Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#1Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 10:32am
Start tonight at the Lyceum Theatre.
Who's going?
billyelliotfan123
Leading Actor Joined: 10/24/09
#2Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 1:09pm
Anyone know about a Rush Policy? It was on TDF yesterday. Hoping it comes back
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#3Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 1:11pm
The rush policy:
http://theatermania.com/broadway/news/oh-hello-announces-rush-ticket-policy_78556.html
I wonder how this is selling so far.
#4Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 3:05pm
Really interested to hear what y'all think of this show. Holding off on buying a ticket just in case this is a dud.
#5Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 3:07pm
Still torn on this show. Love Mulaney, don't like Kroll. Maybe I'll get a cheap ticket someday...
rjm516
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
#6Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 4:57pm
I want to see this show so bad; I just really don't want to pay Bway prices for what should be at a black box theatre full of their friends.
#7Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 5:46pm
My daughter and I are attending tonight. Will post later our reaction
#8Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 11:19pm
Stoked to see this next month! Been waiting forever! Lolz
#9Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 11:21pm
I love the Kroll show, but hate nicks stand up though. While I hated mulaney, but love johns stand up.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#10Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/23/16 at 11:41pm
I think Mulaney is just not funny at all. But kind of curious to see the show. But the advertisments, etc, make it look very unpolished, messy, etc.
holdyourbatboy
Stand-by Joined: 3/1/04
#11Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/24/16 at 12:22am
Was at first preview tonight. I'm not a big comedy person and at first I had this -- wtf is happening moment.
I won't spoil much -- but this is easily one of the funniest shows I've ever seen on Broadway and the audience was completely losing their sh1t in a way I've never seen. I am not exaggerating.
They need to tighten some things up, but it was first preview and it's Timbers. I didn't realize he directed until I read the Playbill, which bodes well for the show. Heads up - this is not a PC show.
Will Forte from SNL also went on stage for a hilarious bit. Not sure if that was just a first preview thing.
#12Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/24/16 at 12:30am
holdyourbatboy said: "Will Forte from SNL also went on stage for a hilarious bit. Not sure if that was just a first preview thing. "
They are trying to line up a guest for every show.
#13Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/24/16 at 12:44am
Akin to how FAME BECOMES ME was structured, the "special celebrity guest" is all part of the show. So pleased to hear AMAZING BUZZ for the FIRST PREVIEW!
Okay, okay, I gotta know, holdyourbatboy, would you say that was
...TOO MUCH TUNA?!
broadwayrocks2
Stand-by Joined: 1/10/08
#14Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/24/16 at 6:53am
I thought the show was hysterical . It runs around 1 hour 48 minutes. The way they incorporate the set and gags was well done. The special guest will either be a celeb or a random audience member. Johns add lib stuff is great. The line about Shuberts had me on the floor. Easily the most I've laughed in a long time. Wasn't expecting it to be something I would like but ended up loving.
#15Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/24/16 at 11:40am
Has anyone tried the rush for this? Any details?
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#16Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/25/16 at 2:23am
I'm not totally clear on the genre. Is it a stand up act? A play? a 2-man show? A Combination of the previously listed genres?
#17Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/25/16 at 2:31am
It's a two-person play. With improv peppered in. If you're at all familiar with George and Gil's.stuff, it's, at the end of the day, a side-splitting experience to be remembered. :)
#18Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/25/16 at 8:47pm
I don't see any listed, so I'm assuming they don't have understudies?
#19Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/25/16 at 8:57pm
They claim 30% of it is unscripted, so I doubt they would have any...
Tommy Romano
Chorus Member Joined: 5/29/15
VotePeron
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/13
#21Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/25/16 at 10:10pm
Laura Benanti was the special guest tonight, according to both parties twitters. That must've been incredible!
#22Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/25/16 at 10:13pm
Just got back from tonight's show. Honestly, don't know what I saw, but I loved every minute of it! And yes, a pretty pregnant Laura Benanti was the guest and was totally along for the ride!
As for stage door, it took about 45 minutes (they came out around 9:30 together), but both could not have been any nicer! They had conversations with each and every person, took pictures, signed, etc. There were about 30 or so people there. I left after both had signed for me, but it did not look like they were in any rush to get out.
Regarding understudies, I think it's best to put in a spoiler tag, because it is a pretty funny joke in the playbill.
Their understudies are listed as Jon Hamm and John Slattery! Complete with bios on how it will be a bit complicated with Slattery also in The Front Page, and Jon Hamm's bio ending with a #blessed
Updated On: 9/25/16 at 10:13 PM
AntV
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/12
#23Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/25/16 at 11:17pm
Benanti didn't really get a chance to improvise much as they just had her answering their questions. Who else has been the guest besides Forte? And I didn't really care for this much, the jokes and their previous sketches are humorous, but this just goes on far too long and gets very tiresome.
#24Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/26/16 at 11:23am
Went with my daughter to the first preview. I had never head of Kroll & Mulaney and know very little about them. It was funny, but I think those who are die hard fans enjoyed it much more than I did.
It needs to be trimmed, too long! But, it was the first preview so that is to be expected.
#25Kroll & Mulaney's OH, HELLO Previews
Posted: 9/27/16 at 10:20pm
I was familiar with Mulaney and Kroll before tonight, but not their Oh, Hello characters. Honestly, it was a weird piece and a tad long, but I would be lying if I said there wasn't one belly laugh laughter another throughout.
You could really hear their standup voices shining through, and maybe that's why the jokes were more memorable than the plot, but I liked that they poked fun at many cliches of bad playwriting and the jokes and references were very New Yorky.
Katie Couric was our guest star tonight and that segment was terrific. I want to sneak into the Lyceum every night just to see that diner scene.
I strongly recommend Oh, Hello with the caveat being if you can't stand Kroll and/or Mulaney's humor you'll be in for a long night, but I basically loved it.
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