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I'm not exactly sure where Ken is getting the idea that audience response was "very positive." I heard nothing but mixed (at best) or very bad (at worst, and more common) things.

The use of AI for this is... so stupid it's unbelievable. Just read the responses yourself and come up with things to work on rather than having ChatGPT vomit out what it thinks you should do (and will likely be wrong about). This is not ethical use of AI in theater, it's stupid use of AI

henrike said: "Compared to Redwood (only bringing this up, since this also had its pre-Broadway run at La Jolla Playhouse), I thought The Heart was better, but only marginally. And I agree with FightTheDragons that there are two stories that are being told. Naturally, you'd think that the donor's story and the recipient's story would mesh together, and somehow create a compelling circle-of-life moment. Except it failed to do that."

I thought the two to be

I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to when I visited it in San Diego. The music is wonderful, the design works (despite my skepticism about it in videos and production photos), and the performances are top-notch. I don't think it's Broadway-ready yet, but it could be.

The problem here is that it's really two shows, with one show being vastly better in quality and interest than the other. There's an intense, breakneck medical drama with a fascinating philosophical

I unfortunately found this to be not just poorly written, but grossly and shockingly misogynistic, outdated, and blatantly offensive.

From a writing perspective, it's basic and formulaic, following two sisters engaged in a battle over the Renaissance Faire; one completely bone-headed and making terrible decisions through the entire show (Cailen Fu's character, who gets mostly pushed to the sidelines; she has one solo song that serves as the useless act 2 opener -- Fu is ex