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Stage Door
Full guide →Getting there. To the right of the theatre as you exit the main 48th St. doors.
When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
Why “not confirmed”. The door above is a fact about the theatre and holds for years. Whether THIS production does a stage door is a fact about the company — it changes with the cast, and no source publishes it. We’d rather say so than guess.
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The Lowdown
The show drags the Orpheus and Eurydice myth into a bleak, Depression-era industrial nightmare that feels suspiciously like a stalled N train during rush hour. It is jazz-infused folk theater that manages to be both pretentious and genuinely moving. Orpheus is a naive songwriter trying to fix a broken world, while Eurydice is just looking for a warm meal and a place to sleep. The production design is sharp, utilizing a rotating stage that works harder than most interns in this city. It avoids the usual Greek tragedy bloat, opting instead for a gritty, bluesy tension that keeps the plot from feeling like a dusty textbook entry.
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Our verdict
Good music and entertaining but I like to leave a show a little bit happier than when I entered. This one was good, but not really for me.
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