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It was TERRIFIC, it will get the Tony!.... but Tony Shalhoub does spit a plastic grape into the audience a few times and toss a plastic flower into the audience. And a cork flies sharply into the audience. It adds nothing... so I do not understand this director's artistic choice. It is unsanitary and could take an eye out. It is way too risky and it ADDS NOTHING. The play should be contained to the stage. It really is a noticeable flaw. Also, curiously some guy in the front row center catches...

Stage Door Sally: It won't work, I am going next week.. We tried! Sorry! Enjoy the show! sparrman: Thanks for at least understanding my opinion about how disgusting this artistic choice is. I didn't think it was written this way by the playwright.

What night?

Oh, really! Well, "forewarned is forearmed!" Look for me! I will be sitting 4th row center in the orchestra, with a mini umbrella handy for when the things start flying. I will yell, "Duck," and use the tennis racket I am bringing so I can bat the flying paraphernalia right back at the stage. They don't call me "Tennis Elbow" for nothing! Oh, and then I will pass the Purell! That's me: ManhattanGal, and Broadway done right!

Where did I say a white suit? I said white gloves! The suit was actually powder blue. I no longer dress like that for the theater. i wear jeans. I like to fit in.

I liked this play. It is bizarre, but entertaining and well-acted.

You do not have to worry about where I would be happier. You seem a bit over-invested in defending this play's bone of contention. And your charientism was so not obtuse or clever. You are a terrible cyber-psychic. I am a 63 year-old retired teacher. And I sat in the Alvin Theater, for "Dinner at Eight," wearing white gloves and an Oleg Cassini suit years before you probably were even born. And at the elegant Lunt-Fontanne I saw "Hamlet," with Richard Burton and Hume Cronyn... and I dined tha...

What does my writing have to do with my OCD? OCD is a disorder that is anxiety-compartmentalized. I have the germ-phobia, and trichotillomania, and a touch of Tourette's... but not the checking component or the hoarding component. My OCD is not specifically manifested in excessively reviewing spelling and grammar. And yes, it will have to be reworked if somebody is hit in the eye by a plastic grape. I made no demands, I stated my opinion and made a prediction. I expect my personal space in a ...

I am sitting in that general area of the orchestra. Yes, the bird dropping scenario could happen. But, that would not be deliberate. I do not understand tossing stuff from a mouth into the audience. I predict this will have to be reworked. Not everybody will appreciate it. And to an OCD, yes it is extremely anxiety-producing. I do not appreciate anything plastic whizzing by my eyes. You can take an eye out. I do not revere an actor's saliva.

I have read that Tony Shalhoub spits various objects into the audience and theater-goers are advised to bring tissues. I have never heard of such an outrageous concept! Didn't he play germ-phobic "Monk" who had OCD? He should be more sensitive to the fact that some people might not want their theater experience to include that kind of personal space violation. Whose idea was this? Stanley Tucci's? Does he think an audience so adores actors that this is edgy and acceptable? I had purchased a t...

I can recall when a woman would never dream of going into Manhattan without wearing "seamless" silk stockings and a tailored suit. The whole experience has changed.

I saw this play today (Sunday) at a 3:00 PM matinee. I thought it was terrific. Liev Schreiber is outstanding as "Eddie." I was mesmerized by his performance. He gives so much. Scarlett Johansson is just fine. She needs perhaps to develop a little in terms of the sexual tension and some of the emotions... but she holds her own. Jessica Hecht deserves a Tony for her work in this play. She is a remarkable theater actress. I really had the feeling that everything was coming from places of real a...