The Wild Party Opens This Week

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 2:25am

Is anyone going to the dress?

[starcatchers]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 10:36am

I'm not, but I'll be there tomorrow! Can't wait. 

[PianoMann]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 10:46am

I'll be at the Saturday matinee.  I'm not a big fan of the Lippa score, but I'm very excited to see Sutton Foster, Steven Pasquale, Miriam Shor, Brandon Victor Dixon, etc.  I got Center Orchestra Row BB seats through the Peer to Peer program, so how bad could it be? 

[CatastrophicDay]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 11:06am

Also going tomorrow! I've never seen either version of The Wild Party, so I'm intrigued by it, and especially excited to hear Steven Pasquale, who I adore on the Bridges of Madison County OBCR.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 1:23pm

Can't wait to see this tomorrow...Sutton's gonna slay!

[TweetyPie2]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 2:04pm

I'm also going to Saturday matinee. Been listening to/watching lots of clips on YouTube because I was unfamiliar with the score. Not crazy about it, but I'm trying to keep an open mind. Apparently some changes have been made for this production.

[shanphelia]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 11:09pm

I'm seeing this tomorrow night -- can't wait!  Flew to Chicago just to see Pasquale in Carousel (so worth the trip- as was Laura Osnes), so am excited to see him again tomorrow.

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 11:55pm

A friend saw the dress and said the voices were awesome.

[starcatchers]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 11:58pm

Did they mention anything else about it? I'm particularly interested in how the choreography was. I love Sonya Tayeh's work in general, and I'm curious to see what she does with this. 

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 12:05am

I am going to see it tomorrow so I will let you know. She said the style was similar to Chicago. She said there were some sound/interference issues but those sorts of things usually get worked out for opening.

[LarryD2]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 7:39am

It looks like the Saturday matinee is the only performance that isn't sold out. Anyone who's still interested better grab tickets before they're all gone.

[forgetmenotnyc]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 10:19am

This prod. is pretty Thrilling (w/a capital "T"!) Could maybe have been better w/o an intermission because the end of Act 1 is kinda hard to rise back up to again. Such an interesting work! Score, direction, choreography, cast, costumes, settings, lighting, band - all A1. This prod. so fits the summer Encores name 'Off-Center."

"A pervasive air of connoisseur's passion...as long as the city can deliver the occasional night like this, NYC really is the capital of the universe for hard-core theater lovers." -NY Times review of 'Little Shop'

Updated On: 7/17/15 at 10:19 AM

[Stew123]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 10:37am

I can't make it but so wish that I could.  Can someone please record it strictly for research purposes? :)

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 10:45am

Check out these pictures:

 

WOW!

So excited to see this tomorrow!

[gstrus2]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 10:48am

Anyone have a running time?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 11:10am

What was the running time?

[starcatchers]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 11:38am

"I am going to see it tomorrow so I will let you know. She said the style was similar to Chicago. She said there were some sound/interference issues but those sorts of things usually get worked out for opening."

 

Assuming by tomorrow you mean tonight, I'll be there as well. :) 

 

The email I got to remind me about the tickets said the running time is about two hours. 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 11:49am

"I can't make it but so wish that I could.  Can someone please record it strictly for research purposes? :)"

Did you just publicly ask for someone on this board to illegally record a show? You have absolutely no shame.

 

[Stew123]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 11:52am

No doubt about that! If Encores wants to only have these incredible shows for 3 days in the middle of the summer, then I only think it's fair that those that cannot attend should be able to enjoy it in some capacity.  They haven't even posted their 2 minute video clip like they did with A New Brain. Rude!

[justsayin]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 12:17pm

Agree about the sound issues - but as this was their 3rd day in the theater so I am not surprised. I hope they have a chance to balance out the band a bit more as it overpowers the voices in a lot of places.

Also need to work on balancing vocals when the four leads are singing as you can't hear everyone clearly.

Otherwise it was a great night and they are doing a fantastic job! So glad I got to see it!!

[burntplains]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 1:28pm

http://www.stubhub.com/the-wild-party-new-york-tickets/performer/1500469/

thought they were sold out (per city center site) but found a handful of tickets on stub hub. got tickets to sat evening! woohoooo

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 1:34pm

You do realize that tickets are on StubHub because it's sold out, right?

[burntplains]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 1:39pm

yea, but sometimes shows are not sold out and they have tickets posted.

Updated On: 7/15/15 at 01:39 PM

[WesternSky2]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 3:12pm

Theatre Mania just posted a montage - I am excited to see Steven Pasquale more than anything else. Can't wait for Saturday.

http://www.theatermania.com/video/a-musical-montage-of-sutton-foster-and-the-cast-of_823.html

Updated On: 7/15/15 at 03:12 PM

[Stew123]

Posted: 7/15/15 at 3:51pm

Thanks for posting that!  This just affirms my original thought. Steven is the main reason to see this, although he did seem to lack a little of the crazy that BDJ had.  Sutton seems a tad miscast.  And everyone else seems to be way oversinging. (I realize the songs lend itself to that)