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Enjoyed this last night Fri. the 13th but didn't LUV it.

Someone's listening device was causing me to have to cover one ear sometimes to help block it out & house staff was offering to let me move but I was with someone who didn't want to & who has hearing issues of their own so didn't hear what I was hearing.

Luved the percussionists period bongo playing as well as his glockenspiel work.

Steven could have made more of an effort to win

I really enjoyed Marjorie Prime! Danny surprisingly wonderful in such a non-ebullient role. June a force of nature. Cynthia solid. Surprised I never saw this in it's run with Lois Smith. Jordan Harrison's spare, wryly funny, & powerful, heart-achingly beautiful rumination on aging & artificial intelligence, memory & mortality, love & legacy, the line between life lived & life remembered should now be shared with a larger public via fil

I hardly enjoyed myself. This needs a director. Rob Lake & the prod. doesn't connect. Audience doesn't know when to applaud. A Bethany Pettigrew is listed as 'creative consultant' & a Kevin J. Zak 'additional material by' - but ROB LAKE needs to have hired a better performer to take over & possibly make this better than it currently is. The 'role' of pedestrian individual who transforms into showman is not fleshed out & the simple act of changin

I went into this not knowing anything about it & left feeling very fortunate to have had the opportunity witness it. Everyone was terrific with my favs being recognizable Lesley Manville, Anne Reid & John Carroll Lynch. There was a subtle ambient sound fill or else 53rd St. adds its own rolling thunderish exhaust every now & then. Some scenes seem very low volume wise or else I wouldn't be so sensitive to sounds like that. I would recommend getting the listening devices t

This is not a success except for it's ability to give so many young performers their Bwy debuts.

A marketing dilemma is the Contemp. pic & the name 'Harmony' & Barry Manilows name which could lead audiences to think they are going to a jukebox musical of his songs?

The audience never learns what made this group 'the best entertainers' because we never see any of their actual routines/sketches/comedic style. The first time we see them go over big is wh

I join the other comments here in regard to having been the orig. & now this one - highly enjoying this special musical both times.

I also, understand the comment about the audience being a little hyper - which really stood out in this show that doesn't go for big production numbers to scream about. But it wasn't just applause at end of numbers, it was laughter & other response that just seemed unfiltered & over the top, as though select people were just unwilling t

The ELEPHANT in the ROOM was the excessive ad breaks which left the LIVE aspect in the dust. Most egregious was the first of 2 airings of the Wendy's Rip-Off of the Radio Show's Boylen Sisters. The 2nd time it was shown was after the fact which would have been the only time it could have been appreciated - but certainly not before. I was happy that they didn't do the 'Together Forever' staging like they did in the Macy's Parade. Here's hoping Andrea McArdle gets an

Overrated!

I was deeply disappointed since I believe in the relevance of the subject matter, but just found it an amateurish stinker.

The staging & set are boring & confusing, the story weak & unfocused, the direction banal. Why would an actress playing a domestic scene at home ironing be rehearing all decked out in finery & in high heels? Michael Zegen, the actor playing the stage dir,  is way too young & cliched.

I'm truly sorry that this co

I went into this only knowing the songs, so what a delight to see it all in context! I had of course heard of Mack Sennett & seen Keystone Cops but never even knew that Mabel Normand was a real actress who had achieved such success or that the story is told as a memory. (Loved the way Mack could present a scene as the way he wished it could have gone - sided with the reality of saying the wrong thing.)

I didn't have a hard time with Mack's somewhat cold character becaus

It is WRONG to voice negative opinion here following attendance at an invited dress, Matt Rogers. (I wasn't feeling right about saying that I felt casting a black actor for 'Fatty' Arbuckle didn't come off right - but that was an opinion that could have been derived from mere pre-show press releases.) I wish I had held-off starting the thread now. IMHO there is nothing messy or amateurish happening here. If one really sincerely 'wishes the best for a production' one do