Tales in SF
Jun 5
2011, 08:26:29 PM
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and opinions. I think they are great and totally agree. Funny, I looked up the cast before I saw it and one of the first things I saw was Pamela, got excited and did a search to see what she has been up to. Pretty cool though.
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Tales in SF
Jun 3
2011, 09:47:59 PM
What a great response. I am thrilled you started this thread. That is exactly what I was thinking regarding Mary Ann. Laura Linney made the role. She is incredible and gave it such sarcasm, pathos and life. (a bit like Barbara Garrick and her incarnation of DeeDee) I have sent an email to Mary - "Mona" - asking about D'Orothea and will post when I get an answer.Until I have something more substantial to say (other than I have just started reading Mary Ann in Autumn; great price on the inte
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Tales in SF
Jun 3
2011, 11:40:57 AM
Well good. And I agree about the brief breast shot and the Mouse mooning, which I almost did miss because the focus was on John.
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Tales in SF
Jun 3
2011, 11:38:53 AM
Wow Eric, I am a bit miffed. I, of course (well of course because I know the plots) remember the large part D'orothea Wilson played in the books and movie - Brian hitting on her and all. And one of the comments I made to my friend was how they omitted her in the musical. Am I wrong? That is so funny because neither one of us even remember a mention. And as I think of it right now, maybe when you saw it they added her, tested the plot as an after thought in this production, and that is why s
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Tales in SF
May 30
2011, 05:30:40 PM
Hey Eric. You know, I really liked it. I do think there needs to be a little tweaking with that too, so the songs flow a little more to encompass the entire show. There were those obligatory monologue songs...which I did like and they did move the story and open up the characters. I was humming a tune at intermission as well as when I left the show; the last time I did that was IN THE HEIGHTS when I saw it in NY. As you mention this, I really do want to see it again. Mona was incredible.
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Tales in SF
May 30
2011, 04:38:36 PM
We gave them a spontaneous standing ovation yesterday 5/29. It still needs a little tweaking and the second act seems to wrap things up fast. There are also a couple easy fixes that I noted - only because I knew what was happening; such as let the audience know that the file that Mary Ann burns is Mrs. Madrigal's file...not the p*rn pictures and a little clearer that Edgar dies. I also think it has been cut down to 3 hours and 10 minutes vs the 20 minutes. I also would love to see how much m
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Tales in SF
May 30
2011, 02:40:25 PM
I agree with the San Francisco audience NOT being an easy audience. I have lived here 11 years so I know some of the references and private jokes. I am also very familiar (too familiar) with the books and the mini-series. Because of this and the fact that I now live here, the bar was raised extremely high. The characters, the time, the dialogue. I was very impressed and although I was not thrilled with a couple interpretations, every single actor exuded so much talent... With some tweaking
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Tales in SF
May 30
2011, 02:28:56 PM
Very impressive. I saw this in previews last night and went in with a very high bar (after reading the books and seeing all the miniseries). It was great! I had a couple of problems (the set should have been more lush, the second floor platform should be Lucite because some action was missed such as the characters doing Tia Chi, almost all the males had characters, the Norman character wasn't quite as sleazy and was a bit good looking - a Tony nominee...), but don't we all. I certainly hope this
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