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IMHO this was a successful evening that had high & low points, like everything, but it leaned toward a more successful 1st half with a Act 2 clinker from Claybourne Elder who certainly didn't help the evening with a terrible 'I Can See It'/'I Can See Clearly Now'. Chenoweth's contribution was unfortunately marred by strange musical choices that made 'Maybe This Time' feel as though there were errors when typical sections were left lyric free. Other powerhouse Donna Murphy seemed to take her i...

I'm so glad it won it's TONY for Best Musical & looking forward to hearing the cast album. That said, I felt something was missing when I saw it & it wasn't just the fact that Ana Gasteyer was out. I'm hoping that the cast album might help me have a more contemporary go at evaluating this show that will now be done everywhere forever.

I haven't read the earlier posts but just wanted to say that I didn't find the show bad.

Disappointing misfire. Cast Trans/Black & not even 1 token white cast member.Wanted experience of being amongst a swell group but my seat was fronted by 2 levels of lean forwarders. Does no one care that blocking stage views for others behind you comes with leaning forward & not resting your back fully against your seat back? To one side a Black male couple seemed to be refusing to applaud, so maybe I'm too sensitive to my environment?Wayne was best but sings flat for most song endings. Billy...

Enjoyed this Wed matinee but Andre de Shields didn't change into his purple wig! I was so looking forward to seeing that. Guest judge spots are kinda a stupid wasted trick. Try & get those few stage bar stool seats & you will really be in the center of if all.

Incredible - an embarrassment of riches! Thankfully I didn't have to go to bathroom because I wouldn't have wanted to miss anything. I had never seen a prod. of this & only knew of the Lippa take on it thanks to ENCORES 11 yrs ago. Unbelievably I sat taking this in not knowing that I was watching the same artists that I had seen in Camelot, Boop & Caroline or Change. I totally thought I was watching Leslie Uggams instead of Tonya Pinkins & surprised at how I could see nothing from these music...

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 me over to his lounge singer songs while Andrea seemed too b...

I have to agree with the previous post on the 'more emotional for the cast' aspect. I found ACT ONE better than it's 2nd half IMHO. Not easy to follow where we are in the timeline but a SUPER Play!

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 film.

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 changing into a jacket onstage isn't cutting it, esp. w...

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 to anyone further back...

I went into it not having any idea what it was. I was pleasantly surprised & laughed at times but also found it not successful at times. Taylor Trensch is terrific & so are Kerry Butler & Christopher Seiber. Sound was a problem but not as bad as others I've seen at City Center. Containing the band allowed for hearing the performers but also reduced their power, esp. the drums drive. I hope the run goes well.

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 when they improvised something because their c...

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 to restrain themselves in any...

I really enjoyed this at Dress Rehearsal. It is running long but I'm sure that will tighten up. (Start times were also not prompt.) This success will do lots to make up for previous Encores misses. Most inventive use of Giantess boots & Milky White puppets. Jordan Donica was out as Rapunzel's Prince but understudy was very good replacement.

I wasn't bored but I wasn't all that thrilled. Never saw it before & don't think I will ever see it again. Maybe if you are a real big baseball fan you might enjoy it more? Maybe it was my seat in the last row of the theater? I didn't follow the story that well. Missed things. Kinda feeling that it wasn't made into a movie because it's just not all that great of a written work.

Runtime was over 3 hrs.

Ledisi's ("The Oldest Profession" reaches new heights in this version with this powerhouse) but you just couldn't help feeling that Cy Coleman & this particular musical is just not receiving a fair showing here.

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 another honorary chance at Sta...