Sweeney Todd Off Broadway Performances — Page 6

I'm trying to get tickets to see Norm and Carolee. For people who have seen the show, how restricted is the view for the dark green seats? Sorry if this has been asked already!

Updated On: 2/26/17 at 02:50 PM

Can you pivot in your bench if you're on the end?

We have C1-2 which are the two seats on the second table, sitting closest to the pie counter facing right (roughly aligned with the right edge of the counter). Most of the pie counter action will be directly behind our backs. It might be handy if there was enough room to pivot and put my feet on the side of the bench, but I don't want to trip the actors.

Of course, I'll ask when we get there before the show as we're eating our pies and mash.

Updated On: 2/26/17 at 04:37 PM

Oops I realized I didn't specify I meant the view from the dark green seats, I edited my original message!

I'm sure there will be interactions. (From some photos. it appears as if the Pirelli contest may be on the table in front of me.)

I'm just concerned about getting in the way of the blocking. As a frequent front-row sitter, I always respect the stage as "not my territory" and am conscious that the actors can see me - and I always want to make sure that I don't impose upon the production at the expense of others.

It reminds me of when I was seated in the crrrramped front row of the Golden Theatre for The Normal Heart. The ushers had a prepared speech that the production considered the audience in the first two rows to be part of the production and we were not to fidget. (which was both inevitable and impossible given the tight seating)

Updated On: 2/26/17 at 06:08 PM

anyone sit on the restricted view table seats yet?

That was exactly my concern. (I had seen that they were like back-to-back pews) And I'm sure when I ask the pie shop person, I'll get an answer, if not earlier.

Sooo sorry to ask another seating question. The seats I was looking at earlier are gone now.

Anyone know anything about the J4-J10 seats. They appear to be in the back on the floor without a counter. Are these just stools? A bench? Something with a back? Partner has some mobility issues and seating type is always an issue.

TIA

I was in J8. It doesn't have the small countertop in front but otherwise is similar to most of the seats in the back - that particular row is a barstool height contiguous bench with a high back support but the lower part is open to the half wall immediately behind separating it from the handicapped ramp. (As I mentioned upthread, had I known, I wouldn't have checked my coat and used it to provide lower back support.) The seat all the way to the right is blocked off by the wall, so entrance to that row is only via the center aisle. If you want slightly more room, get the seats on that center aisle, although there are actors who will pass through that space. You'll also have easy egress to/from the lobby at intermission via the ramp and door behind you.

Love this musical. Saw the original 27 times. Saw Dorothy Loudon when Angela Lansbury left, revivals with Beth Fowler, Patti LuPone.

But I just read that this new production has cut 2 songs: The Letter and City on Fire, maybe my two favorite moments in the show. I don't get that.

I'm just writing what I just read in Matthew Murray's review from Talkin' Broadway. In his review he states that these two songs are cut.

I always loved the 5-part harmony in The Letter as the 5 Ensemble members sing Sweeney's letter as we see him write it to the Judge to trap him into coming back to the pie shop. And City on Fire is sort of the climax of the second act where all hell breaks loose.

Still would like to see this production but I have problems when songs are cut from the original piece.

Oh good, willep. Thx! I should learn not to believe what you read today!

Brantley overuses the word "pastiche," and I don't think he really knows the meaning of the word. There is nothing "pastiche" about "Green Finch and Linnet Bird." Although perhaps meant to convey a general impression of a Victorian parlor song, it is no way an imitation of one.

I just opened TodayTix and noticed that as well. It's the first I have heard of it.