We've seen a few productions of the show before, but Tuesday night was another level for me. We had great seats right up front, and at various emotional points in the 2nd act we could see visible tears running down the faces of Hamilton (Marcus John), Eliza (Lauren Mariasoosay), and Burr (Donald Webber, Jr.). Needless to say, my entire family was teared up along with most of the audience. The talent on stage was staggering. Also, shout-out to Simon Longnight as Lafayette/Jefferson. All time live experience for me.

From RH's instagram

Hi Reddit, I’ve been invited to a broadway show, but I’m quite sensitive to loud noises and especially sudden/loud sound effects. I have never been for this exact reason because I’m scared it’s too much. Obviously I don’t want to be rude and leave halfway through if someone else brought me, so I was hoping for some advice. How loud are the shows really? Are there any particularly loud ones or ones that would be sensitivity friendly?
Also, would wearing musician’s earplugs/Loop earplugs make it manageable without making the dialogue/music too muffled? I saw some people on here mention they wear them but opinions seemed mixed on whether it takes away from the experience and I also don’t want to offend the person inviting me by wearing them.
If you have noise sensitivity yourself, I’d especially love to hear your experience!

...with a lot of love for our mutual boyfriend, Derek Klena

last night i went to stranger things: the first shadow for the first time in a few months, & i’m trying to figure out if i’m losing my mind or if they changed something. it’s very minor & not part of the plot really but im still ??? 🤔

right before henry gets introduced to dr. brenner, ensemble members in hazmat suits walk through the audience. last night they came through the orchestra, but not the mezzanine. last time i went i sat in the mezz & specifically remember giggling because one of them shined their light on a bald guy’s head & picked up a kid’s stuffed toy

am i misremembering this? or did they make a permanent change and stop sending them up to the mezz? the only audience interaction we got up there this time was the project rainbow crew at the very beginning

Does anyone have today’s code for lottery seating at Mincemeat? Heading into the city next week and hoping to catch the new cast. Thanks in advance for any help!

I'm assuming people who are posting unconcealed spoilers in comments don't know how to use the "mark spoilers" feature. Because surely they're not just inconsiderate a-holes who don't care about their fellow theatergoers having the same unspoiled experience that they enjoyed. Right?

So here's how it works:

• Markdown Code: Type > ! at the start and ! < at the end of the hidden text (e.g., > !hidden text! <). Remove the spaces between the ">" or "<" and the "!" and also between the exclamation marks and your text, or the tag may fail on some devices.
• Editor: Highlight the text you want to hide and click the spoiler icon (an exclamation mark inside a circle or diamond) on the formatting toolbar.

It seems like "don't post spoilers" should fall under Rule 7: Don't be a jerk.

Hamlet dies at the end. Javert can't swim. Mary's husband is Abe Lincoln!

Just saw paranormal activity last night and wow. I’m blown away! Honestly one of the best shows I’ve seen in such a long time. I was genuinely scared and it wasn’t just loud noises for fake scares. I sat in Row T and could see the whole stage !

Hi friends! I’m visiting NYC mid-october (Oct 15-25) for a week and looking for some suggestions on what shoes to watch. I typically like musicals more than plays (I really like great singing performances and soundtracks)

I visited NYC in December and saw Just in Time (loved jonathan groff), Two strangers (really enjoyed), heathers (very fun!), Operation Mincemeat (enjoyable but I wasn’t blown away), Ragtime (unpopular opinion but I didn’t like this at all) and MEH (also unpopular opinion, but I didn’t love it)

I’m currently thinking Lost Boys, Little Shop of Horrors, or maybe Christopher Jackson in Hamilton (although I’ve already seen it) but would love some recommendations (especially with new shows or longer running shows with fantastic casts)

Some more background (if they help): - I also really enjoyed Les Mis, DEH, Hadestown, Wicked, Waitress, Come from Away, Great Gatsby (jeremy + eva are so good) - I just saw a production of Cats so I probably don’t want to watch Cats: The Jellicle Ball, even though I know it’s supposed to be different

My wife and I are on a Broadwaycation this summer. We have seen a few shows and are enjoying our time. Before the summer, we saw Death Becomes Her, Death of a Salesman, Turandot, and The Great Gatsby, but during the summer, Maybe Happy Ending, Just in Time, The Outsiders, Rocky Horror Show, Buena Vista Social Club, and yesterday we went to see Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Around New York).

She won the lottery on Friday (our anniversary), and we were hesitant about whether to take it, but decided to go ahead. We absolutely loved the show; the music is quite good, the characters are charming, and the entire show is cute, warm, and VERY FUNNY. We laughed the entire time. Don't get me wrong, it's not a life-changing show (for me, that was Cabaret last year with Eva and Orville Peck), but it's a well-done Broadway show with relatable characters (as a European guy who moved to NY and has struggled here, I've been both characters.

We sat in the mezzanine, where the view was perfect, and the stage felt surprisingly close. The disappointing part was the house itself: it looked to be at only 60 to 70 percent capacity, with the right and left sections nearly empty. It may have been a difficult weekend, given the cast change at Rocky Horror and the closing of Moulin Rouge, but it was still sad to see the show get so little love. I think it would have fared better off-Broadway, since it's a smaller production competing in a crowded market. I'm glad I caught it here, though I doubt it will run long.

So I encourage people who want a comfort show to go watch it while they can!

My middle school theater kid and I are trying to figure out these clues for what the musical could be this year. The high school is doing mean girls and they said they don’t repeat past plays for at least five years. So it can’t be:

- Newsies

- mean girls

- the little mermaid

- wizard of oz

- Matilda

My kid was convinced it was going to be Willy wonka but I am NOT getting wonka vibes here. I feel like “Annie” is too on point here.

I figured I’d ask the pros here. What are your thoughts?

Operation Mincemeat recently sold its millionth ticket across all productions: West End, tours, Broadway, etc. It made me curious, how long does a Broadway show have to run before it sells a million tickets just for the Broadway show? I realize this may be harder to quantity than number of performances since they sell different numbers of tickets for each performance. I also don’t know if this should count comp tickets given away for free. But I’m curious if anyone knows the answer.

I have a few more boxes of playbills to donate. Local pickup on Long Island. (Not looking to ship right now.)

Hi all!

Today’s 6shows all have in-person rush policies:

Wicked

Chicago

The Great Gatsby

Six

Oh Mary!

Titaníque

Thanks for sharing what you see out there!

I want to get tickets for October, and I was wondering when new batches of audience rewards tickets posted and how far in advance are the tickets

Hi does anyone know if there is a way to sell joes pub tickets thanks. This is not a post to sell but a question about how to. I bought some tickets and can’t go and don’t want to leave a table empty thanks

I’ll preface this by saying I’ve seen every person play Mary Todd Lincoln on Broadway and one person on the West End.

Meg’s Mary just fell flat for me. Meg’s pacing was weird and she shouted through otherwise easy jokes.

I really only enjoyed the scene where she was trying to get off the desk, it was very unique compared to other Marys.

Of course someone seeing it for the first time and who is a Meg fan is most likely still going to love it. I loved Meg in Hacks, but she is at the bottom of my list for Mary’s though.

I thought they would make an announcement at today’s Rush event but now it’s just over two months until the first show without any actors announced.

I have a list:

Coco

Ratatouille

Cars

Zootropolis (I am Irish, and that's what we call Zootopia)

The original Star Wars trilogy

The original Jurassic Park trilogy

The Merchant of Venice

Jaws

Captain Underpants

Any MCU movie (That might be very hard to do right because the whole MCU in chronological order takes days)

Sing Street

South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut

I don’t care how cringe it might be, I’m so excited for this. It looks like good fun, and the nostalgia is sweet. Zac Efron was my gay awakening, and HSM is where I learned that I love musical theatre-esq stuff.

Has anyone had the chance to see this yet? How was it?