What we are seeing on Broadway in 2019- Page 2

[Danielle49]

Posted: 3/6/19 at 11:16pm

Saw:

Waitress (Bareilles/Creel — first time seeing it)
Kiss Me Kate
True West

Have tickets for:
Oklahoma!
True West (final performance)
My Fair Lady (seeing it with Benanti for the first time)
Moulin Rouge!
Ink

Hoping to see:
Gary (hands down my most anticipated show — had a ticket, but my performance was canceled)
Hadestown
Burn This
Beetlejuice
Frankie & Johnny

 

Updated On: 3/6/19 at 11:16 PM

[dmwnc1959]

Posted: 3/7/19 at 7:28am

dance noone watchin said: "...but other postings on this subject are good food for thought."

Most of my friends and co-workers know very little about musicals, plays, and the happenings of Broadway. So, I took a list of the shows people here are seeing, narrowed it down to the ones they liked most based on the show’s name recognition, and the one of they’d like to see most was “Tootsie”. Looks like I might be seeing “Tootsie” for my birthday. :)

[theaterlyfe19]

Posted: 3/7/19 at 8:44am

I don't have tickets to the following shows yet but I am definitely interested...

Ink

Hilary and Clinton

Tootsie

Beetlejuice

 

I guess for most of them I'm waiting to see if they have rush or lottery. 

[OKBroadwayFan]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 1:29pm

OKBroadwayFan said: "2019-

Trip 1-early January

Torch Song

The Cher Show (2nd time)

Trip 2 -early February

The Cher Show (3rd time)

The Band's Visit

Trip 3-Mid March

Kiss Me Kate

SuperHero

Hillary and Clinton

Merrily We Roll Along

(plus 2 more TBD)

Trip 4-Late March

TBD--Mean Girls (3rd time) and The Cher Show (4th time)---taking friend who has not seen these shows



Touring Productions

Tulsa-The Play That Goes Wrong (featuring a long time friend!)

St Louis-Beautiful (seeing next week)

plus a Tulsa community theater production of Mamma Mia!"

Just got back from my Mid March trip.   

In addition to the ones mentioned before:

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Band's Visit

Mean Girls

7 Shows, plus the daughter ran in the NYC Half Marathon.    

[DoTheDood]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 1:40pm

So far I have two trips to Broadway in the works right now

All My Sons 

Gary

I have more in mind but a lot of it depends on my budget really

And then I have some people listing tours and here's some I'm planning on buying either rush or something cheaper when they come by me 

Book of Mormon

Come From Away

And then possibly Hamilton if I win the lottery (so probably not)

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 1:53pm

Really stuck between Burn This and Ink. If I have the room for a trip, I plan to see both and maybe Gary as those are my top 3 right now. Its odd, and its not a bad problem to have, but Ive never had this difficult of a time deciding. I feel there are a lot of shows that are in some ways must sees in terms of story, acting, staging, etc. Im leaning towards Burn This. The play seems fantastic, Adam Driver is my favorite actor, so I feel I can't miss this. Ugh!!! 

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 2:13pm

For this season...

Have seen:
Ain't Too Proud
Be More Chill (saw it Off-Broadway, but close enough)
The Cher Show
King Kong
The Prom
American Son
Choir Boy
The Ferryman
The Lifespan of a Fact
Network
To Kill a Mockingbird
Torch Song
The Waverly Gallery

Have upcoming tickets to:
Beetlejuice
Hadestown
Kiss Me Kate
Oklahoma
Tootsie
Gary
Hillary & Clinton

Waiting for formal reviews of:
All My Sons
Burn This
Ink 
King Lear

(Ink is probably the most likely, if I bite the bullet on one of these)
 

And I had tickets to True West but accidentally fell asleep at home and missed it. Feeling like a champ about that one, haha. 

(Also saw Alice By Heart, Clueless, Girl From the North Country, The Other Josh Cohen, School Girls, and Smokey Joe's, and have tickets next week to Superhero, if we're counting Off-Broadway.)

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 3:00pm

Judy, if you haven’t seen Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, I highly recommend it! (But maybe you already saw it last year?)

[magictodo123]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 3:17pm

Confirmed

Burn This

Future Hopeful Purchase

Waitress

Beetlejuice

Tootsie 

Ink

Maybe

Waitress tour

Anastasia tour 

That's really all I can think of right now. I might want to try the Wicked lottery to see Jessica Vosk one more time before she announces her end date but I saw her so it's okay if that doesn't work out. 

[Will3700]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 3:18pm

My sister and I are coming twice this year from Texas to see 

May 21-27

The Cher Show

Be More Chill

Tootsie

Hadestown

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Prom

Hillary and Clinton

and in August for my 70th birthday weekend 

Moulin Rouge

Oklahoma!

Dear Evan Hansen (my 4th time)

I wish we could see everything  lol

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 3:31pm

Miles2Go2 said: "This year, I’ve already been to NYC twice and saw these 12 shows:

Kinky Boots (again)
American Son
The Waverly Gallery
Torch Song 
The Lifespan of a Fact 
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish 
The Band’s Visit (again)
Network
Kiss Me, Kate
The Ferryman
Superhero
Dear Evan Hansen

Unless work sends me back to NYC before then, I’ll likely have to wait until later this year to return to NYC. Here are the shows I still most hope to see this year:

- [ ] To Kill a Mockingbird
- [ ] Oklahoma!
- [ ] Hadestown
- [ ] Tootsie
- [ ] Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune - (unlikley because it closes August 25)
- [ ] Moulin Rouge! - previews begin 6/28/2019
- [ ] Tina - previews start Fall 2019
- [ ] Jagged Little Pill - previews start Fall 2019
- [ ] Company
- [ ] Hamilton (might revisit)
- [ ] The Cher Show (Maybe)

To tide me over, I’m seeing some touring or local productions. Some here in Oklahoma City and some on my work travels:

Falsettos (Sacramento) - March 13
Waitress (OKC) - March 19
Hair (Lincoln, NE) - repertory company - it’s sold out, but I hope I can grab a cheap seat - March 27-29

A Bronx Tale (OKC) is playing OKC starting tomorrow and is selling horribly (over 600 tickets still available for tomorrow alone). Still trying to decide if it’s worth my time to grab a discounted $26 front row balcony seat in that huge theater."

 

So since my initial post, I’ve been able to confirm:

Hair - Nebraska- ($39.50, General Admission!) March 29th

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - April 6th - local production in OKC, cheap seat ($30, second row orchestra) but wondering if I’ll be disappointed after seeing it on Broadway 

Bright Star - April 12th - another cheap seat ($31, front row in a black box theater), regional production 

 

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 4:29pm

Miles2Go2 said: "Judy, if you haven’t seen Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, I highly recommend it! (But maybe you already saw it last year?)"

I'm on the fence. As a Jewish person I feel like I should be more excited about it, haha... but just can't seem to gather the enthusiasm. 

Pros: Everyone says it's amazing... there's something to be said for that. 
Cons: I just find Fiddler so boring! I was squirming through like 90% of the recent Sher revival, even though I love Danny Burstein. The music is so uninteresting to me for the most part, and the story is tired. 

What is it about this production that makes it so must-see?  

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 4:47pm

JudyDenmark said: "Miles2Go2 said: "Judy, if you haven’t seen Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, I highly recommend it! (But maybe you already saw it last year?)"

I'm on the fence.As a Jewish personI feel like I should be more excited about it, haha... but just can't seem to gather the enthusiasm.

Pros: Everyone says it's amazing... there's something to be said for that.
Cons: I just find Fiddler so boring! I was squirming through like 90% of the recent Sher revival, even though I love Danny Burstein. The music is so uninteresting to me for the most part, and the story is tired.

What is it aboutthis production that makes it so must-see?"

I understand your hesitance. I saw a touring production of it maybe 10 years ago. I sat in the mezzanine of the huge Tulsa Performaning Arts Center where there really isn’t a bad seat. Still, I walked away thinking it was..okay.

But the reports last year of this new revival moved it to  the top of my list. I was able to sit front row center and for the first time the show felt vibrant and emotionally engrossing. The cast is uniformly excellent especially Steve Skybell as Tevye. This and The Band’s Visit (second visit) were my favorite shows on my trip last month (which also included Network; Kiss Me, Kate; The Ferryman; Superhero; and Dear Evan Hansen - second trip). 

My apologies. I’m more fanboy than critic so I can’t always verbalize eloquently why a show does (or doesn’t) work for me. I just know I’m glad I saw it. 

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 5:06pm

JudyDenmark, I also had a similar conundrum last month regarding Choir Boy. As a gay man, I felt like I should support Choir Boy with my attendance, but feeling mandated to do something doesn’t necesssrily lead to enjoyment. So I saw Superhero and Dear Evan Hansen (again) instead in my final two slots. Even if I have a disappointing time at a show, I rarely regret seeing it. There’s always something to admire. I wasn’t a big fan of the current revival of My Fair Lady, but I finally got see Norbert Leo Butz live! And so it goes with Superhero. Despite some winning performances and scenes, the show itself is a misfire. But I got to meet Kate Baldwin afterwards! And I realized that as good as DEH was again, I realized no subsequent trips will likely better my first trip to the Music Box. So if i ever see it again, it’ll be when it eventually tours near me. I might’ve been better off subbing in Choir Boy for one of those two shows, but I’ll never know so I’m at peace with what I chose to see.

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 5:48pm

Fair enough! That all makes sense. Life's a little busy for the next couple of months, but if I can find a good date and a reasonable price, I do think it's worth checking out just based on the overwhelmingly positive buzz. 

(FWIW, I'm seeing Superhero next week and can't say I'm jumping up and down based on buzz... but to your point, there's almost always something great to take away from a production. I think Kate Baldwin will be that thing for me too, haha.)

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 5:55pm

Yes, I was front row center and it was great being so close, especially to a performer like Kate. At “stage door”, Kate said she had actually seen me with my Dear Evan Hansen scarf in the front row. Lol. There are also other things to commend it, mostly in Act 1. I think you’re smart going in with lowered expectations.

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 3/21/19 at 9:29pm

Already saw Frozen, Wicked and Waitress.
Have tickets to first preview of Beetlejuice. Going to see Hadestown, Jagged Little Pill and Beautiful at some point.

I live 2.5hrs away though and am in the city 2 times a month. Maybe more.

[hak5]

Posted: 3/22/19 at 10:35am

for my Apr trip:

BEETLEJUICE

HADESTOWN

OKLAHOMA!

for my Jul birthday day trip:

MOULIN ROUGE

undetermined what/if I'm doing a turkey day weekend trip

 

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 3/24/19 at 11:24pm

I saw five shows in three days in March. Hope to get back in the fall.

Saw:

Cher Show (solid cast, terrible book--won the lottery and was right behind the conductor-seeing the sheet music/musical cues was more fun than the show itself).

Kiss Me Kate (worth is for the extraordinary voices alone)

Fiddler on the Roof--lovely production...highly recommended. Quietly moving.

Avenue Q (one final visit before closing)

Waitress (second visit--took my daughter, who lives on LI now--she was thrilled the see the movie's Ogie playing him on stage).

 

Updated On: 3/24/19 at 11:24 PM

[jbird5]

Posted: 3/25/19 at 12:19am

Have tickets: Tootsie, Plano, The Mother, Morrissey, Joe Iconis and Family.

I’ve seen most of the shows that have been around for awhile except the Prom. Saw BMC and Hadestown off Broadway so they are a lower priority.

Definitely want to see Oklahoma!, Frankie & Johnny, Merrily and Beetlejuice. White Noise but it’s probably sold out. Octet is another.

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 3/26/19 at 10:57am

Just got my tickets for Burn This!! Im so excited!! 

[magictodo123]

Posted: 3/27/19 at 8:21am

Okay sorry--final post. 

 

Burn This --3/29

Be More Chill  --4/2                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Have to get tickets to my birthday shows--I've decided to see Waitress with Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan (I've never seen him in anything!) and Hadestown. Very excited! 

[GF21]

Posted: 3/27/19 at 10:14am

So far:
The Play That Goes Wrong

Hamilton

Waitress

Gatz

Merrily We Roll Along

Dear Evan Hansen

 

Upcoming:

Miscast (Not a show, but Broadway enough to qualify)

Hadestown

The Ferryman

Burn This

Kiss Me Kate

Tootsie

Hamilton (two more times)

Frankie and Johnny

 

Also not Broadway, but in May we are going to Lincoln Center to see Bugs Bunny at the Symphony with the New York Philharmonic. Should be a hoot.

 

 

[EBRoses]

Posted: 3/27/19 at 2:19pm

I'm going on a trip to New York at the end of June and the shows I'm planning on seeing are:
 

Burn This

Beetlejuice

Tootsie

 

(I'm also seeing Hugh Jackman at Madison Square Garden but that doesn't count as a Broadway show).

 

Earlier this year at the beginning of February I saw Network and King Kong.

[sm33]

Posted: 3/28/19 at 12:33am

I live in LA, so I don’t get to see everything I’d like to see on Broadway/in NYC. But we are on out first NYC trip of the year right now! We saw To Kill a Mockingbird tonight, and am trying to rush Fiddler tomorrow afternoon.

As for the rest of this trip, we have tickets for:

The Ferryman 

Hadestown

Sea Wall/A Life

Burn This

The Band’s Visit

White Noise

Already have a quick return trip planned for May, with tickets bought for Octet and Socrates... waiting for reviews of newer shows to decide what goes in my last slot! Love reading all of the reviews here, I am so damn hyped for Hadestown already.