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Post by fiyerorocher on Oct 7, 2021 22:42:12 GMT
I think I've done a show a night (either seeing or working) since around mid-August and am only now slowing down (only one show next week! well, two, but it's Cursed Child so I'm opting to count both parts as one). By this stage I sort of need the break!
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Post by Jon on Oct 7, 2021 22:45:56 GMT
I've only done two show days for two part plays like Harry Potter, Wolf Hall/Bring Up the Bodies and Henry IV Part I and Part II and found a bit tiring so for The Inheritance and Angels in America, I booked each part a week apart.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Oct 8, 2021 7:48:33 GMT
My first time going to New York was busy, with evening shows Monday-Sunday and matinee Wed/Sat/Sun - 10 in a week. I was only 17 at the time. Most of my subsequent trips were usually 9 shows in the week or slightly less when I had 4 or 5 day visits. In 2018 though I did 15 shows in the space of 10 days. A show a night from the Friday to the following Saturday (9) then matinees on the Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday (Phantom), Saturday and Sunday, and then we were straight to the airport after our Sunday matinee. It's the only way to do it! I was 11 shows in a week for 2020 (Thurs-Weds eve, with Mats Thurs/Sat/Sun/Weds) and then covid stopped my fun, cancelling Beetlejuice on the Thursday night and everything after it. I had planned to do another 9 or 10 shows so would have done around 20 in my two weeks. Nevermind. Crushed it 😏 |
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Post by Mark on Oct 8, 2021 8:29:56 GMT
ThereWillBeSun Don't act like you didn't enjoy our two trips  . Maybe we'll have to plan another in a year or two.
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Post by viserys on Oct 8, 2021 8:43:56 GMT
I must say I am both impressed and baffled reading how many plays some of you manage to squeeze into just a few days. I love theatre, but even two-show days are not my favourite thing: I need time to process what I've seen to be able to move on to the next thing. I often find myself so wrapped up in the world of a play that I need time to get out of there, and I think seeing many things in a short time span would feel quite disorienting. Also, I am more than happy to take a trip to see something in a different city, but I don't think I'd want my trips - especially long-distance ones - to revolve around theatre, as there are so many other things to experience, explore, try and enjoy: food, architecture, concerts, museums.. I try to and am the happiest when I manage to squeeze in a bit of everything when I travel, rather than focus on just one thing. I'm in the same camp, I just can't envision cramming so many shows into a week without any time to process and savour them. I know many German "musical tourists" are like that, too, going to London for a week to cram 10-12 shows into 7 days. I rather travel more often and fully enjoy the usually 3-4 shows I see then. Last trip I did 5 (adding the Children of Eden concert on Sunday, then taking a late flight home) and that started to feel a bit much already. And even after what must be 50 trips to London by now (over several years) I still try to add some sightseeing, museums or day trips to other places (coming back for theatre in the evening) to every trip. Same with New York really - just can't be bothered with ONLY New York anymore, once I've gone that far, I'd want to see more. Last time we added a few days in Philadelphia and now I'm planning a mix of a few days in Chicago and perhaps a stopover in New York to catch 1-2 new shows on Broadway for next year, though those I want to see (Music Man and Funny Girl so far) are probably also atrociously overpriced and I just can't deal with Broadway pricing anymore, would really have to something/someone I absolutely want to see. |
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Post by Peter on Oct 9, 2021 7:26:37 GMT
I managed five performances in four days on my one and only Broadway trip - though two of those were The Light in the Piazza - and managed to fit in a lot of the touristy things as well. It was pretty exhausting rushing around the city though!
I’ve literally just done four shows in two days in London this week - using a mixture of rush (for Prince of Egypt and Come From Away), lottery (Cinderella) and a front row restricted view seat I bought ages ago (Back to the Future), I spent less than £100 on tickets in total. I wouldn’t usually go that crazy, but I’ve not had the chance to attend much West End theatre in the past three to four years, so this was a bit of a splurge.
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 9, 2021 10:37:54 GMT
I’ve done three show days in both London and New York. Usually it’s where there’s a shorter 5pm show that fits nicely between a matinee and evening performance. One of the New York theatre festivals was really good for that.
I’ve also done the odd late evening performance and 11am show, but not yet gone for four (or five) shows in the same day, but I’m sure it’s possible.
Like others, I try and fit in as many shows as possible when I’m in New York. It’s nice to walk around but I’ve done all the touristy things. I try and book something for the day I arrive but it’s always a balancing act of flight times, prices, whether it’s better to fly to Philadelphia/Boston see the tours and go on to NYC etc. Then there’s trying to get a long weekend knowing there are matinees and I can minimise the days off work, versus the higher prices at the weekend and the lack of matinee choices during the week. And, I’m also very into using airline miles, hotel reward schemes etc to make short trips affordable and comfortable (hint, it is often worth travelling out via Dublin). So lots of considerations.
Not that this has been a problem recently. I’ll figure out the new world sooner or later.
Since I moved from the Midlands to London, it’s made the local options easier. But I do miss having easy access to the touring shows at the Birmingham Hippodrome and the Alexandra. Not that travel out of London is difficult, but it always seems less worthwhile to make the effort in the other direction.
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. Maybe we'll have to plan another in a year or two.
