Student Rush Accompanyment?

[EugLoven]

Student Rush Accompanyment?#0

Posted: 7/25/06 at 1:27pm

Hi all! I'm gonna student rush Jacques Brel ($20 cash) tonight, July 25, 7PM show.

Anyone wanna join me? I'll be at the theatre around 5PM.

I'll also be rushing Color Purple way at the butt-crack of dawn (8:30AM) tomorrow, and Bridge and Tunnel tomorrow night (around 6PM).

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[SNLMedia]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#1

Posted: 7/25/06 at 3:08pm

Darn, would love to join you. I'll just add that Bridge & Tunnel rush should be guaranteed, and you can probably move down a few rows before the performance starts. It's a great show!

"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball

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re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#2

Posted: 7/25/06 at 7:27pm

i would get to color purple before 8:30, otherwise you might be a sad boy. i would get there no later than 8 to get tickets. actually, i would get there before 7 so that you get the best seats. and bridge and tunnel is amazing. life-changing.

[JackiesBroJoe]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#3

Posted: 7/25/06 at 9:59pm

8:30 is not nearly early enoough for that show. Try 6:30.

[SDav 10495]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#4

Posted: 7/25/06 at 10:11pm

"I'll just add that Bridge & Tunnel rush should be guaranteed, and you can probably move down a few rows before the performance starts. It's a great show!"

Are you saying that getting there at 6pm for an 8pm show would guarantee rush tickets? Would do you think my chances would be if I got there at 12:15-12:30 for a Wednesday matinee?

"If there is going to be a restoration fee, there should also be a Renaissance fee, a Middle Ages fee and a Dark Ages fee. Someone must have men in the back room making up names, euphemisms for profit." (Emanuel Azenberg)

[muscle23ftl]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#5

Posted: 7/25/06 at 10:25pm

How was Bridge & Tunnel lifechanging? Not trying to bash it, but really, it didn't do anything for me.


PS= I'd love to go to see TCP(again) and Jaques Brel if i lived in NYC! damn it.

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

Updated On: 7/25/06 at 10:25 PM

[EugLoven]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#6

Posted: 7/26/06 at 12:46am

Wait... seriously? You recommend I get there around 8AM for the 2PM tickets? (Box office opens at 10AM)

Some of you even go so far to say 7:30AM?
Jeezus, seriously? I'm gonna be exhausted!

8:30AM is too late? *dies*

PS: Jacques Brel was amazing. I lost count of how many times my eyes welled up with tears watching it. More on that later. If you can, go to the Zipper now and see this remarkable revue.
Updated On: 7/26/06 at 12:46 AM

[Act4ever]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#7

Posted: 7/26/06 at 12:49am

I got there at 8:30am and the line was around the corner of the block and half way down to the next block... long story short: I didn't see The Color Purple...

[Just_John]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#8

Posted: 7/26/06 at 12:49am

Well for Color Purple I think if you want tickets for the 8pm show you need to be there 6:30, for the matinee then by 7:30. I haven't yet seen Color Purple so if I can get out of bed early enough I will go get rush tix.

[EugLoven]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#9

Posted: 7/26/06 at 10:33am

WELL! I heeded your warnings, and thank you!

I woke up at 6:45AM, walked to the theatre and was 12th in line by 7:15AM!

By 8:30AM the line was around the corner and half-way down the block.

By 10:00AM there were at least 80 people in line!

Bottom line, I'm seeing "The Color Purple" this afternoon from Orch.B112

THANKS!

[muscle23ftl]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#10

Posted: 7/26/06 at 2:15pm

I forgot to see Jacques Brel, i bet it's great, hopefully it'll be on for awhile. Is this your 1st time seeing TCP? have you seen the movie before?

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

[JackiesBroJoe]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#11

Posted: 7/27/06 at 2:09am

A friend who works in the box office told me that LaChanze is on vacation. What did you think of her understudy?

[C is for Company]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#12

Posted: 7/27/06 at 2:27am

I saw Kenita the saturday after the show opened. I actually just went back and saw LaChanze 2 weeks ago because I just needed to see her, I rooted for her in the Tony race.
Kenita was almost like a mini version of her, but lacking the depth that LaChanze had. I saw her in December and I'm certain she has gone on dozens of times since and gotten even closer with Celie, but she was nothing next to our real Celie. Still did a great job though.

[EugLoven]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#13

Posted: 7/27/06 at 3:39am

Jacques Brel was astounding. I lost count of how many times my eyes watered during the performance. The entire company is stellar and it is excellent to hear Drew Sarich singing English lyrics that lend themself to his talent.

The Color Purple was phenomenal. I knew LaChanze was out for 2 weeks, so I was eager to see Kenita R. Miller as Celie (having loved her performance at Bryant Park). She was absolutely darling and I'm willing to bet she'll step into the leading lady's shoes when LaChanze takes her final bow. She was so cute and had the biggest toothy grin, I wanted to put her in my pocket and take her home with me. The show was explosive, as was the audience, and I found myself perking in my seat each time the delicious Church Lady trio came out. Whoodadaddy?

Rush tickets for Bridge and Tunnel were sold out when I tried to get them (the snooty rude box office teller claimed they were out at 10AM, liar). Instead, I returned to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre to grab seats for Sweeney Todd, my true love, and had a magnificent time. It was even better the second time around, and the cast couldn't have asked for a better audience (sans final performance crowds, etc). Plus, it was Patti LuPone's last show before her break for the Ravinia Festival, so everyone was spot on. And I met John Doyle at the Stage Door, along with the entire cast (LuPone took her time, signing, chatting, and taking photos with everyone). There were 4 waves of standing ovation and I left the theatre shaking.
Updated On: 7/27/06 at 03:39 AM

[SNLMedia]

re: Student Rush Accompanyment?#14

Posted: 7/27/06 at 7:20am

My goodness, I can't believe B&T was sold out! When I did rush, it was Sunday 6/18 and I got there at around 11:45 for the box office which opened at noon, for the 3 PM show. I was 5th in line. When I got to my seat, I noticed there were about 10 of us that had purchased rush tickets, and just about the entire mezzanine was empty. I assumed they sold whatever was left in the mezzanine as rush tickets, but I'm wondering now if they sell only a limited number of them. I guess everyone is trying to catch the show before it closes.

Muscle, I never said it was "lifechanging". I had never seen a one-person show before, and I really enjoyed it. It had comedy and heart.

"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball