does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#1does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:30pm
If you find outt that a show is only an hour and a half long and you want a full night out at the theatre but he one act show is still very good. Will the fact that it is not a full two hours plus would you choose not to go?
Personally. There are times when I want the full night out at the theatre and oing to a one act show will sometimes desuade me.
What do you all think?
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#2re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:33pmSometimes it affects WHEN I'll go to a show, but not necessarily whether or not I see it. For example if a show is really long I might decide to go to a matinee, depending on what I'm doing or how tired I am.
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#2re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:37pm
What do you all think?
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Fiyero13
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/07
#3re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:48pm
well if you be mathematical about it, shorter shows are usually cheaper so minute of an enjoyment costs accordingly. except for xanadu where its a 90 minute show costing 110 dollars, so its like more than a dollar per minute for the show
Updated On: 10/18/07 at 02:48 PM
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#4re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 3:04pmQuality work is quality work. If a show isn't good, it can seem like an eternity even if it's 10 minutes. If a show is good, it can clock in at over 3 hours and still seem too short.
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#5re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 3:27pm
So some people would rather see a show just because it was over two hours long -- even if it was mediocre -- rather than something absolutely brilliant that's only 90 minutes?
Um......okay.......................
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#6re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 3:35pm
Truly. If you want to make the night last longer, go have a drink or dessert after the 90-minute show.
Some shows just don't need to be longer than that -- including some that end up running for two and a half hours.
#7re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 3:58pm
I don't often check the length (except where I need to check if I can get a train home.
I loved The Drowsy Chaperone at 1 hour 40 and paid about as much to see that as I have paid for Les Mis (3 hours?) and Tristan und Isolde (OK, cheating because it is an opera but about 5 hours!)
What I think is funny is that Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat is a show that has been stretched and has all the tricks to make it seem longer (or did in its run at the New London Theatre. It started late, had a long interval and a (seemingly) never ending megamix at the end. I'd like it just as much or more as a 90 minute 1 act show compared to the 2 hour 2 at version.
ScottInLA
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#8re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:20pm
That affect is a verb and effect is a noun.
Actually, of course, both are both.
#9re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:29pmThe only way the length of the show affects my decision is when I have other plans and am trying to squeeze a show in. It has absolutely nothing to do with how I think the length impacts the experience of the show.
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#10re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:31pmIf the ticket price isn't lower for the shorter shows it may stop me from going.
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henryt
Broadway Star Joined: 7/26/07
#11re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:35pmIn no way does it affect me. And I especially wouldn't want to go to a longer show unless it were a matinee. In an ideal world, I would be able to go to bed at 9 PM, wake up at 9 AM, and have the 17 waking hours everyday!
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#12re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:45pmIt won't be the determining factor on whether or not I see a particular show, but it will determine on WHEN I see the show, since I usually see shows without any real planning, I decide what to see based on my mood at that moment.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#13re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 5:01pm
Personally, It does sometimes matter for me how long the show is.
When I go to the theatre at night it is just me and it is always something speical I do that I find relaxing. I just find the whole idea of spending the night out at the theatre alone ect very calming and relaxing.
I do like to see shows that are two plus hours when I am seeing them on my own at nights because it means that my night is much longer. I do not like going out and then having to come home at ten because my show is over.
keep in mind that i am going to be 18 on wednesday. It is not like I can do something like o for a drink after the show is over.
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Pianist3912
Leading Actor Joined: 7/12/07
#14re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 5:36pm
Well, from personal experience, I thought I'd be missing out on a longer night of theatre when I went to see Spelling Bee (1 hr. 45 mins.), though it actually felt rather long, without dragging at all. Compared to seeing Wicked (2 hr. 30 mins. with 15 min. intermission), it actually felt about the same, and I enjoyed both equally in terms of their pace. I guess once I got into it, the time didn't seem to matter that much. As someone said before, if the quality's there, that's what really matters! 
Updated On: 10/18/07 at 05:36 PM
#15re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 5:51pmYou're going to be 18 next week and you can't figure out anything else to do post-show other than go to a bar? God.
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#16re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 6:19pm
^^Sorry here but I rather a negative be a positive here.
At least Winston is going to see a hopefully good show. Maybe you should share some of the great places you can go to after a show if you can? I know, it was all I could do to get home before 2am. With curfew,12pm.
We would go to all night Restaurants, Arcades, Ice Cream Shoppes or the Beach. Anywhere you could go to make the night last longer.
#17re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 6:33pmThe length is of no matter. It might determine when I see a show if it's longer, as said by many before me. Last night I saw "Altar Boyz" and was pleased to be home by 10 (I live about 45 mins. away from the theater).
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#18re: does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?
Posted: 10/19/07 at 9:59am
I would never not go to a show because it was too short. You're in New York City if you want a full night there are TONS of things you can do after. However, if a show is too long that's a different issue.
With musicals I can usually deal with too long (as much as I love rent, i think that it definitely should have a little shorter) but with a straight play no matter how good the show or the acting too long can just get tedious and really ruin it for you. I know it really affected my view of Moon for the Misbegotten
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