CPG, Do you think that tix for "Women..." will be available on the internet through one of the standard outlets on the 30th?

TC, probably.

TC - I would go to www.lct.org and www.playbill.com on the 30th and you should get the right link. If you look on LCT's site now, you can see dates when Patti LuPone and Brian Stokes Mitchell are NOT performing.

Hi all, can I please ask a question
TC - and HowardR please help. I would like to buy Merchant of Venice Tickets, however they are very very expensive. So I can only afford Mezzanine for myself and 18yr old son. Are these seats ok, I would be looking at Mezanine A to G or H to J
what do you think.
thanks in advance

millie, I'm a little confused. You say you can only afford the mezzanine and then mention rows A to G and H to J. The price of the A to G tickets is exactly the same as the orchestra, which I infer were too expensive for you. Therefore, my obvious suggestion is that you have no choice but to get the seats in the H to J section if you want to spend less money.

Millie, I agree with Howard, your post is confusing. The mezzanine Row A overhangs the Orchestra Row K. Row A Mezz would be very good seats -- at least that is where I am sitting. Try not to be too far off to the side. I think its better to be back a row or two if you are in the middle. The sound on the sides isn't always good. I don't believe the pricing drops until Row D of the Mezz and then again at Row K for the lowest priced seats. Row D would be o.k.

The price doesn't drop until row H.

sorry to confuse HowardR and TC, I went to the "telecharge" site and was able to get very good seats. I managed the Mezzanine, row 'C'. so I am very very pleased with myself. I just needed to read the seating plan guide just a bit better.

When does the Broadway Fall Season officially start? Should we start a new thread for the Fall shows?

Here's WSJ's "Fall preview" article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000..._Entertainment

It was announced today that Brendan Fraser will star in Elling, which opens in Nov. I want to see that!

yk - sure...please go ahead and start a fall thread. Thanks for the link. Seeing 39 Steps this weekend - free seats, so why not?

On Tuesday (Aug 31) bought my tickets for "Women". We are going on Oct. 14. Second row mezzanine in the center section so was happy with my seats. Expensive when you are buying 5 seats but can't wait to see the show.

I, too, got good seats for "Women". We have a great little weekend booked right after New Year's Eve. $200 rate at The Muse, great seats for Merchant ..., Spiderman, and Women ..., so far. I love being in the city right after NYE. Everything is still festive, but cheaper -- much cheaper.

Just saw Scotsboro Boys at the Guthrie in Minneapolis prior to its opening on Broadway. Both DH and I were stunned. I will be very interested to see if this one flies in NY.

I had read quite a bit about the Scotsboro case prior to attending and I was very disappointed to see the story handled in what, to me, seems a very disrespectful treatment. It pained me most to see such a horrific miscarriage of justice treated in such a lighthearted way -- played for laughs. I just can't wrap my head around a song and dance (maybe the best performance in the evening) depicting inmates being electrocuted.

Sadly, the show really never allows one to get to know the central characters -- the boys. They are a complete aside to the antics of other characters played for laughs. I don't understand how anyone could look at the photos of those poor boys, read their story, and then laugh. While I get what Kander and Ebb thought they were doing -- using an entertainment vehicle of the period as they did in Cabaret and Chicago. This time they got it all wrong.

I just kept thinking the whole evening -- what would the real Scotsboro boys think if they could see their life stories told in such a heartless way?

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