“Cagney” Ticket Giveaway Contest (Autographed Playbill too!)
The Musical About Hollywood’s Tough Guy In Tap Shoes
“SHOWSTOPPING! Pure hallelujah moments..” – Variety
Do you live near, or expect to be in, the New York City area before the end of October? If so, we have the perfect contest to enter!
CMH is so very excited to say that we have FOUR PAIRS OF TICKETS to give away to see the new Off-Broadway Dramatic Musical “Cagney” at the Westside Theater Upstairs in NYC, courtesy of “Cagney.” And, if that’s not cool enough, one of our lucky four winners will ALSO win a Playbill autographed by the featured cast!
In order to qualify to win a pair of tickets to see “Cagney” via this contest giveaway, you must complete the below entry task by Saturday, September 24th at 9PM EST. However, the sooner you enter, the better chance you have of winning, because we will pick a winner on four different days within the contest period, via random drawings, as listed below… So if you don’t win the first week that you enter, you will still be eligible to win during the following weeks until the contest is over.
- Sept 3: One Winner
- Sept 10: One Winner
- Sept 17: One Winner
- Sept 24: One Winner
And then on Saturday, October 1 — one of our above four ticket winners will be selected via a random drawing to ALSO win a Playbill autographed by the Featured Cast!
We will announce each week’s winner on Twitter @ClassicMovieHub the day after each winner is picked at 9PM EST — for example, we will announce our first week’s winner on Sunday September 4 at 9PM EST on Twitter (if you won, but didn’t enter via Twitter, we will alert you via this blog article in the comment section below). Each Winner will be contacted via email, blog comment or DM within a few days of the respective drawing and announcement to ensure they have the most time possible to respond and redeem their tickets (see prizing section below).
And — If you can’t wait to win tickets, click here to for information on our SPECIAL COUPON CODE CGLSP59 to purchase DISCOUNTED TICKETS at 33% off, valid for performances through 1/8/17 .
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ENTRY TASK (2-parts) to be completed by September 24th at 9PM EST — BUT remember, the sooner you enter, the more chances you have to win…
1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post
THE QUESTION:
What is one of your favorite James Cagney movies and why?
2) Then TWEET (not DM) the following message in its entirety*:
Just entered to win tickets to see “Cagney the Musical” courtesy of @CagneyMusical and @ClassicMovieHub
NOTE: if for any reason you encounter a problem commenting here on this blog, please feel free to tweet or DM us, or send an email to classicmoviehub@gmail.com and we will be happy to create the entry for you.
*If you do not have a Twitter account, you can still enter the contest by simply answering the above question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog — BUT PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU ADD THIS VERBIAGE TO YOUR ANSWER: I do not have a Twitter account, so I am posting here to enter but cannot tweet the message.
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About the Play: CAGNEY is the dramatic new musical that follows the life of the legendary James Cagney from the streets of New York to his rise as one of the brightest stars of Hollywood, from a vaudeville song-and-dance man to the cinema’s original tough guy. Broadway’s Robert Creighton, in the role he was born to play, leads a cast of six who tap dance through a score that blends original music with classic George M. Cohan favorites, including Give My Regards To Broadway, Grand Old Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy.
PLEASE NOTE for all prizing: Ticket winners will be awarded a voucher that entitles them to redeem TWO (2) tickets to see “Cagney” at The Westside Theatre Upstairs in New York City, valid for available seats for a Tues (7pm), Wed (8pm), Fri (8pm) or Sat (8pm) performance from September 1 thru October 31, 2016. Tickets are subject to availability. Winners will be responsible for their own transportation to New York City and/or the Theater. Prizes do not include hotel accommodations, travel or ancillary expenses.
Please note that only Continental United States and Canadian entries are eligible.
BlogHub members ARE eligible to win if they meet the requirements above.
Read the complete contest rules here.
If you can’t wait to win tickets, you can use this special discount coupon code CGLSP59 to purchase tickets at 33% off. Subject to availability. Restrictions apply. Click for more details.
Good Luck!
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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub
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I am so, so, so very happy that this play made it to NY. It’s about time someone honored Jim for all he did with his wonderful feet, besides those flying fists of his in so many movies!
i loved loved him in both white heat and yankee doodle dandy! both films hes just amazing. white heat he plays this almost brando like character and ends up being almost destroyed in the end. yankee doodle dandy, he is an amazing cohan! his enitre performance was great!
Oops — sorry for the above comment.
Meant to say: My favorite MOVIE with Cagney (for whom my passion is growing!) is probably WHITE HEAT, because I love noir, and also he, Virginia Mayo, and Edmund O’Brien are all great. My favorite Cagney performance in a film so far, is FOOTLIGHT PARADE — he’s so fun, and adorable there! Hope to win tix! Thanks 🙂
Cagney made so many great movies, but I want to mention two: “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “1, 2, 3”.
There’s a moment in YDD (a sappy film, but fun to watch) after Cagney, as an aging George M. Cohan well after the end of his song & dance career, comes out of FDR’s office in the White House. He’s so pumped by the meeting with the President that he TAP DANCES down the stairs like he was twenty years old! For me, it’s the moment that makes the film. Best part is, it was an ad-lib! He was just supposed to walk downstairs like an old man while the music handled the drama. Nope!
Fortunately, director Michael Curtiz saw the artistry, and left it in.
In “1, 2, 3”, Cagney, in his 60’s, plays the slickest, fastest-talking, most frenetic character of his entire film career. For two hours he runs rings around everyone else in the picture. This performance would have left any of his contemporaries breathless and sweating. Rivals ANYTHING he ever played. Best moment? Red Buttons, as an Army MP, comes in to arrest him. Cagney talks him out of it and insults him, to boot. There they stand, two veteran film actors nose to nose, and Buttons hitches up his shoulders and does the best Cagney gangster-impression I’ve ever seen, right to his face!
Not to be missed. There’ll never be another like him. In a nod to the people who posted here before me and what they wrote, he truly was the “top of the world, Ma!”
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Wonderful choices! And for good reason! Thanks so much for entering and Good Luck 🙂
Hi Bill,
I am happy to say that are one of our winners! I just sent you an email. If you don’t receive it, please let me know by posting here.
Thanks!
One of my favorite James Cagney movies is “White Heat”. I enjoyed the film’s narrative, his portrayal of gangster Arthur Jarrett and his chemistry with Virginia Mayo. The grand scale scenes in the state prison were filmed beautifully and you really believe he was psychotic in this role.
I’m gonna be honest and admit, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Cagney movie (sorry!)…I really want to though, and I want to learn more about him, which is why I need to see this show – I hear it’s terrific, and I love Robert Creighton (and tap dancing)!! 🙂
City for Conquest is my favorite James Cagney, because I always get teary-eyed at the end when Cagney’s character Young Samson says to his childhood sweet heart who broke his heart “you’ll always be my girl Peg”.
Hi, haven’t seen your tweet yet. If you have a twitter account, please don’t forget to tweet the qualifying message, and if you don’t have twitter, please let me know here on this blog. Thanks!
“The Bride Came C.O.D.” simply because Bette Davis is in it, too.
It’s gotta be WHITE HEAT — arguably Cagney’s greatest gangster performance, and therefore one of the greatest gangster performances of all time. Gloriously unhinged work. “Made it, Ma! Top of the world!”
I loved James Cagney in “Man of a Thousand Faces”, “Ragtime”, “The Seven Little Foys”, “The West Point Story”, “Mister Roberts”, “White Heat” and my all-time favorite “Yankee Doodle Dandy”!!!! It’s interesting that Mr. Cagney portrayed George M. Cohan twice – in “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “The Seven Little Foys”. James Cagney was a class act – he could act and dance!!!
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Great choices! Thanks for entering and Good Luck 🙂
WHITE HEAT has to be my favorite Cagney film. For him to be older, and return to his old gangster roles had to be a hard choice for him, but the script is fantastic. I discovered the film in my early 20s (I’m 40), and identified with the headaches. Not that I was prone to killing while having them, but I understood the pain.
PLUS – I love the Madonna song of the same title which samples the song. I’m unashamed of that fact.
My favorite is Angels with Dirty Faces, it has a great
cast and I like how you see karma at work.
In ALL honesty, I would have to choose, ” The Strawberry Blonde” as my favorite movie of James Cagneys. The rare chance to see him as a comedic actor with just a hint of his fighting side just keeps me smiling and laughing. I do not have a TWITTER account, so I am posting here to enter but cannot tweet the message.
Although I really enjoy his gangster roles, I have to say that The Strawberry Blonde is one of my all-time faves! Thanks for entering and Good Luck 🙂
Favorite Cagney movie is tough to choose but probably White Heat or 13 Rue Madeleine (although I’m sure I spelled that wrong! 🙂 ) Thanks!