Profile for Skip23

There really isn't much of a story to care about.  Who is this creature and why?  OK, so it's a fantasy, but why?  and why should I care?  Not splashy and theatrical enough (despite all the glitz and confetti and tepid tap dancing) and just a Hallmark-y rom-com-y tale.  Quickly forgotten.  

And really who the hell is Betty Boop anyway? Even if you create her as a new character, this one isn't memorable or impactful.  

Jordan Catalano said: "I need to sit with this one for a while. I’d never read this nor seen it before tonight and it was, well I don’t even know. It’s a very odd play that I don’t know if I “got” right off the bat. I want to read some analyses of it and do a deeper dive."

 

It's Shepard - you may NEVER "get" it!

 

 

you’ve got to be kidding

 

One of the worst things I’ve ever sat through on Broadway and I’ve seen Prymate and Moose Murders, and Bobby Boland!

 

 

AC126748 said: "Skip23 said: "AC126748 said: "Another very positive review from NJ dot com:

Mystic Pizza is a thrilling slice of retro fun at Paper Mill"

HILARIOUS! Has this reviewer been to Mystic recently? Anything BUT sleepy. And this was always an odd premise. There is not a large Portuguese population in that area. Strange.



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It’s a work of fiction. It’s also set in the ‘80s. Whether the musical reflects the actual Mystic, Connecticut in 2025 is frankly irrelevant."

It’s not irrelevant when it takes me out of the show. But then I guess that’s just me  

AC126748 said: "Another very positive review from NJ dot com:

Mystic Pizza is a thrilling slice of retro fun at Paper Mill"

HILARIOUS!  Has this reviewer been to Mystic recently?  Anything BUT sleepy.  And this was always an odd premise.  There is not a large Portuguese population in that area.  Strange.  

 

 

Lesli Margherita is the reason to see this production. 

- choreography of Sunset Boulevard.  And that’s it
- Lesli Margharita in Gypsy

- Autumn Hurlbert In Tammy Faye

- All of Heart of Rock ‘n’ Roll

- That hunky guitarist in Swept Away

- A side view of Kelly O’Hara, singing her heart out in Days of Wine and Roses

- Gayle Rankin’s Maybe This Time and Cabaret

- Daniel Breaker in Mattress

- Job

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10  Swept Away

9  Maybe Happy Ending

8   (Still love &Juliet, Chicago and MJ)

7  The Mousetrap (London)

6  Shit Meet Fan

5  All Things Equal (the Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

4  Job 

3  Appropriate 

2  Guys and Dolls (London)

1  Heart of Rock and Roll 

Moose Murders

Legends

Bobby Boland

Patti in Sunset Boulevard

 

My top “things” of 2024

 

- JOB

- APPROPRIATE

- SWEPT AWAY

- Lesli Margherita in GYPSY

- Choreography of SUNSET BLVD

- Autumn Hurlbert in TAMMY FAYE

- ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

- Daniel Breaker and Nikki Renee Daniels in MATTRESS

- the Set for MAYBE HAPPY ENDING

- GUYS AND DOLLS and THE MOUSETRAP in London

 

It must be me, but I took the ending to be something entirely different than most people.

 

Saw Autumn Hurlbert this afternoon. She did a fine job - much more like Tammy Faye in mannerisms and voice. She even brought a tear to my eye a couple times - voice not as strong as Brayben but she made the show make sense. It’s still a grab bag of lots of different thoughts that don’t all come together, but at least Autumn was a better anchor for everything.
 

 

Loved him at Goodspeed.  Glad they’re recasting. 

 

Funny that you mention Leslie Uggams.  I thought Audra sounded like Leslie last night.

 

 

 

I love a sweet, bizarre, tuneful, caring Broadway musical.  SWEPT AWAY is that musical.  Bravo!

 

They repeated the bacon bit in this production too. I just saw tonight and everybody was commenting on how you can smell the bacon in the third act.
 

This certainly is Our Town for this time. Totally pushed through with little emphasis or nuance or shading,  Perfectly works for the disposable world we live in.