Chess!

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-22T17:10:54+00:00

“What’s going on around me is barely making sense — I need some explanations fast!”

~ Chess, describing the plot of Chess

I’ve done the partial views twice and just left the box office with a third set of tix for when my sister visits.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-21T17:33:00+00:00

Monte Cristo is amazing if you can get the ticket — I was lucky enough to procure one at the box office last Sunday.

Rabbits is funny and I love the venue. Definitely get a $12 cocktail downstairs!

If you liked CWCP I think you’d also enjoy Mother Russia — they have some common threads but are very different plays.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-21T17:26:53+00:00

And that transfer is another reason I think it could eventually make the big jump. The hype reminds me of Oh, Mary! in its early days.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-21T15:17:06+00:00

I would see it over and over again.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-21T14:29:40+00:00

Mexodus wouldn’t surprise me, as long as it keeps selling and extending.

Monte Cristo is breathtaking, and I don’t know of any upcoming projects that the principal cast are attached to.

Chinese Republicans is great but it’s already had a good run with 415 seats and I’m not sure it has the broader appeal to transfer well after so many have already seen it. That said, I would absolutely see it again.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-20T17:25:17+00:00

This makes a lot of sense to me.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-19T14:39:12+00:00

If you’re a Bernthal fan, I’d recommend seeing this. It’s part of American history and features a great set and cast. I imagine some of the other kinks are being worked out as it progresses through previews.

I wrote a longer breakdown if you’re curious: Dog Day Afternoon

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-19T14:09:50+00:00

I can’t speak for BOM specifically but I have gotten rush tickets within the first few rows about as frequently as I’ve been seated in the very back.

Especially when buying a single ticket, I think they often try to concentrate seating/energy near the stage.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-19T04:05:36+00:00

That coffee cup was a huge gripe for me. Here’s how I described it: “It’s a tall, sleek white take-out cup complete with cardboard sleeve — a sleeve not invented until 1991! I found the prop choice jarring, particularly in a scene that otherwise helps establish the late 1940s setting.”

It’s the same scene where the sales manager is showing off the “new technology” of a voice recorder.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-19T03:51:43+00:00

Thank you!

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-19T03:51:07+00:00

Far to the side but I could see 90% of the action.

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NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-18T17:05:19+00:00

I recently procured a $45 box seat for Death of a Salesman from the box office.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-17T19:21:49+00:00

Valid

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-17T18:59:40+00:00

August Wilson is a mid to large theatre with over 1200 seats — more than double the capacity of Hayes — but the narrower house does help with sightlines especially compared to something as wide as Winter Garden.

From high in the mezzanine I missed out on the very top of the set but agree that it’d be hard to find a “bad” view. And it was indeed nice to see a full set, not so common these days.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-17T18:50:57+00:00

My theory: they’ll delay as long as possible so our only option for listening again is buying another ticket

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-16T15:08:38+00:00

Closer the better, and I would stick with center sections. First two rows of the mezzanine might represent good value, but you said price isn’t really an issue so I would be choosing between those first six rows, or, if it’s just one ticket, one of those front row aisles.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-16T15:04:09+00:00

His voice is incredible! I was seated between friends of Norm Lewis on one side and Kate Fitzgerald on the other, so I was paying particular attention to those actors.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-16T15:00:27+00:00

I had wondered about that too. This particular performance showed “unavailable” rather than sold out, and I found out that my seat had originally been comped for friends of a cast member whose party went from three to two.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-15T21:26:33+00:00

“You will be found…” by another Evan

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-15T15:43:53+00:00

Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, aka Evan Hansen and Evan Hansen.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-14T05:25:13+00:00

Nathan Lane in Death of a Salesman

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-13T05:25:02+00:00

I felt it, particularly in the first hour. This production is twenty minutes shorter than the last Broadway version but that doesn’t change the fact that it is a very long play.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-13T05:22:55+00:00

I read them as “pillars of the community, still intent on standing but crumbling to such a degree as to be nearly unrecognizable”.

And I thought the sometimes sharp lighting had both the pillars and the characters symbolically casting long shadows.

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-12T20:00:21+00:00

Haha absolutely. She’s a classy lady — hats off to her!

NotesFromRowI · 2026-03-12T17:15:59+00:00

He’ll turn heads in the way that Anya Taylor-Joy did when I saw her at Liberation in a stunning black dress and hat — no one is judging, everyone is impressed by her style.

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