25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
#50re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:16pm
I loved taboo but I think one of its problems was the theatre. yes it pulled it off in the plymouth but I would much rather have seen it in a different theatre.
the sight lines in the audience are terrible for a musical.
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#51re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:23pmThat's true. It's a better house for straight plays.
#52re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:26pmAnd what if Brooklyn doesn't close before the Tony deadline...? Is there anywhere else it could conceivably go?
#53re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:33pmIt doesn't look optimistic...
#54re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:35pm
The Plymouth didn't hurt Jekyll & Hyde at all.
(And actually, Umge, the Cort and the Plymouth are almost exactly the same size. Both are just slightly under 1100 seats, but the Plymouth has a single mezzanine, while the Cort has a mezzanine and a difficult-to-sell balcony).
#55re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:40pmyes but the sight lines in the cort are much better. I was complaining about the sight lines in the plymouth and how none intimate it was as a house. The cort I find much more intimate and better sight lines, even for the same size house.
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#56re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:42pmJust got a ticket to "Bee" and will say that if you were planning or were on the fence about going - you best get your tush in gear. It's nearly impossible to find a ticket. And no, I'm not shilling... just being sincere about trying to find a seat during the run...
#57re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:45pmHeed Craig's advice. i tried to get a ticket to see the show again, and the three dates i tried were all sold out. I guess I'll have to wait till it moves to Broadway for my second viewing...
#58re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:46pmyeah i have no time to go back and see it again...but it is a wonderful show
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#59re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:55pmI love the Cort, but it's really uncomfortable to be under any of the overhangs. I realyl can't share or even understand your disdain for the Plymouth.
#60re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:57pmThe Helen Hayes would also be a good theatre; too bad it's already taken by Jackie Mason's sure-to-be-awful new show.
#61re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:57pmmag have you ever sat in the orch on the sides? you miss a large portion of the sides of the theatre and have a great view deep into the wings
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
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#62re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:08pm
Regarding the question of whether Brantley will review the show if it moves to Broadway, if the Times follows its custom, then Brantley will NOT review the show if it transfers. The Times usually takes one of two tactics when an Off Broadway show moves to Broadway:
1. Re-print the initial review (they did this in the case of Proof, among many others)
2. Send the initial reviewer to re-review the show (they did this in the case of Urinetown: Bruce Weber gave his opinion of how it worked in a larger theatre, and in post-9/11 NYC)
My guess is that if "Spelling Bee" moved to Broadway, Isherwood would be sent to review it again. I think they do this because it would be unfair to a show to give it a rave, have that show decide to move to Broadway on the basis of said rave, and then have another critic pan it when it opens on Broadway.
#63re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:16pm
I've sat all over the Plymouth for Nicholas Nickleby, Plenty, You Can't Take It With You, The Real Thing, The House of Blue Leaves, The Heidi Chronicles, Dancing at Lughnasa, Passion, A Delicate Balance, Jekyll & Hyde, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Taboo and Brooklyn, and have never had a problem. Yes, there are lousy seats, but every theatre has its share of crappy seats.
You want to talk about terrible seats that Broadway theatres sell at full price... I saw Into the Woods at the Martin Beck in Row C against the wall, and some terrible full-priced chair seats in the side orchestra for The Will Rogers Follies at the Palace. For both shows, I returned for a second visit in a better seat to see what I had missed the first time.
#64re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:22pm
I agree with you that the palace also has terrible sight lines. I just find the plymouth to have pretty bad sight lines. I have sat all over the theatre as well. Brooklyn I was in the fourth row on the left of the house and hated the view. Taboo was towards the back of the theatre on the right and my friend missed 1/2 of the show.
jeckyl and hyde i did sit center orch in the 4th row and did actually like that view.
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#65re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:32pmWhy does Jackie Mason keep coming back? Ick! I wish the Helen Hayes would go to Spelling Bee instead. Waaaaah. (OK, I'll stop whining now.)
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#66re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:36pmDidn't Mason's show last about a week last time? Maybe if it really hurries out again...
#67re: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee REVIEWS
Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:37pm
thats a good place to put spelling bee...
some of his shows havent been terrible flops though...although the last one definitely was!
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
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