2011 Theatrical Confessions

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2011 Theatrical Confessions

Posted: 12/29/11 at 7:55pm

So now that the year is almost up, let's hear what you REALLY thought about all those shows.

I thoroughly hated Death Takes a Holiday.

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2011 Theatrical Confessions

Posted: 12/29/11 at 7:59pm

Everyone hated Good Writing Takes a Holiday!!!

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

2011 Theatrical Confessions

Posted: 12/29/11 at 8:16pm

I DESPISED Patti and Mandy's show.

"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."

2011 Theatrical Confessions

Posted: 12/29/11 at 8:17pm

I'm not sure of the purpose of this thread: are you under the illusion that folks here DON'T normally speak their minds???

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

2011 Theatrical Confessions

Posted: 12/29/11 at 10:33pm

I thought HIGH was the greatest play of the year.

I think GODSPELL was good partly because my ticket was only $41...I would've felt robbed if I paid any more.

I wish I never won free tickets to BABY, IT'S YOU

Bernadette Peters fell short of my expectations in FOLLIES...Shame.

Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater were the best part of SEMINAR

I loved LYSISTRATA JONES (and think BONNIE & CLYDE got a raw deal)

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Updated On: 12/29/11 at 10:33 PM

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Posted: 12/29/11 at 10:41pm

I fell asleep at Knickerbocker and The People in the Picture.

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2011 Theatrical Confessions

Posted: 12/29/11 at 10:48pm

I love Lysistrata Jones!

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Posted: 12/29/11 at 10:52pm

I second the post about winning free tickets to Baby It's You. What a waste of time.

I absolutley loved Catch Me If You Can and Lysistrata Jones.

2011 Theatrical Confessions

Posted: 12/29/11 at 11:09pm

I loved Sister Act

Bernadette Peters was actually my least favorite in Follies.

As much as I loved War Horse, those gunshots are too damn loud!

It's been a year since its brief run and I don't miss The Scottsboro Boys!

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Updated On: 12/29/11 at 11:09 PM

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Posted: 12/29/11 at 11:23pm

I really think Mother...Hat was the vilest thing I've endured in a long lifetime of theatregoing.

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Posted: 12/29/11 at 11:31pm

I really didn't enjoy Anything Goes. To a certain extent, it's just not my kind of show, and that's fine. But there's no getting around the racist depiction of Asian characters, something that really put me off.

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Posted: 12/29/11 at 11:32pm

I liked Porgy and Bess.

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Posted: 12/29/11 at 11:45pm

I liked Porgy & Bess. I did not really like Priscilla. I would have been fine with Sister Act beating out "Book of Mormon" for Best musical. For some reason I find Book of Mormon's ad campaigns annoying.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

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Posted: 12/29/11 at 11:50pm

I didn't hate Spider-man as much as most others seem to. That said, I thought Once and Jerusalem were the best musical and play respectively that I have seen in a long time, possibly ever.

Also, I really, really enjoyed Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Second favorite play of the year.

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 12:06am

Broadway needs some new design blood. From a production point of view, this season was positively lame.

(And yes, that includes FOLLIES. What a wasted design opportunity.)

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 2:03am

I finally saw Phantom of the Opera - and I fell asleep (thankfully I basically saw it for free). I also might have zoned out a couple of times during Mary Poppins.

I rushed Mother****** with the Hat - and I still feel I paid too much for the show.

I saw Baby It's You for free, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Bonnie & Clyde is one of the best shows I've ever seen, and I don't care what anyone thinks - I've never been so inspired before, and that's something I'm thankful for.

I saw Anything Goes 18 times, and I don't regret it at all!

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 2:19am

Thoughts I LITERALLY had to hold in all year... and even longer because I know the producers/cast etc....

HATED Sons of the Prophet
HATED Catch Me if You Can
HATED Anything Goes
HATED Lysistrata Jones
HATED Mother effer with the hat
HATE HATE HATE the blue/white/orange curtain in Lyssy Jones
HATE the costumes in Lyssy Jones
Hate the set/book/music of Catch Me if You Can
Hate the last note of Bernadette's Losing My Mind
Hate black and white playbills (been holding that one in for years)
HATED the direction of Arcadia (even though I love the play)

now on to the love....
LOVED Bonnie & Clyde
LOVED High (most people hated it because it was too gay for the religious folks, and too preachy for the non-religious folks.... so it was just right for me.)
LOVED Seminar
LOVED Bengal Tiger
LOVED Born Yesterday (2nd Best show I saw all year)
LOVED Normal Heart (Best Show)

only liked then forgot about them....
Book of Mormon
Sister Act
H2$
People in the picture (it needed a lot of work)

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 2:28am

Book of Mormon only got a few chuckles out of me.
Sister Act deserved so many more awards.
Of course, the Obligatory "B&C was mistreated" (which it was ) post
Nina Arianda deserved the Tony.
Anything Goes had pedestrian performances and choreography.

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 3:10am

I think Catch Me if You Can had an absolutely dreadful score and one of the ugliest sets I have ever seen
I think Andrew Rannells should had gotten the Tony over Norbert Butz
I really enjoyed Spider-Man
I really enjoyed Prisiclla
Absolutely LOVED Book of Mormon and Anything Goes. I thought Sutton Foster's performance was absolutely incredible.

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 6:02am

In June 2011, I went to Fort Worth, Texas to see the touring production of "Chicago", with the beautifully talented Terra C McLeod as "Velma Kelly." During that same weekend, I looked for a show in Dallas (next to Ft. Worth). I purchased an inexpensive ticket to "Spamalot." The person behind me was quite annoying as he quoted line after line about the show. For me, I was underwhelmed, for the most part. The actress who played the "Lady of the Lake" was briliant in her singing. But as far as the rest of the material, frankly I was bored. I've always found "Monty Python" and that type of British humor to be tedious and uninteresting....to me. Obviously, it has a legion of fans all over the world. (Just not me.) I left during intermission, as I couldn't see any reason to say any further. The cast was a talented group of people, to be sure. I felt kind of bad leaving during intermission (was the only one who did that), but felt it was necessary. Oh well. from RC in Austin, Texas

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 10:30am

I will add that I too enjoyed "Spiderman..". While the music wasn't really anything to write home about, it, for me, was hands down the most stunning thing, visualy, that I have seen on Broadway. I don't care for their ad campaign either. It says "The most popular show on Broadway". Wouldn't that be Book of Mormon?

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 12:04pm

LYSISTRATA JONES, a more miserable night in the theatre I would not know.

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 12:13pm

Despite the book, I enjoyed the performances in Wonderland.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed Priscilla.
I left Catch Me if you Can, and Felt "meh" about it.
Born Yesterday was my favorite Play I saw.
I really liked Spiderman.
I loved Bonnie & Clyde.
I was bored at Follies.
I liked Lysistrata Jones for the mindless fun.

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 12:17pm

I'm really upset Bonnie & Clyde is closing. It should have had a longer life. Laura and Jeremy are excellent in their roles, and while they'll both go VERY far, they should have been allowed to shine here. Also loved the set design.

I've been anxiously awaiting the chance to get back to Spiderman. Saw it at the beginning of January when it was still a complete mess, I'm curious about the changes. I think I've listened to the overture on repeat too many times.

::bust a move::

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Posted: 12/30/11 at 12:18pm

I liked RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON, and CLOSE UP SPACE.

I didn't care for THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, or Tyne Daly's perfomance in MASTER CLASS.

I hated JERUSALEM and will never see another show starring Mark Rylance as long as I live.

I thought Nina Arianda was better in BORN YESTERDAY than VENUS IN FUR.

I've seen SISTER ACT three times.

I find Sutton Foster insufferable and will never understand the praise she received for ANYTHING GOES.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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