Theater outings!

[usernamenumber]

I haven't arranged a lot of theater outings lately, so by gum, I'm gonna arrange me some theater outings.

There are four shows in particular that I've been planning on seeing...

Second Samuel (https://www.facebook.com/events/472717862793459/)
My friend Nick seems to eat, sleep, and breathe theater, and now he has his first lead role! The play is a comedy of which he's spoken very highly. I hardly ever go see non-musical, non-genre plays (see below for evidence), so I want to make a point of seeing this one.
I've got Second Samuel penciled in for Friday, 5/3 Anyone else? I think tix are purchased at the door for this one, so it's just a matter of showing up on the same day if people want to mob. (Update: ayelle points out that tickets can in fact be bought online here!)

She Kills Monsters (http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/iShe-Kills-Monstersi/)
There are basically three things I know about this show:
  - It is called "She Kills Monsters"
  - The blurb contains the phrases "slash and shapeshift its way into your heart", and "comedic nerdgasm".
  - That is all I need to know to be interested in this show.
How about the 2pm matinee on Sunday, 5/5? Tix are cheap for students ($15), less so for the rest of us ($38), so I might give it a miss unless a lot of people want to come with. (Update: neuroliz points out that Goldstar has $19 tix here!)

Shakespeare Slam (https://www.facebook.com/events/513031658753163/)
An open mic event for Shakespeare(-related) performances! Expect monologues, spoofs, songs, etc. Come to watch and/or bring something to perform!
This is only on Saturday, 5/11 at 2pm. Tix are $5 at the door.

In The Heights (http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/In-the-Heights/)
This is one of my favorite musicals ever. It won a bunch of Tony awards. Its musical style is like nothing I'd ever heard in the genre before, blending latin, hiphop, and dance into a poignant but uplifting story.
I'm thinking Friday, 5/24 for this. It's the most expensive of the shows listed here, at about $58, but IMO it's totally worth it. (Update: Once again the ever-helpful neuroliz points to cheaper ($28.50) Goldstar tix for Sunday, 6/26, so I'm moving plans to that date Update^2: Argh. Looks like we missed the bus on this one. There's currently only one ticket left for that performance, and the only other discounted performance is on Weds 6/5 at 2pm. Could anyone else even do that? Otherwise we can go back to the 5/24 full-price plan. Damn you, fast-moving Internet life!!

Unfortunately none of these seem to have group rates, but for She Kills Monsters and In The Heights I can at least buy a set of tickets together if there's a group of people who all want to go on the same day. So, who's in?

Yet another update: In light of the limited number of Goldstart tix available, I'm going to attempt to buy enough for however many definite commitments I have for She Kills Monsters and In The Heights tonight or tomorrow night at the latest. So if you're not a definite "yes" in the comments, be one before I then if you want to sit in a group Aaactually, it turns out y'all can buy your own tickets and we can still sit together if you just use this link. Thanks ayelle!

Comments

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

I was a little surprised to see you say it looked like Burlington's tickets were just at the door -- I mean they are available at the door, and it would probably be fine to do it that way, but they are also available online, which would be more convenient for anyone who wanted to pay by credit card.

So I went to the Facebook event and saw that the producer who created it failed to include any kind of ticketing information whatsoever -- prices, phone number, Burlington's website, anything. This kind of internet incompetence is so typical of suburban community theatre that all I can do is roll my eyes.

Here's the website, which does include ticket purchasing information: http://www.burlingtonplayers.com/

Don't be put off by the fact that the site looks like the last bastion of Geocities, it is a real live website, I promise. And the people at Burlington understand theatre just fine, it's just the internet that defeats them. And the suburban theatres wonder why they have such trouble getting Butts In Seats. *eyeroll*