To See a Preview Or Not: That Is the Question

If I lived in New York City, I know I'd love to attend previews to watch shows evolve up to opening night and then see the show again. But, alas, I don't. I'll be visiting New York in a few weeks and am debating whether to see Kinky Boots or Matilda or Breakfast at Tiffany's or any other show then in previews. Alternatively, I could go to Once, a show I'm lukewarm about seeing, and see the other shows on later trips. I'd appreciate any advice based on the currently previewing shows closeness to being a finished product, I guess. I'm not interested in paying full price for something that still needs a lot of work. Help, please.

I'm going to assume that Matilda will not be going through very many changes, as it has already been running quite successfully for over a year now in London. Kinky Boots also had a pretty successful run in Chicago. So though it has been reported that there are changes being made for Broadway it appears to be more a case of polishing something to really make it shine, as opposed to trying to fix something that is broken and hope that it works.

I haven't heard much about Breakfast at Tiffany's, so I have no thoughts on that one (though it's not a title that really interests me that much to begin with to be honest).

Also, there are discounts on BroadwayBox for both Kinky Boots and Breakfast at Tiffany's (Matilda had one before but that seems to be off the table now).

Amalia-

I love going to previews and I don't think you should worry about seeing any of those shows in previews. After Eight is right: usually changes that are made insignificant; a line is added here, a joke that falls flat is removed there.

Even if you got to see something like 13 when it was two acts instead of an intermissionless 100 minutes that might be more fun to experience. You could say you got to see something few did. (Well I guess if anyone saw ANY version of 13 they could say they saw something few saw, ha.)

Kinky Boots and Matilda are too tech heavy for the creative team to make many substantial changes. The worst thing that might happen at either show could be a technical mishap (like what happened at Billy Elliot all the time during early previews.)

If you want to see Breakfast at Tiffany's don't wait until a later trip as it may not be playing 6 months from now.

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Thanks for all the responses and giving me even more to think about! The chance to see numbers that never ultimately make it into the show is the most tempting aspect of previews for me and why sometimes I curse not living in New York. And the risk of not getting to see a show on a later trip is definitely worth taking into account. My guess is that risk is higher with Kinky Boots than with Matilda and highest with Breakfast at Tiffanys.

Maybe I should let the discounting and ticket gods decide.