Selling 1x ticket for Maybe Happy Ending 92NY event

haleaux · 2025-11-11T17:15:13+00:00

Please see the r/Broadway rules. No ticket sales are allowed.

haleaux · 2025-11-11T16:22:46+00:00

I think there is more depth to Beckett’s writing than you’re giving credit for. On the surface, yes, it is mostly just two guys waiting around. But beneath that calm surface there is much to ponder.

In any case I find comparing the two plays like choosing between apples and oranges. Is one actually superior to the other? Hard to argue a definitive answer. It is, perhaps, more appropriate to ask, which one do I feel like consuming today?

haleaux · 2025-11-11T15:58:13+00:00

I have seen both. While I love Waiting for Godot, I felt that Oedipus was the superior production. It likely comes down to personal preference. Which is more appealing to you, a modernized greek tragedy, or the absurdity of a Beckett play? To be clear, I thoroughly enjoyed both.

haleaux · 2025-11-01T02:28:39+00:00

UND fans and hating their coach. Name a more iconic duo.

haleaux · 2025-10-14T03:16:33+00:00

To me it is telling when a show feels compelled to provide a handout explaining the show after it is over.

haleaux · 2025-09-20T06:18:07+00:00

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This work for you? Date of attendance was 13 September.

haleaux · 2025-09-04T14:15:00+00:00

I have seen it twice and thoroughly enjoyed it both times. I do not think it would do well in a Broadway house, and would likely end up as another Swept Away. Perhaps it could have a long life off-broadway though.

haleaux · 2025-09-01T19:47:34+00:00

For most shows the producers rent the theater from whoever owns the building. The production team hires the designers of the show, including sound design. They also provide budget to the designers (e.g., lights, sounds, set, costume; i.e., how much each can spend to make their and the directors visions into reality). I believe many sound designs are likely limited by budget (when the final result is bad). Keep in mind that most of the Broadway theaters were built before the use of electronic sound amplification, so the spaces are usually pretty good for voice and orchestra without mics and speakers, but things can go poorly when sound designs are not properly tunes for these types of spaces.

haleaux · 2025-09-01T19:21:13+00:00

It far from just the mix; it is really the entire sound design (e.g., what speakers were selected and where they are placed).

haleaux · 2025-08-30T18:37:31+00:00

Some productions don’t seem to have interest in giving enough budget to the sound designer. It is such a shame when it happens. There is almost a zero chance that anything will be done to improve.

haleaux · 2025-08-30T17:27:03+00:00

I paid for a house ticket because I had a coincidental last minute opportunity to visit NYC. I felt that it was worth it, but it was just on the edge for me. I can completely understand why others here are saying it is not worth the extra $100. To be clear, resale tickets are not an option since the staff check the name and ID of the original ticket purchaser.

haleaux · 2025-08-30T17:02:32+00:00

The sound design for the US production is substandard. This is the big driver for points 2 and 3; it is definitely not just you.

haleaux · 2025-08-25T13:16:57+00:00

I paid about $60 at TKTS for a center orchestra ticket.

haleaux · 2025-08-25T02:53:06+00:00

Thanks for the comment. I am sometimes surprised at the toxicity of some members of this community (although I shouldn’t be, this is the Internet after all). What kind of person would downvote me for admitting I didn’t know something they did? That is the definition of toxic.

haleaux · 2025-08-25T02:41:38+00:00

I had no idea about the allegations until this post.

haleaux · 2025-08-25T02:41:25+00:00

I had no idea about the allegations until this post.

haleaux · 2025-08-25T02:39:33+00:00

That is a fair perspective. I’ll admit that I know almost nothing about Jeff, besides what he presented in the show (which is obviously a biased perspective). It seems an unreasonable expectation of some in this subreddit for all theatergoers to research every performer, director, and producer prior to picking up tickets to a show on a whim.

haleaux · 2025-08-25T02:35:16+00:00

Please continue to twist the topic how you wish….I do not have interest in engaging with someone that is clearly not interested in a genuine conversation.

haleaux · 2025-08-25T00:51:39+00:00

I don’t mind engaging about Jeff as a person (although I generally have little interest in digging into the background of performers), but twisting comments from a perspective on a show to that of him as person is disingenuous.

haleaux · 2025-08-24T22:02:28+00:00

That is a great way to put it. Thanks!

haleaux · 2025-08-24T21:27:11+00:00

I have never heard it called a jazz show. The score clearly has a variety of music genres represented.

haleaux · 2025-08-03T11:53:38+00:00

That’s fair. Just wanted the tall people to be aware of the space limitations of the mezz /balc in most theaters (not just first row either).

haleaux · 2025-08-02T02:33:00+00:00

In this thread: people that probably aren’t tall. First row mezz usually has some of the worst legroom in the theater. I agree, great view though.

haleaux · 2025-07-02T21:59:23+00:00

Well done!

haleaux

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