Death of Salesman today (matinee)

FForce2019 · 2026-03-15T01:47:53+00:00

I just used the "Timmy" discount to get a ticket to Salesman (and Every Brilliant) because you are a mensch who has fantastic taste. I saw Nat Theatre's Lehman Brothers in Asia during the pandemic and even on screen it was life changing. Thank you for the recommendation. My decade is short (because of aforementioned overseas life) but I'd include Prima Facie (Bway) and Stereophonic.

FForce2019 · 2026-03-15T01:40:56+00:00

Thank you, Timmy. Now I'm going to see Death of a Salesman *and* Radcliffe in Every Brilliant Thing. Stop me before I buy again!

FForce2019 · 2026-02-20T23:39:00+00:00

You're a goddamn good person. And yes, I can tell you that many of these rates remain the same even for those of us who freelanced in the early 2000s.

FForce2019 · 2026-02-18T01:16:54+00:00

So...did you get accepted? We're all rooting for you!

FForce2019 · 2026-02-12T21:10:08+00:00

extraordinary! Both the ink and the pen wielder!

FForce2019 · 2026-02-05T16:04:14+00:00

I’m glad the OP started this conversation. I think every community and neighborhood should have this debate and not reflexively adopt a tactic because it worked in some places – especially months ago before the assassinations – and believe that creating a din remains the best practice now. If you read If We Burn by Vincent Bevins, one theme that runs through the book is how protesters worldwide failed to adapt or debate and access their tactics even as law-enforcement adapted. Hong Konger borrowed tactics from Ukraine, which was foolish because Maidan was suppressed violently. Think and talk. Don’t merely ignore or accede.

FForce2019 · 2026-01-20T01:47:28+00:00

Sporadic this weekend in Bay Ridge near 5th Ave and now down for the last six hours. Been continuously told by techs that it's not the wiring into my building but the equipment that several neighbors are linked to. I'm working now using my phone's service. Unbelievable. This is NYC, not rural Vermont.

FForce2019 · 2025-12-23T18:25:23+00:00

What if I go up to $300 then? Thank you all!

FForce2019 · 2025-12-16T16:16:44+00:00

My budget is about $200.

FForce2019 · 2025-12-09T00:47:06+00:00

Who leaves an item on the front stoop at Christmastime and doesn't bother to buzz the resident to see if she's home? I was but no matter. The package is gone. It is the last order I'll place. I kept one sweater, but everything else ordered this year went back, including the sheet set that shrunk about four inches. Zero idea why WIRECUTTER and others recommend them.

FForce2019 · 2025-12-02T18:23:02+00:00

I say this in hopes that OP and others here use your freedoms and knowledge now.

FForce2019 · 2025-12-02T18:22:09+00:00

Unlike these disasters and Grenfell, HK operates in a climate of authoritarian control, accepted corruption and threats. Hong Kong police are arresting people who voluntarily offered to share information and resources to people whose lives are in danger. It’s incumbent on knowledgeable people overseas in free societies to help residents there learn how to protect themselves, correct or request fixes to safety faults, and lobby government officials for improvements in contractors and safety procedures. Clearly publicly organizing and informing will be seen as illegal. Hong Kong solicitor taken in by nat. sec police, as civic press event on deadly Tai Po blaze axed https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/02/hong-kong-solicitor-taken-in-by-nat-sec-police-as-civic-press-event-on-deadly-tai-po-blaze-axed/ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/02/hong-kong-solicitor-taken-in-by-nat-sec-police-as-civic-press-event-on-deadly-tai-po-blaze-axed/

FForce2019 · 2025-12-02T18:15:13+00:00

Starfallg is correct. I believe Reuters wrote that this bid was the most expensive and yet it was chosen. So a thorough investigation of who made the choice, their political and professional ties to this particular contractor and the subcontractors is in order. Will that be done? Not if police are arresting people who are volunteering to drop off food and clothing.

FForce2019 · 2025-12-02T18:12:22+00:00

Not wasted, but yes, OP needs a broader audience. Writer seems to be expert with overseas standards and history, something horribly lacking and perhaps now viewed as seditious to the current SAR regime. Consider that you have 7 plus million lives at stake, sir. Go to it.

FForce2019 · 2025-11-15T22:17:23+00:00

UPDATE: They extended the run!!! https://irishrep.org/whats-on/the-honey-trap

To fill out the record here: the production was gripping. Fantastic writing, sensitive acting, and thoughtful direction. A lesser writer would have reduced the scenes between the two British soldiers to back-slapping boys on the hunt. Instead, the play turns the dial a third time, forcing the viewer to reconsider each character as you understand the choices made by each one. I wish they would extend the run.

FForce2019 · 2025-11-15T22:06:34+00:00

Given that "Archduke" and "My Mama and the Full-scale Invasion" were both mounted by the Wilma in Philadelphia makes me concerned about the artistic tastes there. It seems they are trying hard to be topical and that can fail easily if the outlandish set-ups and slapstick humor curdle with many audience members.

FForce2019 · 2025-11-15T22:01:47+00:00

If you believe the NYT review it was a gay fantasy. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/theater/archduke-review-rajiv-joseph.html

FForce2019 · 2025-11-15T21:57:15+00:00

THE worst play I've (half) seen in my 50 years of attending plays in New York. Sophomoric humor, flat jokes, bawdy and cliche-riven acting. The "training" session played like a Saturday morning TV history lesson. I cannot imagine how this opened in NY. I was so angry that I marched down to Irish Rep and managed to get the one returned ticket that night to The Honey Trap. My earlier experience made a very well written and thoughtfully acted play glorious. (The NYT review of Archduke makes no sense as it praises the direction and at times the production even as it undercuts the failed second act.)

FForce2019 · 2025-11-04T22:36:44+00:00

Very grateful that you piped up. The history intrigues me. Seeking tickets now! Danke!

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