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BETTY22 said: "Endlessly dull. Whendd theatre become afraid of show tunes?"

This kind of comment is basically a guarantee I'll love this show. Can't wait!

Listen, is this a perfect show? No. But it really struck me despite its flaws. I found it exciting and sleek and sexy. I’d take 5 Lempicka’s over 1 Water For Elephants any day.

I haven’t bought a physical Broadway cast recording in over a decade, but if they released this on vinyl I’d buy it no questions asked. 

Where in the world is The Comeuppance?? EASILY my favorite play last year. It seems to have been totally forgotten.

Edit: It got a nom for sound design, so it was clearly eligible but just didn’t get anything. I’m shook.

Falsettolands said: "Bob Martin and Adam Guettel is not a collaboration I would have ever guessed would happen! Very interested in this."

Totally agree. It’s an odd pairing since their shows tend to be so different in style. But I’m excited!

A $56 average ticket price for a show of this size is startlingly low, but this show was always going to have low grosses at the start. It's an original musical without a star to really get butts in seats. It's only on its third week. It takes time to build an audience for a show like this.

This play was fantastic. Considering it is a show about performance art and the relationships artists have, the “performance art” staging style made the meta narrative work so well. Cynthia was pretty good (especially as the

Considering they changed the ending as recently as a week ago, I imagine it wasn’t enough time to get reviewers in before opening night proper. 

TotallyEffed said: "I regret missing this but I remember not going because I do not watch The Simpsons. How well does one have to know the TV show to get into this play?"

While I haven’t seen the play, i know “storytelling” and how stories change over time is one of the biggest themes. The actual content of the story is less important than the method in which it’s being told.

Not only is this show an absolute riot, but can I just say the music is truly fantastic. I cannot WAIT for a cast recording. It’ll be on repeat for a month. 

Also not seeing enough praise here for Jared Loftin who plays Ryan / the “not-gay” character. Absolutely hysterical performance.  His two songs bring the house DOWN. 

Yes wasn’t implying the writing would change, just maybe some directorial choices surrounding it. I agree the final scene with the two of them is electric. 

He is the director of the piece and surely helped conceive it.

I saw this play pretty early in the run, and while I liked it, I'm not sure the end stuck the landing for me. I hope they worked on it a bit and it's as moving a finale as the story deserves.

Sounds like this was purely a lease & real estate issue. The question now is, will they look for another off-broadway house? I can't imagine they don't.

Jonah is really a much better showcase for Gabby’s talent than this play would have offered. I thought the concept for The Apiary was interesting but it just didn’t stick the landing. It felt like it moved really fast but then when the emotional stakes were supposed to get raised at the end, I didn’t really feel that as an audience member.

I think the run started tonight. I’ll be there tomorrow. Four hours long and 55 songs, with the Mac style of “Come and go as you please”.

I adored The Hang and I’m curious to know others’ thoughts of this one.