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The Nance... Could have been better.
Mar 23 2013, 09:26:16 PM
Saw this show last night (second preview) and have to agree with the original poster. Lane is terrific and holds the show together...just barely. I think the book needs a lot of work. Don't want to be a spoiler, but (just my opinion, now) in the (looong) second act the show takes a hard turn into an area I don't think most mainstream audiences want to go. They're looking for "Birdcage"-and this is NOT it. Anyone else share my view?
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The Nance was ....
Mar 23 2013, 08:58:00 PM
Well, Dramamama611, you have a point - that's why they were sitting there watching the preview - to gauge audience reaction. And as seasoned as these folks were, I'm sure they've heard worse. I just don't think "awful" is a particularly astute criticism. The presence of Mr. Lane (and Ms. Huffman) alone guaranteed the proceedings were not (IMO) awful. I'm sure the yawns, the tepid response, the walkouts, and the palpable mood of boredom in the audience during the second act told them all they nee
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Do you think BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY's will tour?
Mar 23 2013, 08:33:16 PM
You forgot to mantion that the season opens with Kristen Chenoweth and Loretta Swit in THE ANARCHIST.
Jesus! THAT I'd pay to see!!!!!
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The Nance was ....
Mar 23 2013, 08:00:01 PM
Wow, it would certainly appear I touched a bit of a nerve. The (newbie) original poster here. I think you all have interesting and quite valid points. I certainly feel anyone has the right to express their opinion when and wherever they choose. Obviously, the quality of show was the topic of many conversations in the lobby during intermission. What I found fault with, was the gentleman in question asking random people "isn't it awful? ...do you like it?" AND what I perceived to be the malicious
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The Nance was ....
Mar 23 2013, 10:01:13 AM
Really, really wanted to love this show, but felt there were just so many problems. Saw the 2nd preview performance last evening (and yes, I understood that I was seeing a PREVIEW - unlike, apparently, many in the audience) and would almost like to see what they do with it between now and the opening. But I'm not sure it's "fixable" in it's present form. Of course Nathan Lane was terrific, whenever he was on stage the star power was right there. The man is a true genius. He can move the audience
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