I did not like the show Murphey Brown but there was a great line from Corky about Manhattan - “We have the Statue of Liberty, MOMA, the Empire State building, Broadway. We never go to any of them, but we know they are there.”
I’ve never seen a play.
I’d watch Bryan Cranston recite the alphabet.
Yes, go.
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Go. In fact go see My Fair Lady - it’s awesome and easier to get into than Hamilton.
If you think you’d like the experience, definitely go. Seeing a Broadway play, combined with a post show dinner is a wonderful time.
Definitely see the show.
Voyager - If I was in town I’d surely see My Fair Lady. I saw the original Broadway run (granted with Harrison and Andrews replaced), and I’d like to see the latest version.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
Go and see Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, now playing on Stage 42. My high school friend Adam B. Shapiro plays the Rabbi, and is the understudy for Lazar Wolf. I haven’t had a chance to go, but everyone is telling me that it’s spectacular.
Yeah, go see Fiddler in Yiddish! Or King Lear or All My Sons.
Or Waitress. Or… Book of Mormon is still playing and pretty great. Hamilton. Lots of good stuff.
Go!
I’ve got tickets to “To Kill a Mockingbird” next week. Should be fun.
… thou art more lovely and more temperate…
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera has been running since 1988 and just hit 13,000 performances.
GO SEE IT!
Prior to me going to NYC, I hadn’t seen a live musical production. We saw Spamalot and it blew my mind. Now, I’m a huge fan of live musical and theatrical productions and we go often (have season tickets to our small, local theatre).
Next time we go to NYC, we will see at least two productions.
Go. Go, go, go. Live theater is awesome.
Absolutely, but it doesn’t have to be in NYC. London prices are quite reasonable compared to Manhattan. So are Chicago prices. There are all sort of discount ticket options as well.
Live theatre is amazing, and with just a bit of research, it won’t break the bank unless you insist on Hamilton.
If you schlep out to Long Island, you can see The Mikado in Yiddish. They do it every year.
Peter O'Toole in Venus
Over Spring Break, Mrs. Cheesesteak and Mini Cheesesteak went to see 4 shows, here are the reviews:
King Kong - visually stunning production
Gary - hilariously inappropriate
Avenue Q - it’s closing soon, and it shows
Tootsie - Tremendous show, definitely Tony material
I also heard good things about Come from Away.
Should you go see a play? Absolutely, or a Musical, go see something. There are a lot of really good productions, find one that interests you here.
I don’t want to hijack the thread, but can you expand on what was so good about Tootsie? I didn’t particularly care for the film.
I’m seeing Come From Away this weekend in London, I can’t wait!
I saw Fiddler in NYC back in the late 60s, and I saw Les Miserables and Brigadoon in London in the 80s. All were terrific. Hell, I saw a production of The Mikado done by a high school troupe that rivaled anything I’ve seen by a professional cast. It was so good, I went back and saw it a second time. Oh yeah, go by all means.
Well, my wife is a Theatre Professional™ so when I asked her to to elaborate I got:
Um… EVERYTHING!
It’s Yazbek!
It had me from the first note!
Whaddya mean “what if they don’t know who Yazbek is”? Don’t they have taste? Maybe they don’t deserve to see it.
If I can translate to lay-speak, it’s a well crafted show, has a tight plot, good acting, crisp energetic dance routines, and great music courtesy of David Yazbek. I do know that they moved the job setting to Broadway from TV Soap Opera, so flows more naturally as a musical.