Posted: 9/30/19 at 9:25am
Can someone explain to me how the rollout of the show is working? Are they not opening part 1 and 2 at the same time? I was hoping to see both parts on the same day (part 1 matinee and part 2 night show).
Updated On: 9/30/19 at 09:25 AM
Posted: 9/30/19 at 9:50am
djoko84 said: "Can someone explain to me how the rollout of the show is working? Are they not openingpart 1 and 2 at the same time? I was hoping to see both parts on the same day (part 1 matinee and part 2 night show)."
During previews, you can only see both parts on the same day on Saturday. But once the show opens, they're also adding Wednesday as another 2 part day.
I guess a lot of people in London said that part 1 was satisfying enough for casual theatregoers/tourists, so I think a lot of people are just starting off by checking out part 1 to see what they think.
The full schedule is on their website https://theinheritanceplay.com/tickets/
Updated On: 9/30/19 at 09:50 AM
Posted: 9/30/19 at 10:01am
djoko84 said: "Can someone explain to me how the rollout of the show is working? Are they not openingpart 1 and 2 at the same time? I was hoping to see both parts on the same day (part 1 matinee and part 2 night show)."
They are rehearsing part 1 and getting that on its feet and in front of audiences first, and then doing the same with part two. Eventually, both will be available and running on the same day.
Posted: 9/30/19 at 11:48am
SpookyFish13 said: "djoko84 said: "Can someone explain to me how the rollout of the show is working? Are they not openingpart 1 and 2 at the same time? I was hoping to see both parts on the same day (part 1 matinee and part 2 night show)."
During previews, you can only see both parts on the same day on Saturday. But once the show opens, they're also addingWednesday as another 2 part day.
I guess a lot of people in London said that part 1 was satisfying enough for casual theatregoers/tourists, so I think a lot of people are just starting off by checking out part 1 to see what they think.
The full schedule is on their websitehttps://theinheritanceplay.com/tickets/
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Thanks so much! I guess I'll have to wait till November to see it because I don't have Saturdays off.
Posted: 9/30/19 at 1:14pm
I know this has been addressed elsewhere, but is it necessary to see the parts in order? I had tickets for back to back nights, but my Part 1 performance (October 14th) was canceled. There is only one option I can make for Part 1 before I see Part 2, but I was curious as to whether I should really push for that. I am deeply familiar with Howards End, and know roughly how this show tracks with that, so maybe I could come in in the middle of the story and not be lost, but I'd love advice from people who have seen the plays.
Posted: 9/30/19 at 1:23pm
givesmevoice said: "I know this has been addressed elsewhere, but is it necessary to see the parts in order? I had tickets for back to back nights, but my Part 1 performance (October 14th) was canceled. There is only one option I can make for Part 1 before I see Part 2, but I was curious as to whether I should really push for that. I am deeply familiar with Howards End, and know roughly how this show tracks with that, so maybe I could come in in the middle of the story and not be lost, but I'd love advice from people who have seen the plays."
I haven't seen the play, so I can't speak on whether or not you could see the parts out of sequence, but the question is, would you really want to...? I'm sure that if you explained this to the box office that they would possibly consider swapping your ticket for another day. Especially where it was a cancellation on their end that led to it.
If I were you, I would try that, but if all else fails, see part 2 with your ticket, and then potentially catch a marathon of both parts next time around. Good luck!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 1:29pm
If you're familiar with the story of Howards End then I think you'll be fine watching part 2. It's very similar. Only thing that may be confusing during first 20 mins is figuring out which actor is playing which character.
If you do choose to watch part 2 first, then I suggest at the very least reading part 1 first. The book costs $10-$15 on Amazon.
Posted: 9/30/19 at 1:32pm
I would strongly advise against seeing part 1 before part 2. I think you will miss a lot of the emotional resonance by seeing them out of order.
Posted: 9/30/19 at 1:33pm
Thanks, Spooky and Wick! I do have to go to the box office anyway, since I bought my tickets there, so I'll see if there's anything they can do to help me see the parts in order.
And Wick, the big impetus for seeing this for me is that it's based on Howards End, one of my favorite novels.
Posted: 9/30/19 at 1:41pm
itsshowtime2 said: "I would strongly advise against seeing part 1 before part 2. I think you will miss a lot of the emotional resonance by seeing them out of order."
That sounds like the right order?! 
Posted: 9/30/19 at 2:24pm
For what it's worth, I saw Part 2 before Part 1 in London due to a scheduling conflict, and while I agree that it's preferable to see them in order, I had no problem following the story. I remember being confused at times with the audience's reactions to certain characters I had just met, but it was easy enough to follow the story, especially if you're familiar with Howard's End. Also, seeing the end of Part 1 as the conclusion to the entire play was a deeply moving experience. I'm almost glad that was the final image I saw. I wouldn't recommend doing it this way, at all, but I don't think it ruined it for me in the slightest. And I look forward to revisiting the play in order this time.
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ModernMillie3 said: "Any merch available yet? Thank you!"
There was a magnet, some T-Shirts, a sweatshirt, a tote bag and a journal. There may have been some other stuf, but that's all I can remember from just my quick glance.
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Posted: 9/30/19 at 8:51pm
SouthernCakes said: "I figured they’d offer anything as rush but guess not
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For some reason, many producers these days would rather let seats stay empty rather than selling them at rush or discount prices.
Not too many years ago, you could wait until 24 hours or so before a performance and excellent seats would be released that could be used with a discount code. Haven’t seen that happening in a lonnnnnnnnng time.
On the other hand, I’ve gotten some of the best seats ever (third row center, aisle, etc) by going to TKTS a half hour before curtain.
Go figure.
Posted: 9/30/19 at 9:19pm
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I've heard that they're offering it quite regularly on TDF.
Posted: 9/30/19 at 11:39pm
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Posted: 10/1/19 at 12:59am
clever2 said: "Okay. Real talk.
I saw tonight’s preview, and I am not having the religious experience promised me. Much of the rest of the play, while occasionally funny and entertaining in a soap opera kind of way, feels like a hybrid of Jeffrey, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Love! Valor! Compassion!, and so many other gay plays that haunted stages in the 90s. In short, it’s often surface level writing that I was incredibly shocked to be experiencing. Especially following the almost pornographically positive responses it received in London. And why is the rest of the play so ordinary, predictable, and meandering? Even, dare I say it, awful. Samuel H. Levine, on the other hand, is historically bad. Bad community theatre bad. What the **** is he doing on a professional stage bad.That’s my take on part one."
I agree with much of what clever2 said. This is not at all the play that I expected to see tonight.
This is an over-long, shockingly superficial disquisition that meanders from lecture, to expository exercise to soap opera. It has no idea what it wants to be, except an epic, which it's not. The acting is, indeed, all over the place and Mr. Levine is truly cringeworthy.
This is an ode to identity politics, which is fine, but if one does not subscribe to that POV, it's rather empty.
We don't all "know these people," as Whizzer said. (sorry, Whizzer. I love your reviews, but I can't get behind you on this one). Part of my issue with it and identity politics, in general, is the broad assumption that all experiences are similar. I think that assumption is unfair.
I lived the 80s, but that monologue made me feel nothing except that it would have made a great audiobook. As part of a play where I'm supposed to watch the actors show me something, I was utterly bored.
This is the state of playwrighting, today and as a writer, it makes me sad. It's lazy, expository and tells me rather than shows me. I was jarred by the reference to gay history and the Holocaust. I'm sure it was not intended as it came across, but it was jarring to me and I'm not easily jarred.
Most of the characters are interchangeable and indistinct, except for those who clearly are filling a certain stereotype. For the theater world that always speaks of "diversity," there wasn't a whole lot on stage and that's okay. The story was this specific group, but it does diminish the universality of such a piece.
Maybe my dislike of narration and exposition coupled with plays that present 'answers' rather than ask questions made this not my cup of tea. I love 'epic' theater, but this was just not it for me.
After the unexpected surprise of finally seeing (and loving) Waitress last night, after years of disinterest, I wanted to love this play, but, sadly, I cannot imagine I'm headed back for Part 2.
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