The Nance To Be Recorded For Live From Lincoln Center- Page 5

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 7:54pm

that's good Jordan! I'm fine that I didn't go.

[macnyc]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 8:17pm

To Jordan, or anyone else who wishes to answer: Was the audience for the taping today made up primarily of younger folks? Meaning people under 40 or 50? I'm just curious.

Updated On: 8/13/13 at 08:17 PM

[Emobacca2]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 8:32pm

I'm 25 and I have a ticket to tomorrow night's performance

Should I be lining up early in the hopes of getting a good seat or will showing up around 6:30 doom me to sitting up in the rafters?

[HBP]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 8:38pm

I was there at the 3:00pm show today. Some people showed up earlier than me, but I saw them in much worse seats. I'm not sure what logic they used for handing out tickets, but I don't think you need to get there more than two hours in advance.

Agreed - the show was great. Cameras weren't too distracting and the audience was a good mix of ages. I didn't see one cell phone light up during the show. Just beforehand and at intermission.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 8:54pm

It was a total mix of ages today. I was near the front of the line and was told to sit in the balcony. We were pretty much first up there so we had really great seats but the balcony ended up being around 60% full by the time the show started. I have another friend who was there and MUCH further back in line than I was and he was seated in the orchestra (extreme far sides). Since the Orch and Mezz were reserved for people who had tickets (I saw Billy Porter and a lot of other B'way folks), I'm guessing once they sat everyone who had tix, they just used the people in line to fill up the remainder of it. But I'm extremely happy with where I sat and glad I didn't have to sit on the extreme sides downstairs.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 9:31pm

I got there around 2 and was seated in the balcony too. There didn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to where they seated people. If you're a single then you can probably get a seat in the orchestra.

Personally I wish ever performance was run this way. There were no people texting, no cell phones went off, no late seating or people coming back from the bathroom late. All of these are common courtesies that people don't really get anymore.

The performance was great, of course. It impacted me more this time for some reason.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 9:33pm

got there at 1, scored AA 103, the exact seat i saw the show in last time lol

[jerbull864]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 10:06pm

I got there at 1:10 today. It seems that seating was random. The couple in front of me were sent to the balcony. My friend and I were sent to the orchestra. We had great seats in the last row on the center right aisle. Loved seeing the show again.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 10:23pm

It's thrilling to see folks on here like Jordan finally get to see what for me was the best performance in the best play of the season. Sublime cast, sublime writing, direction and design, and a story that deserved to be told.

I was incredibly saddened that the critical support and audience support wasn't sufficient to make it one of the true hits of the season. But now I'm getting choked up knowing this show will have a huge life after its last performance at the Lyceum.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 10:32pm

It was really a remarkable play and performance from Lane. And the incredibly scary thing that I took away from it was that this is now exactly what gay people are going through in Russia. 70 years later, it's STILL happening.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 10:56pm

Bingo, Jordan. We forget in our privileged ghettos how the vast majority of the world lives. We have to revisit the 1930's to understand what others experience just outside their doors.

[gchris11]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 11:11pm

We got there around 1:15 and we were sat in the orchestra row L seats 1 and 3 GREAT seats!!! Also ran into our friend who works on the film crew. It was like a who's who of the entertainment world. Spotted Billy Porter there. and a few of the cast members from Matilda. Also heard there were a few writers from SNL there.

EDIT::: forgot they did do the nude scene today!!! My friend Billy (who works on the camera crew) confirms today was a practice run for tomorrow. Updated On: 8/13/13 at 11:11 PM

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 8/13/13 at 11:56pm

^ um the nude scene was way toned down and they removed all the female nudity ironical a play about censorship was censored for television.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 12:01am

I could tell the full frontal was censored but what female nudity was originally in it?

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 12:24am

there some bits during the burlesque where the girls flash the audience or arent wearing bra/panties under dresses etc , i saw it today and several months ago in the front so its only stuff you would notice if you'd seen the show close up before.

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 12:40am

" It was like a who's who of the entertainment world. Spotted Billy Porter there. and a few of the cast members from Matilda. Also heard there were a few writers from SNL there. "

Really?!?! Unknown writers from SNL were there?!?!?! Really!??!

Sorry, but that celebrity statement is so sad!

The balcony was half empty today for a great performance.
If anyone who didn't gets tickets goes Wed I imagine they would have a good chance of getting in.
Weel worth it.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 1:48am

^ dont be a dick dude.

and speaking of SNL folks i did notice Bobby Moynihan in the audience

[BornThisWay]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 1:57am

I was there today and am so happy I was able to be in town to catch this amazing performance. I got there at around 1:15 and was pretty close to the front of the line. I was seated in the orchestra on the left side. I was pretty disappointed in the seats at first however, once the performance started the seats were fine and I was able to see everything onstage. It was awesome seeing all the "famous" people in the crowd. I spotted: Billy Porter, Bobby Moynihan from SNL, Randy Harrison from Queer as Folk, and Gabriel Ebert from Matilda, who sat literally right next to me.

For those of you worried things will be "chaotic", don't be. It was very well organized and seemed like a regular performance.

Updated On: 8/14/13 at 01:57 AM

[willep]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 8:18am

Wish I had won tickets.

Saw the show the night Lane's understudy went on for most of the performance. He was wonderful, but would have loved to have seen Lane's performance...glad I will at least get to see it when it airs!

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 8:48am

"The balcony was half empty today..."

Well...I signed up to attend Tuesday but when I did not get the invite I did not go. I would have gone.

Honestly not important or I would have gone months ago.

[PTOPhan]

Posted: 8/15/13 at 10:48pm

I'm not too thrilled about the nude scenes. I don't get too upset about the top or side of a female breast, but I'm not too enamored with full frontal male nudity, mostly because I feel like a voyeur. I figure if I want to see a naked guy, I'll look at my husband.

I also get annoyed about female nudity because I feel that it is frequently used just to give the (straight) guys a thrill. Since I'll never have a body like that, the competition bothers me.

I'd rather leave things to the imagination, which makes me totally uncool.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/15/13 at 10:56pm

Ok, well....yeah.

[macnyc]

Posted: 8/15/13 at 11:19pm

I thought the nude scene was pretty tasteful and not done to titillate.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 8/15/13 at 11:21pm

I thought the nude scene was pretty tasty.

And I was titillated.

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 8/16/13 at 12:37am

I'd rather leave things to the imagination, which makes me totally uncool.

Nudity can be done tastefully and artfully. Sometimes, it's certainly overdone and unnecessary like Spartacus or Game of Thrones (which I still love) or Breakfast at Tiffany's, the play that was just on Broadway.

The human body is certainly an expression of art and can be used to suggest a lot of things. I've never understood the prudishness about nudity. Is seeing people and things blown up and people dying on movies, tv shows, and on stage any less "offensive" or "alarming?"