Twelfth Night - Shakespear In The Park- Page 4

[BroadwayAbridged]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 10:57am

I saw the raccoon. That was kind of hilarious. Overall I liked this production, just a little more than the 2003 one. It was a little less innovative (particularly in the set), but a little more solid and a bit funnier.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:30pm

Virtual line fail #2. LOL. Given the weather potential, I almost expected it to pop up with tickets tonight. That would fit with this luck. HA!

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:33pm

0/2

and I can't really figure out a time when I can actually go wait and wait in the Park for tickets.

There is a whole month of performances, maybe I'll get lucky at some point.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:37pm

I didn't win either.

[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:41pm

Sorry guys, I did! But I did fail miserably at Hair like 4 times, plus the rest of my family failed the same 4 times, so we're at 20 fails?

Question about seating, is it ground or are there chairs? My grandmother's coming with me and I need to tell her if she needs to bring something to sit on or not. Thanks!

[wickedfan]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:43pm

It's chairs.

[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:45pm

thanks!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:50pm

So, what time would you who have gotten them not via the virtual line recommend getting on the line for the tickets at the park?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 2:14pm

I've been going to Shakespeare in the Park for many years now. In my opinion, the last few years have been the worst regarding tickets. It used to be that if you showed up early and were at the front of the line, you got the best seats (early bird catches the worm). But now they give the best seats to their corporate sponsors and so showing up and waiting on line doesn't always get you a good seat. I've gotten much better seats by getting on line at showtime and getting unused tickets.

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 2:31pm

How far in advance of the curtain might they cancel the show because of rain? I mean, if it's pouring at 6 and the forecast says it'll continue until midnight, do they just say f**k it, we're outta here, or do they wait until curtain-time regardless?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 3:15pm

I was rained out of a performance of HAMLET last summer. At 7:30 p.m., the performance was set to go on. Then it started downpouring and didn't stop. They announced every few minutes that they were going to wait it out and see if the weather would cooperate.

As the production was roughly 3.5 hours long, the performance was cancelled at about 9 p.m., because everyone needs to be out of the Park by midnight.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 3:23pm

Yes, I have got part way through a show and it began to rain and we had to wait it out for a while but then they continued.

Another night we watched part of the show and waited a long time but they finally told us the show would end too late if it stopped raining so it was rained out.

They are dedicated about trying to perform.

I suggest you bring a towel as well as an umbrella if it looks like rain in case you have to wipe your seat.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 3:34pm

"How far in advance of the curtain might they cancel the show because of rain?"

I think the rule is that everyone pretty much shows up no matter what and they wait it out.

[cubanpab]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 3:35pm

figures i actually win the virtual line on the same night that there is predicted thunder storms! sheesh...

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 6:16pm

It's okay. Last year me and my roommate got up early and made the trek into the city to sit and wait. It was about 8am, and it's about an hour ride from Brooklyn. So we were up early. We got there, got settled. And the guy came down the line and was like "Yeah, it's suppose to rain horribly today, so it'll probably be canceled." And it was. Lame.

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 6:26pm

Last year I saw a performance of Hair that started at 9:00pm because they waited for the rain to stop. I think that's about the latest they'll start, though.

[wonkit]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 11:09pm

Anyone know if the show went on tonight?

[heo1128]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 11:39pm

^It did

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:29am

Anyone go? I'm curious to know what the design is like.

[cubanpab]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:40am

i was there! the weather was pretty poor so there were lots of empty seats. i'd say it was at about 75% capacity. there was no "stand-by line" due to poor attendance so you could basically just walk up to the box office and get tickets if you wanted.

show started about 15 minutes late and then had to be stopped again after 30 minutes due to rain. thankfully, the rain only lasted a few minutes and the show was able to resume.

it was fantastic! very entertaining. i loved the added musical element that allowed the performers to sing a few songs. everyone was on their game and gave great performances. for what it's worth, I thought Hamish Linklater was the biggest scene stealer in the company. he was the clear crowd favorite.

fun night. would love to go again.
Updated On: 6/12/09 at 12:40 AM

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 1:47am

i didn't realize that Hamish Linklater is the guy on New Adventures of Old Christine. he was the biggest stand out.

does anyone know if the musical numbers were added in just in the production or if any other productions have had the songs before?

[scott68]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 2:00am

I haven't seen the show, so I can't speak for the specific songs, but Twelfth Night has always had a few songs in it. That said, because the melodies have never been written down, they change from production to production. Jeanine Tesori wrote the music for the most recent Broadway revival of the play, and won a Drama Desk for her efforts, and Philip Glass wrote the music for this production.

Is the music that pervasive? I mean, I love Twelfth Night in all its incarnations, but I'm interested to know where the songs fall. The movie's music is fantastic, and Ben Kingsley as Feste gives a great (as in appropriate) rendition of the song he's given in the actual script.

[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 2:07am

Ditto to what cubanpab said. The show was fantastic! It stopped for maybe 10-15 minutes 30 minutes into it, but it wasn't bad. I was surprised to read here that people didn't get tickets because it was pretty empty, then again it was gross out. As per the songs, most Shakespeare plays (if you believe he wrote them, which is another discussion entirely) have songs in them, and from what I remember from high school the lyrics were what were originally intended. As for the music, it was composed by HEM who (according to the playbill) "consists of songwriters/producers Dan Messe and Gary Maurer, songwriter Steve Curtis, and vocalist Sally Ellyson". If that answers any questions...
That being said, phenomenal production, and the last song was quite relevant tonight! (the word "rain" was used many times....)

[StarUsher]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 8:59am

Going back to previous comments, the raccoons are part of the territory of working in the park. I remember one year I worked there we had a raccoon that would literally try to get on stage at the same time every night for like a week straight! If I didn't know better I would say it thought it was part of the show and had a "cue"!

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 9:29am

scott68, Phillip Glass is doing the music for The Bacchae, not this production.