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Post by Mark on May 14, 2016 21:22:05 GMT
Caught the show this afternoon.
WOW
A great piece of original musical theatre writing, with an all round very strong book and score, and a truly exceptional central performance from Ben Platt.
Production was "announced" today to be transferring to Broadway, currently off-Broadway production is sold out except for daily general admission (that's the only way I managed to get in.
Definitely a one to see!
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2016 23:01:22 GMT
Im really interested in seeing this. I love the song Waving Through A Window
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Post by charliec on May 14, 2016 23:20:29 GMT
Definitely want to see this in June or July when I'm in New York.
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Post by 49thand8th on May 15, 2016 1:29:02 GMT
This is the announcement... of the announcement. I've seen it twice (DC and off-Broadway). So happy for them!
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Post by ali973 on May 15, 2016 5:06:45 GMT
It sounds pretty interesting, though from what I've read about it, has some Next to Normal wannabe moments in it. I like the window song, but generally I feel the composers are inconsistent with their music.
I'd see it though.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2016 17:52:11 GMT
An original musical. Can you imagine that happening in London?
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Post by 49thand8th on May 16, 2016 1:11:49 GMT
It sounds pretty interesting, though from what I've read about it, has some Next to Normal wannabe moments in it. I like the window song, but generally I feel the composers are inconsistent with their music. I'd see it though. DEH and N2N definitely have a feeling of being cousins. I enjoyed DEH more, though.
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Post by 49thand8th on May 25, 2016 21:31:38 GMT
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Post by Mark on May 27, 2016 12:50:13 GMT
Fantastic! Its very well deserved. Hope it finds an audience.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2016 13:11:17 GMT
Caught the show this afternoon. WOW A great piece of original musical theatre writing, with an all round very strong book and score, and a truly exceptional central performance from Ben Platt. Production was "announced" today to be transferring to Broadway, currently off-Broadway production is sold out except for daily general admission (that's the only way I managed to get in. Definitely a one to see! Sounds interesting......but not for those of us only going to UK productions! Perhaps should go in the international thread?
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Post by Michael on Sept 26, 2016 19:07:16 GMT
Booked a ticket to see this in December. As I wasn't willing to pay the enormous prices they were quoting, I opted for a cheap-ish $59 ticket (still $72 including fees) up in the Balcony.
Ten days ago, I got an eMail from Telecharge that they are moving theatres from the Belasco to the Music Box Theatre, that my ticket will be transferred automatically and that they'll get back to me shortly. However, as I haven't heard back from them yet, I was wondering if anyone of you is affected by this as well and if their ticket has already been transferred successfully. As the Music Box Theatre has only two levels, I guess I'll end up at the back of the Mezzanine.
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Post by ali973 on Sept 26, 2016 19:34:21 GMT
Same. I am also seeing it in December. I emailed them and got a very sketchy answer saying thank you, we will get back to you, then inserting an answer in quotation marks LOL
So I called them, yesterday actually. It's still not sorted, and the rearrangement will be done by the theatre themselves and not Telecharge. Telecharge will send an email with the confirmed ticket. I was guaranteed that it will be the same/similar seat but certainly the same performance.
The thing is, and I just noticed that this is the case with most of my Broadway bookings, that I actually do not have the eticket and that the booking confirmation says it will be sent [X..i forget the exact number of weeks] before the performance date.
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Post by Michael on Sept 26, 2016 19:44:07 GMT
Good to know, so I'll just wait patiently until they get back to me. Not that waiting patiently is one of my strong suits though. Sounds as if they are processing every seat manually... Just hope that my new seat won't be too crappy.
When booking tickets, I always choose box office collection (or Will Call, as it's called in the US). Don't like having an eTicket printed on a sheet of paper. Really prefer having a proper ticket.
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Post by ali973 on Sept 27, 2016 4:32:23 GMT
Generally I would too, but they normally charge yet ANOTHER stupid fee for a physical ticket, be it at box office collection or by post (yet another fee). Though over the years I became indifferent to the form of ticket as long as it gets me in. I often lose the ticket stub anyway.
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Post by Michael on Oct 3, 2016 15:09:53 GMT
Update:
Still no information about my new seat (apart from the fact that I'll end up in the Mezzanine). Guess I'll find out when I pick up my ticket.
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Post by ali973 on Oct 3, 2016 19:01:52 GMT
I got an email today. It basically said it'll all be okay LOL
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Post by Michael on Oct 3, 2016 19:09:25 GMT
Same text as me I presume. Christ, it can't be that hard to tell everyone their new seat number, can it? Most likely I won't even find out until 11th December when I pick up my ticket. Ridiculous.
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Post by ali973 on Oct 3, 2016 19:17:55 GMT
I figured mine would most likely be the same, as the email says the orchestra and circle seats will be the same (or comparable). Why are you stressed? lol As long as you have your confirmation you'll be fine.
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Post by Michael on Oct 3, 2016 19:22:29 GMT
I'm just curious where I'll end up, that's all. Had a front row balcony seat and will now (most likely) end up at the very back of the Mezzanine.
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Post by Michael on Oct 12, 2016 23:10:19 GMT
Update:
Still no information about my seat though
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Post by ali973 on Oct 13, 2016 19:24:01 GMT
Every time I try to forget about this you remind me and I get stressed out over it too LOL
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Post by Michael on Oct 13, 2016 22:14:12 GMT
Every time I try to forget about this you remind me and I get stressed out over it too LOL Pleasure
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 14, 2016 12:50:31 GMT
Have you tweeted them? I'm not sure it would help since they seem preoccupied with retweeting anyone who so much mentions them in a whisper, but it's worth a shot.
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Post by Michael on Oct 14, 2016 15:13:58 GMT
I'm not on Twitter. Just checked my Telecharge account and it also only shows my old order. Guess I'll have to wait until I actually see the show then.
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Post by ali973 on Nov 6, 2016 13:48:41 GMT
I'm not on Twitter. Just checked my Telecharge account and it also only shows my old order. Guess I'll have to wait until I actually see the show then. I got my ticket emailed to me today. The wait is over.
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Post by Michael on Nov 6, 2016 14:12:55 GMT
I chose will call (don't like digital or self print tickets)
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Post by 49thand8th on Dec 11, 2016 15:56:33 GMT
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Post by ali973 on Dec 11, 2016 17:14:30 GMT
I'm seeing it today!
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Post by ali973 on Dec 11, 2016 22:19:52 GMT
Wow, this was REALLY good. It feels like a mix between Next to Normal and The World's Greatest Dad, a film starring Robbin Williams from 2009, in which his disturbed asshole-ish son takes his own life, and his father drafts his suicide note for his own notoriety.
Ben Platt pretty much pockets every award under the sun for his neurotic, nervous, tearful, snotfull performance. snot
I'm not usually fond of the composers, whose music is only good when they sound like knockoffs of Coldplay, which they do here too, but they mainly remain consistent. You can tell that they labored most when writing the music for the title character himself, and the other songs are somewhat second class.
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Post by Michael on Dec 11, 2016 23:49:06 GMT
We seem to have seen the same performance.
I think it was rather good and reminded me in parts of Next to Normal. It found the right mixture of funny and touching. Ben Platt gave an amazing performance, but if Andy Karl's Broadway Phil Connor will be as good as he was in London, I'd give him all the awards.
Found the score to be a bit too generic pop, but the few uptempo numbers (especially "Sincerely, Me" and "You Will be found" stood out) were quite good and made me to not cancel the preordered cast recording.
Also thought it was a bit too long and dragged in places.
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