahead of the general public:
Drawing inspiration from two iconic films of Luis Buñuel, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel, this captivating new musical is the final masterstroke of the late Mr. Sondheim’s legendary career.
Performances begin September 2023. Join as a member today to access presale tickets ahead of the general public starting July 18! Plus, members at the Builder 1 and above level get 15% off tickets.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 8:20pm
VERY curious about ticket prices for this.
I'm on the fence about upgrading. It's $90 to upgrade, but let's say the tickets are $150 and I can get a date I want and save $45 (assuming I'm buying a pair) with the upgrade? That sounds like it might be worth it. I'm obviously not hoping for prohibitively expensive tickets. But, the higher the ticket price and the closer that that 15% gets to $90, the more enticing it is.
Also curious if this will be a one price only thing or if it'll have a full spread.
Updated On: 7/10/23 at 08:20 PM
Posted: 7/10/23 at 8:46pm
I’m assuming also they got bigger names for the bigger roles especially if it is true that Matt Doyle is a supporting character
Posted: 7/10/23 at 8:48pm
I stand corrected on the technicality of it not being a revival, but it did have prior life under different titles. Revisions or not, I wouldn’t consider Road Show wholly “original” in the way that - for example - Here We Are will be.
Posted: 7/10/23 at 8:59pm
Robbie516 said: "I’m assuming also they got bigger names for the bigger roles especially if it is true that Matt Doyle is a supporting character"
and Victor Garber being one of those names is still at the top of my Vision Board.......
Updated On: 7/10/23 at 08:59 PM
Posted: 7/10/23 at 9:01pm
Robbie516 said: "I’m assuming also they got bigger names for the bigger roles especially if it is true that Matt Doyle is a supporting character"
I think Matt Doyle is in Kathleen Marshall’s Sinatra musical.
Updated On: 7/10/23 at 09:01 PM
Posted: 7/10/23 at 9:13pm
> I stand corrected on the technicality of it not being a revival, but it did have prior life under different titles. Revisions or not, I wouldn’t consider Road Show wholly “original” in the way that - for example - Here We Are will be.
^ this.
i saw Road Show, Bounce, and Gold. My (possibly self-obscured) point was that if Road Show was technically not a revival, it felt sufficiently proximate to its predecessors to be in the same zip code as one ...
Updated On: 7/10/23 at 09:13 PM
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