| Blithe Spirit / What The Butler Saw | |
| Posted by: | Whistler 10:43 pm EST 12/11/14 |
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| Both terrific productions. Angela Lansbury got an amazing standing ovation. I've never seen anything like it. It didn't start in the front, with people getting up in a wave as their sight was blocked. Everyone seemed to stand at once. And I'm often disappointed that Los Angeles theater gets so little attention on this site. | |
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| Questions about Blithe Spirit... | |
| Posted by: | DistantDrumming 04:54 am EST 12/12/14 |
| In reply to: | Blithe Spirit / What The Butler Saw - Whistler 10:43 pm EST 12/11/14 |
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| ...which section were you seated in? How was the view for this production? Thoughts on the rest of the cast/the overall production? How full was the house? I'm looking at tickets for a weekend in late December and I'm shocked at how many tickets are still available. I haven't added it up, but it looks to me that at least half the house is still available. As much as I adore Dame Angela and am so thrilled to see her in this role, I think CTG were perhaps too confident about how easily they would fill such a huge venue for a Noel Coward play with $140 tickets. You know, LA is now considered the least affordable city to live in when you compare median income to median rent. | |
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| re: Questions about Blithe Spirit... | |
| Posted by: | Pir8Jenny 08:36 pm EST 12/15/14 |
| In reply to: | Questions about Blithe Spirit... - DistantDrumming 04:54 am EST 12/12/14 |
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| Just remember, the Ahmanson is a subscription house. Most of the good seats will already be booked for subscribers. The show is on Goldstar now for the next 6 evening performances, which may help sell out the less-good seats. | |
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| re: Questions about Blithe Spirit... | |
| Posted by: | Kimmelhisway 04:39 pm EST 12/13/14 |
| In reply to: | Questions about Blithe Spirit... - DistantDrumming 04:54 am EST 12/12/14 |
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| I just looked at the Ahmanson tickets site - you're shocked by how many seats are left? Really? I pretty much looked at every date and while there are seats left they aren't GOOD seats. All the GOOD seats seem to be gone for every date during the run. So, I'd say it's selling pretty well. | |
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| re: Questions about Blithe Spirit... | |
| Posted by: | bicoastal 05:56 pm EST 12/12/14 |
| In reply to: | Questions about Blithe Spirit... - DistantDrumming 04:54 am EST 12/12/14 |
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| I was there last night in row E. Very receptive audience, I think the show will need to gain some traction and hopefully ticket sales will boost as the show goes along. That is a very typical thing for L.A. theater. The proscenium has been narrowed for the set (thankfully) and since I was pretty close up, I can't say how sightlines are from further back. But the production is wonderful, the level of playing is solid among everyone. I am a fan of Jemima Rooper who plays Elvira and it was great to see her having fun with the role. Everyone delivered at just the right level. Lansbury's Madame Arcati is comic but honest, not very showy but fun. A very charming evening. | |
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| Quick follow up question for anyone who's seen it... | |
| Posted by: | DistantDrumming 06:50 pm EST 12/12/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Questions about Blithe Spirit... - bicoastal 05:56 pm EST 12/12/14 |
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| ... my friend already ended up getting the tickets before checking with me. We're very close - 4 or 5 rows back in the orchestra, but on the far house right side - right on the aisle. Do you think we'll have an obstructed view w/ the narrowed proscenium? | |
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| re: Quick follow up question for anyone who's seen it... | |
| Posted by: | bicoastal 07:39 pm EST 12/12/14 |
| In reply to: | Quick follow up question for anyone who's seen it... - DistantDrumming 06:50 pm EST 12/12/14 |
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| You may miss a couple entrances from the stage left side of the set, and that will be because there is a gramophone that will probably block your view. Those are two major entrances but the characters are on set so fast that I don't think it will bother you too much. And I think you'll be good for everything else. | |
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| Thanks, bicoastal! (nm) | |
| Posted by: | DistantDrumming 08:26 pm EST 12/12/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Quick follow up question for anyone who's seen it... - bicoastal 07:39 pm EST 12/12/14 |
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| Woop! | |
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| Slower Follow-Up | |
| Posted by: | Whistler 01:56 pm EST 12/13/14 |
| In reply to: | Thanks, bicoastal! (nm) - DistantDrumming 08:26 pm EST 12/12/14 |
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| We were there Wednesday night, the 10th. The orchestra was full, though a friend of ours was able to pick up a 25 buck ticket in the balcony that afternoon. We were just off center in row R of the orchestra, as close as you can get now on the Passport plan. You pay $125 for that and usually get 50% off a pair of tickets for however many productions you want to see. So our tickets were 30 bucks each. Since we'd see a half-dozen productions this year at the Ahmanson and Taper -- but not at the Douglas-- that only added 10 bucks each to our tickets. I'm not sure that even sitting in the first row of the orchestra center you can see the stage left wall of the set. It seems to be set back to make the room look bigger. And the record player's practically on the stage left proscenium, I guess to give it prominence. In any case, the main thing on the stage left wall is the entrance to the garden, mainly used by Elvira. And, as has been mentioned, she gets onstage pretty quickly. The rest of the action is pretty well downstage center. A uniformly good cast, mainly a mix of the London 2014 and Broadway 2009 casts. Really a charming evening. | |
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