What should I see? Please Help

[BAREly_Wicked]

What should I see? Please Help#1

Posted: 8/17/08 at 10:43pm

I'm finally getting a chance to return to New York after a very uneventful school trip four years ago. My main reason for returning is to actually get a chance to enjoy Broadway. I know people have posted asking for advice for shows and I'm going to ask for some help another time. My trip is from Thurs, Oct,. 2nd - Sun., Oct. 5th. I want to see three to four shows while I'm there. I have already purchased tickets to see Equus on Saturday night (I'm thrilled to see Richard Griffiths - I love History Boys). I'm trying to figure out what other shows I should see. I've made a list of shows I think I would enjoy now if some of you could help me narrow down my list.

39 Steps
A Tale of Two Cities
All My Sons - still in previews and is Katie going to be worth it?
August Osage County
Billy Elliot - only concern is that it would have just begun previews
Gypsy
In the Heights
Young Frankenstein

Thank you for all the help in advance. Any other suggestions for shows or attractions when I'm not at a Broadway show would be helpful as well.
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening

[verynewyorkcurious]

re: What should I see? Please Help#2

Posted: 8/17/08 at 10:47pm

People might disagree with me on this, but the only thing from your list I think you can not miss is AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY.

[alfgiotir]

re: What should I see? Please Help#2

Posted: 8/17/08 at 10:47pm

In the Heights and def. GYPSY.

[SirNotAppearing]

re: What should I see? Please Help#3

Posted: 8/17/08 at 10:48pm

In the Heights, if you can get tickets. It's upbeat, fun, beautiful, and a damn good musical that you can say you "saw when". Billy Elliot would be a good choice too...the show's already been perfected in London, so don't worry about previews. Gypsy would be a good idea if you're in the mood for something more traditional.

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: What should I see? Please Help#4

Posted: 8/17/08 at 10:50pm

AUGUST and
BILLY.

[philly03]

re: What should I see? Please Help#5

Posted: 8/17/08 at 10:52pm

A Tale of Two Cities ... the new musical & PATTI LuPONE Gypsy !

[Trekkie2]

re: What should I see? Please Help#6

Posted: 8/17/08 at 10:52pm

I'd put [title of show] on that list...

"I think of avant-garde as downtown shows where you rub waffles and chocolate on yourself."- Hunter Bell

[little_sally]

re: What should I see? Please Help#7

Posted: 8/17/08 at 11:16pm

If both The 39 Steps and Boeing-Boeing are still playing at that time (I know Boeing-Boeing isn't on your list but still...) I'd say go see them! They are two of my favorite shows still running.

If not, Billy Elliot. Definitely Billy Elliot.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[je veux te voir2]

re: What should I see? Please Help#8

Posted: 8/17/08 at 11:32pm

In The Heights, Gypsy, and Billy Elliot.

Random, but you know what surprises me? How many people that don't know anything about Broadway and want to see The Little Mermaid. I know maybe 3 people that wouldn't even be able to tell you who Elphaba is, that have seen The Little Mermaid on Bway. It is so...disgusting. lol.

[Heybeenfood]

re: What should I see? Please Help#9

Posted: 8/17/08 at 11:40pm

I think you would strike a great balance with this:
Equus
Billy
August
Gypsy
A modern play and a modern musical, as well as two revivals.

[mormonophobic]

re: What should I see? Please Help#10

Posted: 8/18/08 at 12:58am

I would add [title of show] and choose In The Heights and Gypsy. They're the only shows I've seen that really left me feeling like what I saw was once in a lifetime.

[TheatreFreak05]

re: What should I see? Please Help#11

Posted: 8/18/08 at 2:27am

Definitely see Gypsy! You cannot miss this amazing production!

I also recommend The 39 Steps. Its a very hilarious show :)

[millie_dillmount]

re: What should I see? Please Help#12

Posted: 8/18/08 at 3:42am

Gypsy has a cast that cannot be missed - Laura, Boyd, and Patti all won Tonys, and you probably knew that.

I haven't seen August, but I don't think I've heard one negative thing about it.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[UAisGREAT]

re: What should I see? Please Help#13

Posted: 8/18/08 at 3:48am

I recommend:

August:Osage COunty
South Pacific
Gypsy
In The Heights

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

re: What should I see? Please Help#14

Posted: 8/18/08 at 10:14am

In The Heights
[Title of Show]
Gypsy

[CyCoSpAz2]

re: What should I see? Please Help#15

Posted: 8/18/08 at 10:23am

From your list:

Gypsy
August: Osage County
In the Heights

[cglaid]

re: What should I see? Please Help#16

Posted: 8/18/08 at 10:23am

In the Heights
Gypsy
Billy Elliot
and Young Frankenstein if you need another

[zooxanthellae]

re: What should I see? Please Help#17

Posted: 8/18/08 at 10:28am

Gypsy
August: Osage County

[thelastmidnight]

re: What should I see? Please Help#18

Posted: 8/18/08 at 2:29pm

You should definitely consider August and Gypsy.

I haven't seen 39 Steps yet, but it's on the top of my list of shows I'm seeing the next time I go to New York.

[EponineAmneris]

re: What should I see? Please Help#19

Posted: 8/18/08 at 2:51pm

GYPSY and AUGUST

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

[jennamajig]

re: What should I see? Please Help#20

Posted: 8/18/08 at 2:51pm

August was amazing when I saw it. I saw it simply because the friend I was with wanted to see it and thought that no play - no matter how good it was - could hold my attention for over 3 hours. I was very happy to be proven wrong.

I really enjoyed Gypsy as well and recommend it. It felt like the role had been written for Patti. And Laura's "Little Lamb" and 2nd act transformation into Gypsy Rose were also worth the price of admission.

I have not had a chance to see In the Heights (tried lotto a couple of time last I was in NYC, but sadly didn't win), but it is on the top of the list to see next time I'm there (along with Billy Elliot).

[ashley0139]

re: What should I see? Please Help#21

Posted: 8/18/08 at 3:02pm

I think you would strike a great balance with this:
Equus
Billy
August
Gypsy
A modern play and a modern musical, as well as two revivals.

Now that sounds like a great show weekend. Do that!

"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife