does the lenght of the show effect your desicion to go?

Sometimes 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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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

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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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.

The 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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In 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!

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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You'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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The 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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