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Most people prefer to go into a show NOT knowing all the ins & outs of the plot.  Unfortunately for this show,  it is perhaps best enjoyed when you are prepared for where it goes.

A young lady seated beside me tonight was so completely angry at the break for intermission.  She was just furious that the Wife would leave her husband for a creepy stalker type guy.  That's a paraphrase of her words.

So I don't know that this would do well if it w

I stayed in bed later this morning then made my way down to the Gagosian on 24th to see the new Koons' sculptures - I loved them.  I thought they were gorgeous.  I guess I love kitch.  So you know where this is going.  Hauser & Wirth has a very interesting Louise Bourgeois show.  From there I walked over to the Atlantic for today's matinee.  I wouldn't have seen this unless they had added a Friday matinee.

In my comment from October I s

BwyFlash, you can't even follow the plot here.  I gave up QofV for the Wednesday matinee & saw Two Strangers instead.  Only a few shows had Thurs mats, and out of those I chose to see MHE.  I had been watching Audience Rewards for my date to drop for Outsiders,  but fortunately just by chance before I went with seeing that again I saw something online about the change to MHE's schedule. 

Last night (Thursday) I saw OM which was fine.&n

Last night I learned how important that Critic's Pick is.  I ate at the bar of a busy place and got talking to the couple next to me who were on their way to Chess while I was heading to OM.  They were asking how I planned my trip, & somehow  Queen of V came up.  I said with only 6 days what was most important to me was not wasting my time, and that I had bought a ticket but bailed on that.  The wife was like "But it's a NY Times Critic

Today is my cheap day on Broadway. I didn't pay attention when they added Thursday matinees upon Criss's return, and when I did find out all the decently priced seats lower down were gone.  So after reading comments on Reddit I decided to go with center-ish of the last row of the balcony for $49.  I chose the last right so I can stand if necessary to see the part at the front of the stage without bothering anyone.  In front of me is a family with some middle school

Just realized that sounds like I am discounting the performances of the actors, or suggesting that they are forgettable.   Didn't mean that.  This will make Tutty a star, and let's hope he does something good with that.

There's going to be people who want a film version- & quick before he ages out of the role like what happened with DEH.   I think they should resist & keep this as just a stage show.

But let's hope he's looking

Wickedrocks makes some good points.  I was laughing loudly to most jokes early.  It's a strange plot & I'd be interested to learn more about the writing process.  The spoilers people were discussing earlier are all correct, but they don’t really explain the circumstances- it is left the audience to make their own guesses. Maybe I'm predisposed to thinking the Dad a player & to blame.

So the show could be tightened. But maybe they also could

I shouldn't have been concerned.  Understudy Nocholas Barrón was excellent - a 2022 Jimmy best actor winner.

Been a long day - caught the train early from DC & was go go go.  

Gist of my thoughts are as good as Mr. Henry is, the emotional core of the show for me rested on Cassie Levy - who was just fantastic.

Possibly this wins both lead acting awards, but not certain it will take best revival.  Second act has moments, but is n

I looked at tickets for this, then I looked at getting there and back on transit from where I'm staying in DC and decided it was too much trouble. (Also, I don't feel like paying for an uber/lyft)

Right now waiting in the rain at a bus stop & a mentally ill guy is going right off.

I went to the Air & Space Museum today and it was very good. Then I went over to the Natural History Museum and I found it disappointing compared to the one in NYC.

So I wen

bear882 said: "
What will word of mouth be forChess? Maybe it holds up well on the strength of its score and star power. But I can imagine it fading after a few months as the novelty wears off and more people realize this isn’tMerrily."

I don't see this until this coming weekend. If you want to compare to Merrily, that had a bigger star in Radcliffe to draw people.  And he was funny & heart breaking in that.  I still don

Thanks for your comment.  I think Relling is correct though when he states that Ekdal is more likely to end up a drunk.  Statistically many couples who experience the loss of a child do end up separating. 

I didn't read the play in preparation. I liked how they chose to end it with Relling yelling at Young Werle.  I sympathized with Young Werle when he was dealing with his Father, but he would have been best to mind his own business when it came to the Ekdal

This didn't spark much interest here.  I think more people at the Talking Broadway board wrote about it, but I just lurk there.  Saw the matinee yesterday at STC & its final performance is today.  Some great acting from a few of the players,  especially the young girl.   The theme seems to be just mind your own business & don't be a busy body in other's affairs, people are better off not knowing sbout affairs etc.  I don't think Ibsen