THE COLOR PURPLE Previews — Page 3

See, I found that this production highlighted the tragedy of everything so much better than the original. And I felt in that respect, the bursts of joy that came from the show were needed and earned. 

I felt Celie's pain way more than I ever did in the original production. 

I just got free Audience Reward tickets for this for January.  I was on the fence about this show (didn't love the previous production--though I only saw the tour--and I LOVE the book), but this thread has convinced me to give it a try.  The staging sounds really interesting.

I was in the rear mezz and the view was great. The Jacobs is a wonderful theater with a mezz that feels wider than it is deep.

Thanks, Whizzer! :)

Push Da Button is in the production (as is African Grasslands section at the top of act two, which I read somewhere had been cut). The songs are there, but they are no longer big production numbers like in the original. Doyle goes with less is more, but yes you will get to hear Hudson sing the song. 

The African Homeland song was always in this production as far as I know. I never saw anyone say it had been cut just that it had been shortened.

Has anyone attempted rush? I'd be curious to know if standing room has been thrown into the mix yet as well. 

haterobics said: "Still a lot of seats for this week's shows, although they might move enough at TKTS to fill up the house... but doesn't look like SRO would be available when the box office opens for any dates this week. Or do you just want to know if SRO is available IF they start selling out the house?"

Thanks! That's good to know expectation-wise. I'd definitely be interested in the "IF" factor as well. I know some shows reserve the SRO space for the creative team during the preview period, and I was hoping that wouldn't be the case here. I often prefer full-view standing room to partial view rush seats if I'm lucky enough to have the option.

Was told they sell $35 partial view tickets for rush. 20 tickets. But they offered me $59 partial view tickets in the mezz. 

How is the view? I mean how partial is it? It's not a big set, so why it is considered partial? 

School of Rock was the night before. 

This was the main reason for our upcoming trip and now I'm really excited. How was Danielle's voice?  I can imagine that she was amazing in the role. 

I don't want to start a discussion like the Diversity on Broadway Thread, but it was a pleasant surprise to see a long line of non-white people in front of the box office tonight. Maybe because it's easier for them to 'relate' to the story, but there were significantly more of them then at an average performance of any Broadway show I've seen. Anyway, happy to see an ethnical diverse audience.