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Post by Dr Tom on Jan 2, 2019 9:18:46 GMT
Do you think it will he saved for Day Seats? I don't know. My gut feeling is they're more likely to be available through the Box Office than TodayTix. But they might already have been quietly sold. I do remember people earlier in the thread talking about getting advance front row tickets directly from the box office. |
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Post by andrew on Jan 5, 2019 12:40:08 GMT
I guess I won't bee seeing it, and I'm only blaming myself for leaving it to the last weeks. I tried dayseating twice and I missed them both times, as the queue was extremely busy and they only have 15 seats. Today I arrived at 8.50 and there were already more than 15 people in line and I imagine that next week is going to be even worse. I also had no luck with todaytix rush seats as they seem to disappear in nanoseconds. I can only hope it returns one day...
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Post by kathryn on Jan 5, 2019 15:29:05 GMT
With today tix you should keep hitting refresh for a good half hour - rush tickets sometimes pop back up.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 19:04:54 GMT
Thanks for the clarification
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Post by jamb0r on Jan 5, 2019 19:54:42 GMT
Am tempted to try and day seat the last day for this (the final part 2 is completely sold out apart from a handful of standing tickets last time I checked). Judging from how busy it’s been recently it’ll definitely need to be an early start and I’m not sure I can manage 6+ hours of queuing in the freezing cold and 7 hours of theatre in the same day.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 23:25:41 GMT
After spending most of the day with these characters I feel very strongly for them, wow, what a production. The time has whizzed by and I’ve cried multiple times. A man who was the doppelgänger for Ben Platt passed me in the foyer corridor, who it turns out from his Instagram story was indeed the man himself. I wonder if he has an eye on taking one of the roles for the transfer? He is referenced in the play itself, I know, but then again so is Vanessa.
In 2019 it may seem less of an event or as important as it once was to shine a light on the lives of a group of gay men living in New York City, yet this was a story that needs to continue being told. For me, and many others, this is a mirror play. Hearing my own experiences, thoughts and feelings spoken out loud on a stage reaffirms them and feels very comforting. As the first show of 2019 I couldn’t have picked a better way to start the year, even if this does end its run next week. Fingers crossed that we continue to get more work like this and that the Inheritance has a continued life.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2019 5:09:34 GMT
Omg Ben Platt!! 😍
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2019 14:29:11 GMT
In my second time seeing it became shockingly clear to me that the character of Adam quite possibly doesn't exist. He is Leo rewriting his life like Toby did with his novel/play. Adam is Leo if he were adopted and shown love. He also takes his rape story and makes it a little more of him being in control and romanticizing it more, being his choice to go into a bathhouse and let these men have sex with him.
This is also somewhat repeated with Walter having the same stealing pills story as Toby but that one was harder to connect.
If this is way off the mark, I apologize, but it really blew my mind on my second viewing. I'm hoping this indeed transfers to NYC so I can see it again and again.
Very interesting re-watching the play with that theory in mind and I think it does make sense! Hence Adam disappearing from the narrative for most of part 2, and as you say the similarities between the bathhouse story and what happens on Fire Island, and the fact that the lead character in Toby's book is an idealised (and misleading) version of Toby.
On the other hand in that case why is Toby obsessed with Leo? But then again all of that is narrated by Leo as we realise at the end what we are watching is Leo's (rather than Adam's) novel.
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Post by andrew on Jan 7, 2019 1:21:30 GMT
Did anyone get a standing ticket for this? Is the view ok?
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Post by Dr Tom on Jan 7, 2019 9:02:43 GMT
Did anyone get a standing ticket for this? Is the view ok? No, but it would be a real test of endurance for such a long pair of plays. I think your feet would be so sore, you just wouldn't enjoy it. |
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Post by Mark on Jan 7, 2019 16:43:58 GMT
I can imagine Todaytix Rush to be difficult on two show days. I'm gonna try for Part 2 in the last week on the Wednesday and then just buy a normal ticket if I can't get a rush for part 1. Seems part 1 has plenty of availability though.
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Post by lynette on Jan 7, 2019 23:37:14 GMT
Saw part one this evening and I’m impressed by the performances and some of the writing. I didn’t cry. Maybe I will on Wednesday for part two. It was very long. Angels was long too. Is this a given for plays about the history of gay men in America? ( over to you Em) But it was good long.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 12:28:07 GMT
Is this a given for plays about the history of gay men in America? We're the gayers, we like 'em long.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 12:53:32 GMT
Is this a given for plays about the history of gay men in America? We're the gayers, we like 'em long. I’m with Ryan, the gays just like a long one, what can I say? |
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Post by lynette on Jan 9, 2019 13:49:50 GMT
Thank you 😁
And is the guy in the Brexit tv play who knows about the advanced data stuff the guy who plays Eric in this?
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Post by david on Jan 9, 2019 13:57:24 GMT
Thank you 😁 And is the guy in the Brexit tv play who knows about the advanced data stuff the guy who plays Eric in this? Yeah, same guy - Kyle Soller |
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Post by lynette on Jan 10, 2019 0:03:37 GMT
He is very good, very poised. As for the second part of this oeuvre which I saw this evening, come on people, it is 40 minutes too long. Like most American movies it doesn’t know when to end. There are at least three places it could end beside the actual ending. The dies in his sleep at 97 is so utterly sentimental as is all the other happy endings that it takes away from the attempted deep pain of the characters' experiences. The suicide is a cliche. Did the writer not know how to get this character sorted out? The flashes of Howard's End were puzzling. They seemed to me rather workshopped, as if someone had the idea and they all worked on bits of it. I’m sorry but I just don’t see why this is so lauded at the moment.
As for Ms Redgrave, she didn’t take advantage of the voice coach did she? Her accent was so all over the place it was ludicrous. It would have been better to keep her a Brit than the Australian Essex girl she came out as. Though hearing a woman's voice at the end was refreshing.
So I was disappointed to say the least.
The best part of the experience for me this week, having seen part one n Monday and two tonight was discovering the Egyptian Street food place opposite, Koshari Street. Great tasty food and lovely guys in there. Almost a replacement for Gaby's of blessed memory.
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Post by sam22 on Jan 10, 2019 0:27:00 GMT
He is very good, very poised. As for the second part of this oeuvre which I saw this evening, come on people, it is 40 minutes too long. Like most American movies it doesn’t know when to end. There are at least three places it could end beside the actual ending. The dies in his sleep at 97 is so utterly sentimental as is all the other happy endings that it takes away from the attempted deep pain of the characters' experiences. The suicide is a cliche. Did the writer not know how to get this character sorted out? The flashes of Howard's End were puzzling. They seemed to me rather workshopped, as if someone had the idea and they all worked on bits of it. I’m sorry but I just don’t see why this is so lauded at the moment. As for Ms Redgrave, she didn’t take advantage of the voice coach did she? Her accent was so all over the place it was ludicrous. It would have been better to keep her a Brit than the Australian Essex girl she came out as. Though hearing a woman's voice at the end was refreshing. So I was disappointed to say the least. The best part of the experience for me this week, having seen part one n Monday and two tonight was discovering the Egyptian Street food place opposite, Koshari Street. Great tasty food and lovely guys in there. Almost a replacement for Gaby's of blessed memory. I was in for part 2 tonight too, totally agree about the accent! Funnily enough I also went to Koshari street, great food and it was the first shift for one of the guys |
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Post by mrmushnik on Jan 12, 2019 17:43:08 GMT
Absolutely adored this...best play I’ve seen in a long while. Wasn’t 100% convinced by VR’s accent though.
Quite why Samuel H Levine wasn’t nominated for a Whatsonstage nod is beyond me but I guess it highlights the absurdity of WOS awards.
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Post by peggs on Jan 12, 2019 19:37:27 GMT
lynette how have you not seen Kyle Soller before?! pause while I think what I've seen him in.....Edward II at the national, no one walks down a handrail like him....the crazy Hedda Gabler at NT too? In the Henry VI Hollow Crown? And I think the David Suchet Long Day's Journey into night but would need to check I'm not making that up. He's always good.
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Post by Rory on Jan 12, 2019 20:18:43 GMT
You're spot on, peggs, Kyle Soller *was* in the Suchet Long Day's Journey with Laurie Metcalf at the Apollo. |
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Post by vdcni on Jan 12, 2019 20:48:11 GMT
He was also in the Faith Machine at the Royal Court, The Glass Menagerie at the Young Vic and in Poldark.
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Post by dillan on Jan 13, 2019 2:38:05 GMT
Completely sold out!
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Post by popcultureboy on Jan 13, 2019 8:36:50 GMT
Part One isn't. Part Two, somewhat randomly, is. Go figure. |
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Post by daisy24601 on Jan 13, 2019 22:14:16 GMT
Argh I was going to see part two on Tuesday, planning to try rush, but if that fails (most likely will) looks like I'm scuppered!
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