The Lightning Thief previews thread

The Lightning Thief, straight off their national tour, starts previews Friday, September 20. The show is playing the Longacre Theater for a 16-week run. Anyone going? Advance sales don't look pretty.

Starting September 23, they have an online lotto.

 

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Their website's estimated run time says 2 hours and 5 minutes -- has this always been the case, or did they beef it up a bit for Broadway? For some reason the last I remember this was a one-act... 

If Be More Chill couldn't make it, I'll be surprised if this one can, even if it's a better show.

barcelona20 said: "If Be More Chill couldn't make it, I'll be surprised if this one can, even if it's a better show."

Just look at their advance on Telecharge. Lots of dates with a ton of availability. I do question whether it'll make it's entire 16-week run.

Pashacar said: "barcelona20 said: "If Be More Chill couldn't make it, I'll be surprised if this one can, even if it's a better show."

This is a limited run, making use of some existing set pieces and an existing cast/creative team/rehearsal process, which changes the equation quite a bit."

Even if the average ticket price sold ends up being $40?

VotePeron said: "HeatherAV said: "If anyone at Previews also saw it on tour last year, I'd love to hear if there are any differences. I loved the tour production (saw it in Chicago) but felt there was a little room for improvement so I'm curious if they made any tweaks - such as adding an extra ensemble member or two or giving a little more attention to the smaller props (anyone else notice they were scraping totally empty plates into the camp fire as their "offerings" to the gods? Would it have been that hard to add some pretend food to their plates so they weren't scraping at the air pretending there's imaginary food on the plate?)."

They had a very short rehearsal process for Broadway, so I don’t believe any changes were made.

Also, no offense, I think you’re kind of missing the point - they don’t need food on their plates, it’s suspension of disbelief. Personally, id much rather see them scrape nothing instead of obviously fake food - the magic realism aesthetic allows the audience to fill in the blanks, which makes sense in a show about demigods."

I certainly appreciate and agree with your opinion that the show requires and encourages a suspension of disbelief.  I loved the creativity with other set pieces (the motor cycle scene and the bathroom scenes clearly stand out) and I was happy to get immersed in the creative demigod world.  That said, I felt my ability to suspend disbelief was challenged when I saw them miming scraping food like an under-budget high school play.  (This issue was also magnified, I'm sure, because I sat near the front so I could clearly see the empty plate - from further back this wouldn't be an issue.)  As another example - it was nice to see the pen turn into a sword - or should I have suspended disbelief and just watched Percy mime using a pretend sword because it's a demigod world and I'm not supposed to expect realism???  Just my two cents.

HeatherAV said: "I felt my ability to suspend disbelief was challenged when I saw them miming scraping food like an under-budget high school play."

I can only imagine your outrage during the opening of Les Miz, when the convicts are crushing imaginary rocks with imaginary sledgehammers. 

Fosse76 said: "I can only imagine your outrage during the opening of Les Miz, when the convicts are crushing imaginary rocks with imaginary sledgehammers."

It's really a shame that version can't be seen anymore. I'm still bummed.