<p>CoachC, I wholeheartedly second your recommendation of Jersey Boys. I saw it last week, and I can honestly say that it was one of the most entertaining nights of theatre that I've ever had. I've seen hundreds of plays so that's saying something! The cast is uniformly wonderful, John Lloyd Young is amazing as Frankie Valli, and not just because of the eerie similarity of his voice. His acting, dancing, and the total 'package' of his performance onstage is mesmerizing to watch. I was there with my D, a couple of her friends and one of their teachers from Tisch, all there to support Michael Longoria, who, as Joe Pesci, is great!</p>
<p>There are several shows in previews, which mean tickets are available probably at tdf. </p>
<p>We saw The Wedding Singer last night. It was good, not great. HoweverThe audience seemed to love it. Filled with references to the 1980s. I had never seen the movie. </p>
<p>We got our tickets via the tdf website, tdf.org, which regquires a $20 annual membership fee. We paid $32 a piece for the tickets, which in this case were mezzanine, but we could still see well.</p>
<p>We are on a run... have discount tickets this upcoming week for two other shows in previews: Drowsy Chaperone and The Caine Mutiny.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! We will have a wonderful time looking at schools and seeing shows. </p>
<p>CoachC, how many student Rush tickets are available? Or is this on the theatre/show web site? My D's friend saw Jersey Boys in March so I'd like to try for rush tickets. And thanks, Evasmom for the idea to try for the lottery tickets first. We loved Wicked on tour. </p>
<p>I'm such a novice, but I've read a lot. Now we just need to go see for ourselves.</p>
<p>Here's a link to a page that details rush policies for all current shows!
<a href="http://www.talkinbroadway.com/boards/index.php?rush=show#204%5B/url%5D">http://www.talkinbroadway.com/boards/index.php?rush=show#204</a></p>
<p>I think there are @ 30 rush seats available for J-Boys, but there may be more.</p>
<p>See it!!! :)</p>
<p>Rathersing, there are 30 seats available for Jersey Boys but they're only for students. A valid student I.D., in addition to the usual government issued photo I.D., is required. Some shows rush seats are available to anyone but JB's are only for students. You could check the box office for standing room, though. Discounts are going to be impossible to find for this show because it's selling so well but if you're willing to pay full-price, there ARE still seats available, and if you're willing to pay premium prices, there are still GOOD seats available. :)</p>
<p>Ahhh, sorry, Rathersing - I thought as long as the person with the student ID bought the tickets that a non-student could use the other ticket! :(</p>
<p>My d was in NYC yesterday to catch a show...her and her friend ended up getting rush tickets to Chicago....25.00, third row isle seats. She really enjoyed the show. We are anxious to hear how Drowsy chaperone is...and also Threepenny Opera....
If you want something to make you laugh, Dirty Rotten is the one to see....we lucked into tickets for that one a while ago and would return to see it...but hey, Sherie Rene Scott and Norbert Leo Butz......who can go wrong with that?!!!<br>
Enjoy NY...It is getting more spring like up here in the Northeast!</p>
<p>Unless the policy has changed.... when we saw Jersey Boys, my D got the tix, and we both used them - the same applied to the family ahead of us, with 2 parents, 2 kids....</p>
<p>MusThCC, before last week, I also thought that it was possible, but I heard two separate groups of people discussing it as we were entering the theatre saying that they had inquired and were told it was student rush and was for students only. I think sometimes these decisions are dependent on the mood of the box office person on any given day. :)</p>
<p>I'm late to this party :) but my D also raved about Jersey Boys which she saw twice. She also won the "lottery" Sat. night with friends for Drowsy Chaperone and loved that as well.</p>
<p>Just saw Muhlenberg today and loved it, it was my first school, one tour down, 12354 to go. . . .</p>
<p>My D is a freshman at OCU now, and I believe they will let you watch a rehearsal. If you call the music department (Mary Mowry), you can schedule a tour of the music building and sit in on classes, master classes, etc. At least a group of my D, 4 other classmates and 4 moms were able to. They are performing "Parade" April 21-23 (I believe are the dates). I don't know when you plan to visit, but that show is currently in rehearsal.</p>
<p>Hi Y'all! What a great trip to NY. We loved it. Saw Sweeny Todd (50% off 6th row), and The Light in the Piazza. Two very different shows, but both displayed the amazing talent on Broadway! </p>
<p>We need to organize a game plan for Jr tours. Maybe this is on another thread? We had only one day for each college, and it took a bit of time to discover who was the person we really needed to talk to. We scheduled meetings and tours thru admissions, but they know little about MT. So we also called (in advance) each MT department to schedule a meeting. Call back about 2 weeks ahead and Ithaca will let you sit in on a class. Syracuse said no. NYU would have let my D in a class, only with a current student friend, but we just missed the start of the last class Friday (hard to connect even with cell phones)! </p>
<p>NYU Tisch had a ~45 person group meeting with... drat, I can't find her card yet. We didn't take the NYU admissions tour, so we don't know what we missed there. We do have a meeting in Texas with admissions this weekend though. Had the least contact with students here, but D has friends of friends to e-mail. They were just too busy the day we were there (papers and rehearsals on a Friday night). </p>
<p>Ithaca had us meet 1 on 1 with a senior and Linda Ellis (MT/Acting Admin Assistant). Saw a slide show, good tour of Dillingham (theatre building), informative. We also went on the general campus tour and met a MT mom and D from NYC. We had a great talk, well, whisper. I told her about CC, so "Hi R, if you are here yet!" Sounds like Ithaca is serious about grades and SATs, but if you're strong there, there are good merit scholarships. Also did the admissions meeting and met one of the admissions officers. </p>
<p>Syracuse had a group meeting for all Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) perspective students, but our flight got moved up. So we went to the office and talked to the AA, got the MT flyers, checked off our names (I've read that schools keep record of student calls and visits and attitude!!!) and explained our time crunch. <strong>We did get to meet with Murphy Clark (MT AA), but she was SWAMPED with touring students, and we SHOULD HAVE gone through the VPA tour to see her!!!</strong> BTW, Syracuse houses VPA on "the hill" (main campus) but ALL MT is at Syracuse Stage, on Genesse St. We stayed at the ParkView Hotel, and could walk to SS. Got a fine room on line for $80. The general admissions meeting was LONG and only had 5 seconds about MT. Mostly geared to kids who are Undecided in majors... So we skipped the tour, and talked to students outside the Syracuse Stage building. Very friendly. </p>
<p>Any ideas on how to organize so we see the right people in the proper manner?</p>
<p>This is Evasmom's D on her name. On the subject of the student discount - It does depend on the mood the box office is in, and the show. I usually have no trouble getting two tickets and then giving one to my mom. What you should do is walk up to the box office without the parent in sight. But when I attempted to get student rush for Light in the Piazza, they made me show the ID of both of the students. Therefore, no luck :P</p>
<p>Also, is it true that schools keep a record for attitude during tours? Eeek! Not that I really have anything to worry about, but it seems like there's even pressure when you're not even auditioning!</p>
<p>For student rush they will usually say if you are allowed to get one or two tickets per person, so there wouldn't be a problem bringing a parent.</p>
<p>Hello, is anyone there?</p>
<p>Are people planning college tours over the summer?
Is there much hope of meeting profs, and getting information,
or is it just a time to see the campus?</p>
<p>Hi Rathersing!</p>
<p>We have only be able to set up one visit so far (we did NYU in Feb). We are hoping to do Elon on the way to our summer vacation in the Carolinas but other than that, we will probably not do anymore summer visits. My D has decided that she really doesnt want to try to visit (which does not bother me that much) her entire list. Since she is going to CAP this summer for 6 weeks, there is little time anyway to do so. My thoughts are to try to research as best we can, keep readding CC faithfully :) and then begin the grueling auditions. SHe feels like she can make anywhere home if needed.</p>
<p>What are others doing?</p>
<p>MikksMom</p>
<p>We too have run out of time it seems to fit in many more visits. We are going to visit Fredonia next Tuesday on the way to see CATS in Erie, PA. I'm thinking about trying to visit the Ohio campuses after CMU is over, but we'll have to see... Now I'm starting to feel like fall will be here before I know it and it is not even summer yet!
oy vey!</p>
<p>We have visited 4 schools on my S's list. With the hope of visiting another school or two, but with these busy schedules the months seem to slip away.Visiting during the school year has proved to be far more valuable than the summer walk thrus that we have also done in the past with my other college age S's.</p>
<p>I'll add another junior parent to this group. S, dad and I have visited two schools to coordinate with performances (CCM and USC), another to look at campus and facilities only (CMU) and anticipate scheduling some additional detailed visits in fall, if possible to connect with performances. It's great to visit when you can meet with relevant people, see facilities, sit in on an acting or MT class and see a performance, but those kinds of trips take lots of advance planning and schedule coordination for everyone concerned. We'll probably only do four at that level in total, even though S will apply to more schools. The schools reveal quite a bit about themselves during campus visits, though, and prospective applicants do get a sense of 'fit.'</p>