Inflation-Beating
Current Broadway Shows
By Bob
Pardue
Reliable
information about current Broadway shows is not
always the easiest thing to locate.
Fortunately, this
report includes the latest travel info
available.
Current
Broadway Shows
Forget the critics, forget
the costs; the imperative here is to see the
current Broadway shows any way you can.
See Neil Simon’s version
of John Waters’ HAIRSPRAY.
See the classics, like:
- PHANTOM
OF THE OPERA
- LITTLE
WOMEN
- WHO’S
AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
- JULIUS
CAESAR
- FIDDLER
ON THE ROOF
Take in the more playful
MAMMA MIA. Indulge in the grander THE LION KING.
Revisit your passions in your
favorite operas by attending the LA BOHEME re-make,
RENT.
But see current Broadway
shows, one way or another.
What if you are not in New
York or are not planning to visit new York, and
can’t get to the current Broadway shows?
Don’t despair. First of
all, these shows run for years (the better and best
ones, anyway).
Second of all, the best are
so successful and their so generous and respectful
of the theatre arts world that the current Broadway
shows get taken on the road—to Boston, Philly,
San Francisco, and other parts of the country.
What if you cannot afford
current Broadway shows, whether they stay in the
Big Apple or travel to Timbuktu?
Ah, this is still no excuse:
there are a number of ways you, too, can attend.
You can save money and still
be blessed with the most alluring, engaging, and
cathartic of the arts.
Most of this information
comes straight from the world travel pros.
Careful reading to the end
virtually guarantees that you'll know what they
know.
Find other interesting world
travel information
and traveling tips at
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Tours Media
If you are a
student—call (or contact via the net) the box
office, and ask about student discounts.
Many if not most current
Broadway shows’ theatres, opera houses, and
symphonic and other auditoria have a student price
and/or a student group price.
If you are a senior
citizen—seniors get discounted for most
events, as they do for buses, restaurants, etc.,
and as they should.
Be sure when ordering
tickets, you ask about getting a senior
disount.
If you can—try for a
same-day ticket. A ticket that is not called for at
the reservation window by a certain time (often
within a few minutes of the curtain call) is up for
grabs…at a greatly discounted price.
Simply show up the day of the
performance for whichever of the current Broadway
shows you want to attend.
Go to the reserved tickets
window and ask if there are any no-shows.
Also, tell the teller you
will check back (at his/her designated time), or
ask when you can return to check for
no-shows.
If you don’t
mind—standing and watching the show is very
cheap.
In San Francisco, if you take
an SRO ticket (Standing-room only ticket), you pay
one dollar and agree to stand in the very last
aisle in the very back of the theatre…at the
very top of the nosebleed seats.
But, for a dollar, you can
bring your homemade brownies and your binoculars to
the current Broadway shows, shift your feet on
occasion, even lean, in some instances…and see
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, MONTY PYTON’S
SPAMALOT, GOOD VIBRATIONS, ON GOLDIN POND, or
any one of dozens of award-winning,
heart-rendering, most brilliant and rewarding
current Broadway shows.
You should have no trouble
making sense of the information presented above so
go and enjoy your current Broadway
shows.
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