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I was at last night's first preview and while I think there is a lot of room for the production to grow, I think what I saw last night was a really wonderful jumping off point.

I found the production itself actually rather beautiful to look at at times, yes it can be sparse, but the extravagance sort of grows throughout (and smartly holds on large physical pieces until after "Some People") and I found it all very effective. It's not a hugely lavish production, but I t

Made a return visit to the production over the weekend to see Diego's Joe and a lot of aspects of the whole thing clicked into place with him.

Found Diego charismatic, charming, energetic, and just a completely magnetic personality onstage. Each time I've seen the production previously I've found Francis to be good, he gets Lloyd's style, but his performance keeps me at arm's length and you can forecast the change in his character from the beginning (because he is p

I saw Sherie at the end of her first week and I have no doubt that before the end of her run she will rival Ellen Greene. A truly exceptional performance beginning to end. She found new humor in moments I've never seen before, a imbued the entire evening with such heart. I have so missed seeing her onstage and she did not disappoint. And while she may be 57, she doesn't look it at all.

Nick Christopher was an odd pick as Seymour for me, and at least when I saw him he was still

Saw this Sunday afternoon and found the whole thing incredibly middle of the road with a pretty dynamite cast.

Krakowski, NPH, Billy Magnussen, and Tramell Tillman were the standouts to me. But the play is so shockingly straightforward it's kind of astonishing to me this is occupying an off-broadway theatre. It wants to be a God of Carnage, Boys in the Band, etc. But it's not really daring or shocking or exciting, just a rather standard dinner party goes off the rails play

The walkaround for the title number is very cool. It's completely nonsensical for the story and a wholly unnecessary gimmick, but it's really cool and very thrilling to see play out.

That being said, it's also incredibly narcissistic of the production to behave and believe (as they seem to) that pedestrians, bystanders, and theatregoers are other shows need to give them the right of way to film a number. The entire thing could be avoided if they had the entire thing take pl

Lot666 said: "TaffyDavenport said: "Lot666 said: "On the UK boards, someone posted that Tom Francis "comes in through a fire exit into the orchestra stalls and onto the stage" for the finale of the title song. To those who have seen this at the St James, does he enter the orchestra section at house right, or house left?"

He enters from the sidewalk through a house left exit door around orchestra row O, and walks down the far left aisle