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I will be in New York in may and as always, once a year , I ask your advice about good plays , if I have to buy tickets in advance and where to find them for good prices.
And once again thanks ,
Marcia

Musicals or non-musicals?

In a post from about a year ago, Marcia indicated really enjoying plays more than musicals. I'd guess that still stands.

Also, unless you've seen all the recommendations from that thread, a lot of them probably still stand. :)

If it's non-musicals, then you'll have a wide choice:
*Doubt--an off-Broadway offering that drew raves and is transferring to Broadway.
*A Streetcar Named Desire--a revival starring Natasha Richardson and John C. Reilly.
*The Glass Menagerie--a revival starring Jessica Lange and Christian Slater.
*Julius Caesar--Denzel Washington stars in this Shakespearean offering.
*Democracy--Michael Frayn's latest starring James Naughton and Richard Thomas.
*Glengary Glen Ross--a revival of Mamet's play starring Alan Alda, Liev Schreiber.
*Steel Magnolias--still another revival, this one starring Delta Burke, Marsha Mason.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?--one final revival starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin.
Enough?
Check playbill.com and other sites for discount offers.

One more:
The Pillowman--a British hit, starring Billy Crudup and Jeff Goldbloom.

I really like plays more than musicals.Is there any very good new musical?
I will look for tickets at playbill.
Thanks, Marcia

There are some new musicals opening up in the next month or so that offer promise--Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
A general comment: It's too early to find most discount ticket offers for May.

Has anyone seen Monty Python's Spamalot? Assuming it's worth it, if we go to NYC in June, should we pre-order tickets online or hope to get them at TKTS at Times Square?

I recommend you get tickets for Spamalot now. Advance word is favorable and tickets are selling well.
Chances of discount ticket offers and/or availability at TKTS are slim....unless the show gets panned by the critics, which does not seem likely at this time. And, even then, it may not happen for June.

This may sound crazy, but I just got tickets online from Ticketmaster. Check it out 45 to 30 days before you go. I got almost half price tickets from their website with a special promo code they have. Price for 3rd row seats without promo code was $95.00 each. The exact same seats with the promo code were $55.00! They only offer a few choices of productions, but after a couple of weeks checking online, I am very pleased with my deal.

Believe it or not I bought tix on ebay recently for under face value ! Saw Hairspray (also picked up tix for Nets game). Billy Crystal is performing in May also... tix for sale on ebay also. Good luck !