Posted: 2/27/25 at 4:09am
I have tickets for April 10- when Cole and original cast will be back- but notice there are still tons of seats available. I thought this would be an instant sell-out. Any reason why the tickets are not selling?
Posted: 2/27/25 at 5:17am
I think it will be a bit of a bell curve. Right now buzz is a bit lower, Betty has gotten good reception but certainly hasn’t drawn the same mainstream interest that Cole did. By the time Tony season is in full swing and an end date is drawing closer and closer for their re-engagement, I think people will start swooping these up pretty quickly.
I also think it’s just a symptom of current Broadway ticket buying patterns. Buy late. Day of, day prior, a few days prior…
Posted: 2/27/25 at 6:53am
They don’t come back for more than a month. People aren’t buying tickets in advance in the way they used to.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 7:06am
$400 a ticket is very steep. hopefully prices will come down a bit.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 7:25am
Their return was only announced 2 days ago…
Updated On: 2/27/25 at 07:25 AM
Posted: 2/27/25 at 8:14am
ACL2006 said: "$400 a ticket is very steep. hopefully prices will come down a bit."
Agreed, although I bought a ticket for 2nd row Mezz in the side section for $170 which I thought to be very fair.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 8:20am
Broadway is rarely Beyoncé concert where all the tickets are bought immediately and resold for profit. Cole’s return was only announced a few days ago. Chill.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 8:26am
And don’t forget, there’s a cast change up before this- Titus Burgess hasn’t even begun his run yet, which appears to be almost entirely sold out.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 10:11am
FANtomFollies said: "ACL2006 said: "$400 a ticket is very steep. hopefully prices will come down a bit."
Agreed, although I bought a ticket for 2nd row Mezz in the side section for $170 which I thought to be very fair."
Alternatively, this price seems outrageous for an 80-minute show to sit in side mezz, regardless of who's in it. Just my opinion, of course.
Updated On: 2/27/25 at 10:11 AM
Posted: 2/27/25 at 10:53am
Did the producers ever announce if the show has recouped? if it has.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 11:21am
Timon3 said: "Did the producers ever announce if the show has recouped? if it has."
Just before thanksgiving
https://playbill.com/article/oh-mary-is-broadway-seasons-1st-show-to-recoup
Posted: 2/27/25 at 11:22am
Yes back in November https://playbill.com/article/oh-mary-is-broadway-seasons-1st-show-to-recoup
Posted: 2/27/25 at 11:23am
To answer the question, we also have a VERY large slate of new shows opening this Spring, including multiple high-profile star-driven revivals, and that may draw away some box office - though not enough to imperil the show as it’s relatively cheap to run.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 11:29am
There’s a limit to what most people can afford. With the growing economic chaos in this country, I’m hesitant to drop big bucks on anything—and that certainly includes theatre tickets. Sucks that reality has to get in the way of fun, but that’s life right now.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 12:04pm
FANtomFollies said: "ACL2006 said: "$400 a ticket is very steep. hopefully prices will come down a bit."
Agreed, although I bought a ticket for 2nd row Mezz in the side section for $170 which I thought to be very fair."
I bought the same location for $79. Going at 5 pm on Thursday , their first week back. Plus the ridiculous $20 service charge from TodayTix.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 9:56pm
If my mom weren’t a massive Cole fan, I wouldn’t be returning to bring her with. As much as I loved the show, it was definitely a “one and done” for me. I think without a lot of the surprises and shocks, it will play different. Others may feel the same way.
Posted: 2/27/25 at 10:24pm
It's been like days! And it's going to take some marketing to let people know the original cast is back. I've personally gotten lost trying to keep track who is who and when.
Posted: 4/23/25 at 10:39am
I saw Oh, Mary! again last night after seeing at the Lortel, which was probably a year ago. There were some things that struck me this time around. Conrad Ricamora seemed to be shouting all his lines, and I actually went home with a headache. I didn't remember so much shouting from the Lortel. Also, I was struck by this particular speech of Mary's, and I don't remember that from my previous viewing:
Mary has quite a beautiful speech about her greatest day, and sadness at days that are merely ordinary. Was that in the Off Broadway version?
All in all it was a fun night, and my out-of-town guests thoroughly enjoyed it. I was so happy to see the original cast back in!
Updated On: 4/23/25 at 10:39 AM
Posted: 4/23/25 at 11:14am
Yes. The speech was in the original script.
Posted: 4/23/25 at 11:18am
So was the “shouting.” He performed it the same way when I saw it off Broadway as well as during the original Broadway run. Although, it’s not employed throughout the entire performance…
Updated On: 4/25/25 at 11:18 AM
Posted: 4/23/25 at 11:27am
Yes unfortunately Ricamora has always shouted the lines. That's why I strongly preferred Phillip James Brannon's performance.
Posted: 4/23/25 at 11:32am
WiCkEDrOcKS said: "So was the “shouting.” He performed it the same way when I saw it off Broadway as well asduring the original Broadway run."
I actually had a different experience. I felt like that intensity/“shouting” grew over the performances I saw from Off to on Broadway.
Posted: 4/24/25 at 4:15pm
Big groupings of tickets have been popping up for this show on the Theatr app. Anywhere between 6-20 at a time. Looks like scalpers are trying to offload their tickets for whatever they can get.
Posted: 4/24/25 at 4:35pm
yahyahyah said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said: "So was the “shouting.” He performed it the same way when I saw it off Broadway as well asduring the original Broadway run."
I actually had a different experience. I felt like that intensity/“shouting” grew over the performances I saw from Off to on Broadway."
He’s also playing to a house that is quadruple on size from where it started. It’s a farcical comedy and so you have to play to the back of the house
Posted: 4/25/25 at 10:45am
Yes, the other performances were not subtle, but no one else seemed to be shouting.
Updated On: 4/25/25 at 10:45 AM
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