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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2018 3:21:17 GMT
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Post by Michael on Nov 2, 2018 5:54:58 GMT
I booked tickets for Beetlejuice from Germany via Telecharge without any problem at all... Odd. Still not working for me, at least five more unsuccessful attempts in the last two days. My ticket for Pretty Woman however was booked in 2min - but they're using Ticketmaster.
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Post by viserys on Nov 2, 2018 5:58:34 GMT
Sorry to hear that. I just went through Playbill onto the official Telecharge website, picked the seats for the performance I wanted, paid by credit card and was done. The confirmation email arrived a few minutes later.
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Post by happytobehere on Nov 2, 2018 10:02:58 GMT
This looks amazing - i wish i could afford a trip to go and see it. Hopefully it’ll be a success & come to London soon!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 3:48:33 GMT
Will this even make it to broadway. Those reviews ouch. Never seen such terrible reviews
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Post by ali973 on Nov 6, 2018 10:45:08 GMT
I've seen worse reviews. In fact I've only seen the Washington Times review, which was a pan. Haven't seen any others. Yes it will transfer.
The theatre is booked and funding all lined up. Producers don't stop shows just because of an out of town tryout.
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Post by viserys on Nov 6, 2018 10:57:33 GMT
You better be right. After Bat blew up in my face, I might as well tear up my plane ticket if Beetlejuice would cancel Broadway now
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Post by Michael on Nov 6, 2018 11:08:38 GMT
I might as well tear up my plane ticket if Beetlejuice would cancel Broadway now At least you got a ticket for Beetlejuice
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 11:10:01 GMT
I've seen worse reviews. In fact I've only seen the Washington Times review, which was a pan. Haven't seen any others. Yes it will transfer. The theatre is booked and funding all lined up. Producers don't stop shows just because of an out of town tryout. I haven't seen worse reviews !
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 11:31:46 GMT
Maybe try reading a wider range of reviews for a whole bunch of different shows then.
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Post by raider80 on Nov 6, 2018 14:58:17 GMT
Don't worry, this show has so much money involved it's going to come to Broadway no matter what? The producers are hoping the tourist buy the tickets based on the name and not the reviews.
Telecharge is terrible. The website is super buggy and lets be honest, it needs an update still looks like the website was built in the early 2000s. I suggest maybe calling the box office? Maybe you will be able to buy tickets over the phone but, I have no idea what charges the BO and your phone provider might try to add...
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Post by Michael on Nov 6, 2018 17:24:26 GMT
I might as well tear up my plane ticket if Beetlejuice would cancel Broadway now At least you got a ticket for Beetlejuice And so do I - finally. Different devices, IP addresses, browsers (including emptying cache and cookies and using private mode) - nothing worked. But what finally did the trick was to book as a guest with a different email address rather than to use my existing account. Booking went through and I received the confirmation email shortly after. What a hard nut to crack. Telecharge is terrible. The website is super buggy and lets be honest, it needs an update still looks like the website was built in the early 2000s. I suggest maybe calling the box office? Maybe you will be able to buy tickets over the phone but, I have no idea what charges the BO and your phone provider might try to add... I'm a bit hesitant to book via phone, but not because of the international call charges: For some reason, booking tickets online for the Wicked tour in Orlando was not possible (it wasn't Telecharge, but they had their own system that I couldn't persuade to sell me tickets (story of my life, huh?)), so I eventually gave in and called them. I spelt my name and email address, but never received a confirmation, but as my credit card was charged successfully, I just assumed everything was fine (and my seats were shown unavailable on the seat map) and let it go. When I went to the box office to pick up my tickets, they had nothing in my name (and all variations I could think of) or email address. Looking by seat numbers wasn't possible, either, but after some fiddling around, entering my credit card number finally worked. The name on the ticket was nothing similar like my actual name - I do wonder that the booking actually went through.
In short: Once bitten, twice shy.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 8:02:16 GMT
I am pretty sure this is not going to even get any tony nominations. Can't they just do moulin rouge. Can Perfect even write music?
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Post by ali973 on Nov 7, 2018 8:10:36 GMT
You just said this less than a week ago. Get. A. Grip. You're instability is giving me a headache.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 10:03:13 GMT
You just said this less than a week ago. Get. A. Grip. You're instability is giving me a headache. But did not see those reviews that killed a show. those reviews are so awful even my sh*t looks nicer. If this makes it to broadway then I would be shocked.
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Post by ali973 on Nov 7, 2018 10:49:04 GMT
The entire purpose of a pre-Broadway run is to get feedback from the audience (and to an extent, from the press too) to tweak the show before Broadway. Though there are circumstances when investors might pull out, this is probably a major production with very powerful backers. I wouldn't be surprised if Warner Bros had a stake in it.
This is not unusual at all. Shows get panned all the time. The question is if it will make it on Broadway, not if it will make it TO Broadway because that's all taken care of.
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Post by raider80 on Nov 7, 2018 17:24:59 GMT
Everybody take a deep breath, this show has time between the DC run and Broadway to make the changes. It will be fine.
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Post by madsonmelo on Nov 9, 2018 3:49:48 GMT
I actually liked very much the show lol
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 8:26:36 GMT
Everybody take a deep breath, this show has time between the DC run and Broadway to make the changes. It will be fine. but those reviews were so awful. Its unsalvageable .
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Post by raider80 on Dec 15, 2018 18:52:49 GMT
Word on the street is that the a two week lab is going to happen in January to put in all changes that have been made since the tryout and there has been major changes. Another rumor going around is that the producers are quietly looking for a new Beetlejuice for Broadway.
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Post by raider80 on Mar 17, 2019 20:07:26 GMT
According to Michael Riedel, most of the shows issues in Washington D.C. have been fixed. Beetlejuice Fixed
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Post by raider80 on Apr 13, 2019 3:45:07 GMT
I caught this at the Winter Garden Theatre tonight. (4/12/19)
I've been excited for this show since it announced it was coming to Broadway. I was still routing for it following the negative response it got during it's tryout because I hoped the production team would listen to the response and try to fix the flaws before heading north to NYC. In fact, I avoided the Broadwayworld preview thread because, lets be honest, they can be unnecessarily harsh towards a show they didn't like and this is coming from a semi-active member on that site. So, as I walked out of the theatre tonight, I was really disappointed on what I saw. I wouldn't say I hated it but, it's not that good.
I'll start with the positives: Rob McClure, Kerry Butler, and Leslie Keitzer killed it. They took the material they had and took it to a whole different level, they were the only part of the show that really made me laugh. I see them all getting the third/fourth slot for best actor/actress at the Tony Awards but, none of them will probably win. The other real positives were the set and lighting design. They are probably the two elements of the show that might actually win the Tony.
Now the negatives: Alex Brightmen was miscast as Beetlejuice. He just couldn't pull off the role and the show stopped, in a bad way, when he was on stage and to be honest, he's off putting. Brightmen doing Dewy Finn as Beetlejuice. That shtick is good in School of Rock, not Beetlejuice. I knew the production team was looking into recasting the role but I guess they decided against it. The second thing, DON'T introduce Beetlejuice in the opening number! Build the suspense, make the audience want him! It sets a negative tone for the rest of the evening. It took me about 30 minutes for me to get fully invested into the show because I didn't like how the director handled the opening number. Eddie Perfect's score is not that memorable and the book does have some crude moments. I'm a sucker for crude humor but I didn't like how they did it in this show. Finally, I was seated in the orchestra/stalls and for the pre-show they had strobe lights in the auditorium, which were fine except when they got into my eyes which can be really bothersome.
My wife and I were talking as we walked back to our hotel room and she brought up that Tim Minchin and Matthew Warchus would have been perfect for this show and, I have to agree with her. Beetlejuice is right up Tim's ally and make the show something special like Groundhog Day.
The house looked full from where I was sitting and the audience around me liked it. I see this sticking around for 9 months to a year, reviews and word-of-mouth aren't great so I don't see this becoming a stall worth of Broadway. I don't expect the show to win and Tonys this year and I put a transfer to the West End to a "maybe" status.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 8:07:31 GMT
agree I caught this at the Winter Garden Theatre tonight. (4/12/19) I've been excited for this show since it announced it was coming to Broadway. I was still routing for it following the negative response it got during it's tryout because I hoped the production team would listen to the response and try to fix the flaws before heading north to NYC. In fact, I avoided the Broadwayworld preview thread because, lets be honest, they can be unnecessarily harsh towards a show they didn't like and this is coming from a semi-active member on that site. So, as I walked out of the theatre tonight, I was really disappointed on what I saw. I wouldn't say I hated it but, it's not that good. I'll start with the positives: Rob McClure, Kerry Butler, and Leslie Keitzer killed it. They took the material they had and took it to a whole different level, they were the only part of the show that really made me laugh. I see them all getting the third/fourth slot for best actor/actress at the Tony Awards but, none of them will probably win. The other real positives were the set and lighting design. They are probably the two elements of the show that might actually win the Tony. Now the negatives: Alex Brightmen was miscast as Beetlejuice. He just couldn't pull off the role and the show stopped, in a bad way, when he was on stage and to be honest, he's off putting. Brightmen doing Dewy Finn as Beetlejuice. That shtick is good in School of Rock, not Beetlejuice. I knew the production team was looking into recasting the role but I guess they decided against it. The second thing, DON'T introduce Beetlejuice in the opening number! Build the suspense, make the audience want him! It sets a negative tone for the rest of the evening. It took me about 30 minutes for me to get fully invested into the show because I didn't like how the director handled the opening number. Eddie Perfect's score is not that memorable and the book does have some crude moments. I'm a sucker for crude humor but I didn't like how they did it in this show. Finally, I was seated in the orchestra/stalls and for the pre-show they had strobe lights in the auditorium, which were fine except when they got into my eyes which can be really bothersome. My wife and I were talking as we walked back to our hotel room and she brought up that Tim Minchin and Matthew Warchus would have been perfect for this show and, I have to agree with her. Beetlejuice is right up Tim's ally and make the show something special like Groundhog Day. The house looked full from where I was sitting and the audience around me liked it. I see this sticking around for 9 months to a year, reviews and word-of-mouth aren't great so I don't see this becoming a stall worth of Broadway. I don't expect the show to win and Tonys this year and I put a transfer to the West End to a "maybe" status.
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Post by pianowithsam on Apr 16, 2019 22:18:30 GMT
Might just be me, but this looks like the weirdest thing ever. Can't tell if it's good or bad. Strange.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 16, 2019 23:07:52 GMT
They have certainly thrown lots of resources at it.
It is definitely odd
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Post by pianowithsam on Apr 17, 2019 0:34:02 GMT
They have certainly thrown lots of resources at it. It is definitely odd Looks like the best funhouse ever. Just missing a slide.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 17, 2019 5:39:18 GMT
They have certainly thrown lots of resources at it. It is definitely odd Looks like the best funhouse ever. Just missing a slide. Pat is the best Funhouse ever. I could look at that hair for hours....
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Post by viserys on Apr 17, 2019 5:51:40 GMT
I'll be seeing Beetlejuice next Tuesday. Very excited. Even if it's not a "great" musical, it looks amazing and should be very entertaining and honestly, that'll do for me. Plus Sophia Anne Caruso. Loved her in Lazarus, glad to see her shine in a big lead.
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Post by pianowithsam on Apr 17, 2019 8:41:39 GMT
I'll be seeing Beetlejuice next Tuesday. Very excited. Even if it's not a "great" musical, it looks amazing and should be very entertaining and honestly, that'll do for me. Plus Sophia Anne Caruso. Loved her in Lazarus, glad to see her shine in a big lead. Looking forward to your verdict.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2019 10:48:56 GMT
The day Pat Sharp had his mullet cut off was the day my childhood ended, as I realised that all things will one day come to an end (but that doesn't necessarily have to be bad).
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