help me decide what to see!!!

The Wedding Singer (It's closing soon. You have to see it!)
Spelling Bee
and Drowsy

I highly recommend Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! You can get $25 student tix.

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Avoid TARZAN.

See COMPANY and GREY GARDENS.

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Hmm, thanks everyone so far, definietley think about grey gardens then, and drowsy chaperone, no-one think anything of the color purple? I have the CD and i love it!

You must see The Color Purple! Especially if you like gospel and belty music.

If you are a trained Drama person... you will truly appreciate Christine Ebersole's performance in Grey Gardens.

Wait on Drowsey Chaperone, it is going to be coming to London soon. I promise. I personally the think if you are choosing between the rest and are paying for a full priced ticket I would choose 25th annual. William Finn has some great music in there. However, you should really consider checking out Spring Awakening which is going to be a huge contender at the Tony's next June and/or the Roundabout Revival of The Apple Tree with Kristen Chenoweth both of which you could get some sort of discount to. I saw Spring Awakening this summer and it is amazing. The Color Purple doesn't have LaChanze anymore, so I personally don't think it would be worth it, and even though The Wedding Singer was cute. It isn't really worth your time, or money espcially if you are a trained person --- and you could be seeing shows that are possibly going to be taking home Tony's come June.

Best of Luck Choosing.

M

I just came back from NY seeing 12 Broadway shows (and 1 off-broadway) in 8 days and I saw most everything on your list. Let me say this as clearly as I can: SEE GREY GARDENS!!! Rent the documentary (netflix has it) before you go, but definitely see it.

Based on your love of Sondheim, I'd also tell you go see COMPANY. I loved it. Raul Esparza is AMAZING as Bobby, and the rest of the cast is great too. As long as you aren't bothered by Doyle's minimalist staging, you should love it too.

As for The Color Purple, I loved it the first time I saw it last year, but the recent cast changes have really hurt it IMO (particularly the new Celie and Mister). The show will be touring in the next year (with the show standout-Felicia P. Fields as Sophia) and so hopefully you will have other opportunities to see it where you live (and with a better cast than in the current Broadway production).

Drowsy is cute, but rather slight. You might feel cheated if you only get to see two shows and DC is one of them. I liked it enough, but not it wasn't in my top five.

Hairspray is a wonderful show (I saw it with Harvey Fierstein and Cathy Brier), but I've heard it's getting kind of tired. You also will be more likely to get a chance to see a tour of the show in your area--it's never going to die, but you'll never get to see a tour of Grey Gardens or this production of Company.

Tarzan was really, really disappointing. Yes, Josh Strickland is a cutie and he sings rather well, but the show itself is very limp. It was my least favorite of the Broadway shows I saw this trip.

I can't comment on Wedding Singer or Spelling Bee as I have never seen either, but they seem rather thin to me. And both will be on tour in the coming year I believe, so they aren't going away too soon in some incarnation or another.

I hope you have a great time no matter what you choose. How could you not? It's NY!

WEDDING SINGER!!!!!!! I've heard its amazing...Too bad I'm not getting to NYC til April

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Drowsy Chaperone- Was excellent! You should really see it. You won't be disappointed and it's a very clever and original show. The cast is so, so talented!

Grey Gardens- Although I am waiting to see this, I've heard wonderful reviews. Christine Ebersole is fantastic.

Company- I have not seen this one either, but I am a Raul Esparza and I've heard nothing but amazing things about him in this production. It's a classic show, go see it!

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