Thursday Matinees — Page 2

Eliza2 said: "Lot666 said: "Phantom4ever said: "I'm quite happy with Phantom's Thursday matinee, since I see it every time I'm in town"

I do, too! How many others like us do you think there are?"

Count me in this club! I'm looking forward to it even more for my trip this week since a new Raoul is starting today.


Wow there are three of us already! Already have my Phantom tix for Spring Break and Memorial Day weekend. I typically see the show about 6 times a year. I appreciate the Thursday matinee because now I can still see a new show while still reserving a slot for the Phantom. Whenever I see it, I feel like i'm surrounded by American tourists who saw the show on tour years ago and are now seeing it on Broadway for the first time. Just a general observation.




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Eliza2 said: "Count me in this club! I'm looking forward to it even more for my trip this week since a new Raoul is starting today."

I'm both excited and nervous about this. Excited because Kyle Barisich is leaving the role (he does absolutely nothing for me), but nervous because I don't know anything about Mr. Ingram except that he comes from Aladdin. Can he sing?

Phantom4ever said: "Wow there are three of us already! Already have my Phantom tix for Spring Break and Memorial Day weekend. I typically see the show about 6 times a year. I appreciate the Thursday matinee because now I can still see a new show while still reserving a slot for the Phantom. Whenever I see it, I feel like i'm surrounded by American tourists who saw the show on tour years ago and are now seeing it on Broadway for the first time. Just a general observation."

After my experience a couple of weeks ago, I will try to avoid the Thursday matinee in the future, if possible. The audience was beyond horrible. The theatre was overrun with loud, ill-behaved groups of kids and crass adults. Reprehensible behavior - eating, laughing, cell phone/camera use - all around.

mailhandler777 said: "Lot666 said: "After my experience a couple of weeks ago, I will try to avoid the Thursday matinee in the future, if possible. The audience was beyond horrible. The theatre was overrun with loud, ill-behaved groups of kids and crass adults. Reprehensible behavior - eating, laughing, cell phone/camera use - all around."

That's my experience at the show every time I go. Doesn't matter what day either."

I've lost count of the number of times I've seen this show, and on various days of the week, but I've never before had an experience like this. When I commented to an usher, he advised me that the Thursday matinee is always like that.

Updated On: 3/21/17 at 10:45 AM

Phantom4ever said: "Any time I've seen Phantom and sat in the mezz, or worse, the rear mezz, yes, it was a terrible experience with students openly talking, eating, texting, filming and the ushers and chaperones doing absolutely nothing to stop it. I'm obviously not going to to stop seeing Phantom, so I just always sit in the front orchestra. I never have any problems down there and the ushers are aggressive."

I always sit in the orchestra as well, and I do agree that the ushers down there are more aggressive, but in this case they simply couldn't reign in the out-of-control mob of unbelievably crass people.

Kinky Boy said: "Should I see Shear Madness or Phantom for the Thursday Mat?"

Have you seen Phantom before? If not, definitely Phantom; if so, how interesting is Shear Madness to you? For me, there's no contest here. Your mileage may vary.

Lot666 said: "I'm both excited and nervous about this. Excited because Kyle Barisich is leaving the role (he does absolutely nothing for me), but nervous because I don't know anything about Mr. Ingram except that he comes from Aladdin. Can he sing? "

I'll let you know Thursday afternoon

And I also always sit front orchestra to try to avoid the loud large groups and I've been lucky for the most part. (in general I try to always sit as close to the stage as I can because it seems to reduce the chances of sitting around loud obnoxious people)

Eliza2 said: "Lot666 said: "I'm both excited and nervous about this. Excited because Kyle Barisich is leaving the role (he does absolutely nothing for me), but nervous because I don't know anything about Mr. Ingram except that he comes from Aladdin. Can he sing? "

I'll let you know Thursday afternoon "

Please do! We'll be there on April 28 and I'm hoping the new guy is more like Jeremy Hays and Jordan Donica than Kyle Barisich.

smidge said: "Reviving an older thread to see if there are any current or upcoming shows besides Phantom with Thursday matinees. Will be in NYC mid September and have some free time that afternoon."

I believe Phantom still has a monopoly on Thursday afternoons.

This is my go to page to see the current weekly schedule of shows. http://www.playbill.com/article/weekly-schedule-of-current-broadway-shows-com-142774

It's off-Broadway at New World Stages, but next Thursday, 8/10, The Government Inspector has a Thursday matinee.

The York Theatre has added Thursday matinees to all their shows, both Mufti and mainstage. They also do a lot of midweek readings that are often on Monday or Tuesday afternoons so you might get on their mailing list.

Updated On: 8/3/17 at 08:59 AM

Funny we were discussing groups at the Phantom Thursday matinees. I had never encountered this til today. There were two rows of Day campers behind me in the orchestra section. I was so mad and ready to shush the heck out of them. But all they did was gasp and ohhh and ahhh over all the special effects and of course the kissing. It was very cute. And props to those chaperones.