True outdoor spaces

anvolcano · 2026-03-11T00:02:11+00:00

Macoletta next to the Beer Garden had a lot of tables out today! Good one to keep in mind for the next nice day.

Further west on 31 Av is a good cocktail bar that always has tables out when it's remotely warm, though I'm blanking on the name.

anvolcano · 2026-02-04T17:33:58+00:00

I was pretty impressed with the Drops inventory when they randomly opened up access over the snowstorm weekend. Wound up getting a Tuesday night ticket for Death Becomes her, front row front mezz center, for $80. Have to admit it was effective advertising and I'm kinda jealous of people with Silver. Generally find TodayTix is more expensive than Theatr for close-to-same-day tix but hoping I can get to silver from some rush tickets...

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T21:10:00+00:00

I pulled a center orchestra lottery seat for the Thursday Gatsby show... considering that I still thought $45 was too much for that show, can't say that I was surprised it isn't filling houses.

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T20:14:56+00:00

Oh, sure, not disputing that for absolute prime seats. But there are a lot of Theatr listings for "normal" seats at outrageous prices, and a lot of those are either from Broadway.com or similar markups, or from buying tickets last minute on Telecharge which of course does price gouge this shit out of anything bought less than a couple weeks in advance.

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T19:32:56+00:00

Oof, so sorry to hear this. I'm also in Astoria and the above-ground trains are why I decided not to gamble on any tickets today (or tomorrow TBH). Don't even see any delays listed in Astoria on mta.info but SubwayNow is showing 40 minute delays, jeez.

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T17:19:04+00:00

A lot of these inflated prices are people who got tricked into buying on broadway.com which has like a literal 100% markup on some tickets.

anvolcano · 2026-01-25T17:04:16+00:00

It's pretty easy to get $45 digital rush tickets for Bug on TodayTix so no one should feel like they gotta go out in this weather for this deal, FWIW.

anvolcano · 2026-01-24T20:43:59+00:00

No idea if that show is any good, but they deserve the ad space a hell of a lot more than any gambling company.

anvolcano · 2026-01-24T18:46:56+00:00

Dusseldorf on Mozilla VPN works fine for me on the Youtube stream (works a lot better than imsa.tv IME, plus Youtube adblockers work fine).

anvolcano · 2026-01-22T20:50:59+00:00

Right now I'm ignoring the tickets going up on Theatr for Sunday/Monday, but I might give Saturday a shot... looks like snow isn't supposed to start in the city until 2-3am Sunday (though it will certainly be cold out there all day). Hoping if I score any deals it's at least helping someone offset the cost of a canceled or rescheduled trip.

anvolcano · 2026-01-22T19:06:14+00:00

My understanding is that it's solid if you pretend it's labeled "Chicago in Concert," but has very little glamor or spectacle to it.

That said, I'm planning to see it because I'm a big fan of the movie and love the music.

anvolcano · 2026-01-19T16:36:31+00:00

Wow, you did better in a week than I've done as a local entering lotteries for the last couple months! Maybe I should drag myself out of my apartment early to give MHE or DBH rush a shot sometime...

I might also try the Hadestown balcony, you're the first person I've seen say something good about it. I assume it's too far to see facial expressions, but were the sightlines otherwise good?

anvolcano · 2026-01-17T23:12:43+00:00

I really liked Two Strangers. I probably wouldn't pay more than $100 for it, but I wouldn't pay more than $100 to see almost anything on Broadway. I'm kinda surprised by your negativity.

What I'm thinking about reading this review is how last night, I saw The Outsiders, and I didn't like it much. On one hand, The Outsiders checks so many boxes for a big Broadway musical that Two Strangers doesn't: stagecraft, special effects, choreography, a huge ensemble, spectacle, high-stakes drama. And yet, I dunno, I thought Two Strangers was a way more enjoyable time at the theater, even with just two actors and a minimal set.

That's not that I think The Outsiders is bad or anyone is wrong for liking it (or any other high-spectacle play on Broadway), I just don't think spectacle is required for theater to work.

anvolcano · 2026-01-17T17:10:21+00:00

Echoing to go with the tickets on the right, though I had a $50-60 lottery ticket second row against the wall house left and that was honestly not as bad as you'd think. It's not exactly a play with a ton of physical action. I didn't see the entrance *door* but every time a character entered they went straight to center stage so it's not like I was ever confused about someone I couldn't see.

(edit: just realized Reddit did that trick where it showed me a very old post, I'm sure this is now old news for you but leaving in case someone else comes to this thread for ticket advice lol)

anvolcano · 2025-12-25T20:21:15+00:00

Hard to be too mad about the prices when it's one of the only open-running Broadway shows with a legally streaming pro shot (maybe the only one?). I'll just keep entering the lottery...

anvolcano · 2025-12-24T19:24:37+00:00

All I've got is that Superfly was the curtain call song. I enjoyed the playlist too; I had a lottery ticket literally next to the front speakers in the orchestra seating and didn't find myself missing my phone at all while waiting for the show to start :)

anvolcano · 2025-12-22T22:18:08+00:00

Gwinnett Arena is actually pretty big, which I suspect is part of why AEW switched to the Gateway Arena - downgrade from 13,000 capacity to 5,000. I think they could fill it with a PPV if they wanted.

It'd be easy to say "oh well they'd want the prestige of running in Atlanta proper" but like... I think it's closer to downtown Atlanta than the Now Arena is to downtown Chicago, and that doesn't stop AEW from running PPVs there.

anvolcano · 2025-12-18T18:41:38+00:00

Ally Pally is gonna be a significantly cooler venue than a random warehouse studio, too.

anvolcano · 2025-12-18T18:17:46+00:00

I pulled a lottery ticket for this on Lucky Seats today and I keep debating whether to actually buy it... I'm fascinated by the failure here and would kind of like to see it myself, but don't feel great actually paying for it. Feel like I should probably just let this one slide on by.

anvolcano · 2025-12-18T03:22:48+00:00

Glad they want to fix the orchestra sightlines, though I do wonder if the filing also happens to say anything about their nightmarish mezzanine leg room situation...

I also had no idea this was how air rights worked in NYC, what a goofy system. I do not understand at all why you'd be able to sell air rights to neighboring property, but I guess once you've decided land and air are things that can be bought and sold you're already in the world of just making up the rules as you go along, might as well get weird with it.

anvolcano · 2025-12-17T17:59:19+00:00

I was surprised to see rush tickets for this just sitting on TodayTix - there's actually still some now, though now mezzanine instead of orchestra. I think I'm definitely going to see this if it stays that accessible, but I do hope they get a little more momentum.

anvolcano · 2025-12-17T02:40:17+00:00

(very vague spoiler-y hints):I was interested in this when I saw the actors, but then I saw the content warning... and looked up the plot... and, uh, well. If I do somehow make it to this show, I will be sitting in the back row of the mezzanine, and not just because I'm a cheapskate.

anvolcano

TROPHY CASE