The Broadway premiere of Bess Wohl's Liberation is just around the corner, and Playbill has the secret to getting the most affordable tickets possible. The production has revealed its policies for lottery, rush, and $30 under 30 tickets.
The play, which made its world premiere Off-Broadway via Roundabout Theatre Company earlier this year, is bringing its full original company to Broadway beginning October 8 at the James Earl Jones Theatre. Whitney White (The Last Five Years) will again direct after staging the Off-Broadway run. Opening night is scheduled for October 28.
$30 under 30 tickets will be available to patrons under the age of 30 for all performances from October 8-26. These tickets will be available for purchase in-person at the box office, or on the Telecharge website using the code "LBUNDER30." ($30 under 30 tickets will be held at the box office and must be picked up with a photo ID with birthdate.)
Rush tickets priced from $39-$45 will be available exclusively throughout previews. Digital rush tickets, at $45 per ticket, are available to purchase on the Telecharge website beginning at 11 AM ET on the day of the performance. Box office rush tickets priced at $39 are available in-person at the box office beginning at 10 AM Monday through Saturday and 12 PM on Sunday on the day of the performance. All rush tickets are subject to availability, and only two can be purchased per person.
A digital lottery has also launched for previews only. Those selected as winners will be able to purchase up to two tickets for $50 per ticket. The lottery will open on the Telecharge website at 12 AM ET two days before the requested performance, and winners will be drawn at 10 AM and 3 PM two days before the performance.
That company features Tony nominee Betsy Aidem (Prayer for the French Republic, Leopoldstadt) as Margie, Audrey Corsa (Poker Face, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as Dora, Kayla Davion (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Waitress) as Joanne, Susannah Flood (Birthday Candles, The Cherry Orchard) as Lizzie, Kristolyn Lloyd (1776, Dear Evan Hansen) as Celeste, Irene Sofia Lucio (Slave Play, Wit) as Isidora, Charlie Thurston (Here There Are Blueberries, Wedge Horse) as Bill, and Adina Verson (Indecent, Only Murders in the Building) as Susan. The production understudies are LeeAnne Hutchison, Matthew Russell, and Kedren Spencer.
The work centers on a group of women who gather to talk, only for the conversation quickly to become about changing their own lives and the world. Fifty years later, one of their daughters looks to the past for answers when she finds history repeating itself. The premiere production won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway play. The original Off-Broadway company was honored by both the Drama Desk and the NY Drama Critic’s Circle for Best Ensemble Performance. See what critics had to say about its Off-Broadway run here.
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The production will also have set design by three-time Tony winner David Zinn (Stereophonic, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Humans) with costume design by Drama Desk nominee Qween Jean (Cats: The Jellicle Ball), lighting design by Drama Desk nominee Cha See (Oh, Mary!, That Day in Amsterdam), sound design by two-time Tony nominee Palmer Hefferan (John Proctor is the Villain, The Skin of Our Teeth), and hair and wig design by Special Tony winner Nikiya Mathis (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Purpose). The intimacy director is Kelsey Rainwater, the vocal and dialect coach is Gigi Buffington, and the production stage manager is Erin Gioia Albrecht.
Though it is the Roundabout production that is transferring to Broadway, the non-profit is not on the producing team, which includes Daryl Roth, Eva Price, Rachel Sussman, and Jenny Gersten.
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