New York

I think people could give you better advice if you give a bit more info. It’s like me asking if I should visit Sydney in April or December.

What do you want to see, achieve, accomplish? 

For theatre May/June is always the best time since most of the season’s biggest shows (musicals and plays) will all be playing before some start closing into mid-Summer and through the Autumn. Though of course plenty of next season’s shows haven’t been announced yet!

Not sure if it makes sense to reactivate this thread (happy for post to be moved).

Wondering if anyone has recommendations for October/November? Musicals or plays are both fine though not keen to visit anything I could see in London. Ideally would have options for rush/queuing or TKTS.

I highly recommend Kimberly Akimbo, ditto Purlie Victorious, which has just opened to glowing reviews.

Harmony (a musical by Barry Manilow about the Comedian Harmonists) and Buena Vista Social Club (based on the movie about Cuban musicians) haven’t yet started performances, but both sound promising (I’ve got tickets for both). Harmony got good reviews when it played off-Broadway last year, and is now transferring to Broadway with performances starting October 18. Buena Vista Social Club starts performances at the off-Broadway Atlantic Theater on November 17.

If you’d like to see Dianne Wiest onstage, she’ll be appearing in a new play called Scene Partners at the off-Broadway Vineyard Theatre starting October 26.

One word of caution about the Bedlam production of Arcadia: it’s in a theater on the second floor of a church. I have never been there (despite the fact that the church is only one block from my apartment building), and for all I know the theater may be lovely, but don’t expect anything like a Broadway theater. You may be fine with that, but I mention it just so you’ll know.

I’ll be seeing the Bedlam production of Arcadia on November 11, and can report back on both the production and the theater after that, if anyone is interested.

I’m spending Christmas in New York but spending it in the Lower East Side for a change so a fair distance from the big venues in the vicinity of Broadway:I’m seeing So Here We Are the day after I arrive and Aubrey Plaza in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at the Lucille Lortel Theatre the night before I come back but I will keep an eye out for an extra show that won’t break the bank (I am not spending a small fortune staying for NYE too) so might just make do with a visit to somewhere like the Comedy Cellar.

I live near Lincoln Center Theater and am looking forward to In the Gardens of Anuncia, a new musical based on the life of Graciela Daniele, who will direct and choreograph. Ms. Daniele will be played by Priscilla Lopez.


www.lct.org/shows/gardens-anuncia/

Manahatta at the Public (in the East Village) sounds interesting. It will have opened before you get here, so you can check reviews.

A week today i fly off. Can anyone recommend any cabaret spots?

Marie's Crisis is my defalut but im open to suggestions.

Id love to see Merrily we stole a song but im at the theatr when its on.

Please and thanks

Without knowing your tastes it's hard to recommend anything!

Quite a few of the new shows are struggling already and are likely to close in June if they can't haul in some major Tonys that will extend their lifespan. Which also (probably) means they won't come to London.

Personally I'm sorry to see that Lempicka is shaping up to be a flop, I'm a major fan of Rachel Chavkin's work (Comet, Hadestown) and it should have been the tale of a fascinating, strong and unconventional (real) woman, but apparently the book is a major mess. Still, might be one of those "rarities" you'll someday be glad to have seen.