A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

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A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 9:19am

Unless I've missed it, I haven't seen a lot of discussion about A CATERED AFFAIR since it opened. What's the opinion of the show from this group? From listening to a private live full-length recording of the show during its California run, I felt the show was extremely uninteresting...especially compare to the original television play and the motion picture. I realize that merely listening to a show isn't a fair way to judge it, but I must say that many of the NYC critics felt the same way. What's your opinion....for those who have now seen it in NYC?

#2

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 9:20am

You missed it. Do a search.

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#3

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 9:28am

I did the search and most of the postings deal with people's opinion of the critics' reviews and not with their own opinions of the show if they actually saw it.

Updated On: 4/22/08 at 09:28 AM

#4

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 9:41am

Mods! Bootleg talk! Bootleg talk!

#5

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 9:49am

I knew I could count on you, Phyllis.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#6

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 9:52am

Hey, hey, he didn't say B***g, he just said "private", possibly something from Bucchino himself??

And what the ...

#7

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 10:03am

I went into the theatre with high hope. 45 minutes into the piece, I started checking my watch and couldn't wait to get away from those people! I'm not strickly a blockbuster lover- I loved Ellegies, Here Lies Jenny, Man of No Importance etc, BUT I hated this show! I was offered another ticket to see it again, free-and a much closer seat. It's a shame...but I have to pass! It may be only a 90 minute show, but teamed with a 90 minute train ride into and out of the city, and I'm wasting my time and funds. Sorry to be so disappointed in this production. It DOES OFFER a sterling cast acting up a storm...but it just left me depressed and unattached.

#8

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 11:40am

Well, it IS a drama.

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#9

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 11:58am

...and yet marketed as a romantic musical comedy

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....but the world goes 'round

#10

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:21pm

Has that ever been said by the marketing people? or publicity people?

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#11

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:24pm

Come on jerby, look at the ads. All Norman Rockwell-esque with a couple in love (in a wedding dress, natch).

It hardly says drama.

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Updated On: 4/22/08 at 12:24 PM

#12

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:26pm

I would say the verdict is Love It Or Hate It.

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#13

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:28pm

Not Barker is correct.

And, I realize people see Faith Prince and think Guys and Dolls and Harvey and think Hairspray.

But those of you on BWW now know--it's a D R A M A.

:)

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#14

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:29pm

Not Barker is correct.

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With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-

"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-

#15

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:30pm

If the show could be fixed I would say remove the music, tone down the histrionics, and replace Harvey with a real actor.

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#16

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:36pm

Yea, and Elegies, Here Lies Jenny, and Man of No Importance are all such laugh riots!
And let's not forget the image of the wedding couple on top of a TAXI!

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#17

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:38pm

When we were in nyc I did not want to see it since I had heard things on this website but we were sitting next to someone who saw it during the matinee (prior to Little Mermaid) and they loved it. They said it was so sweet and sad and they cried..... So who really knows.

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#18

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:39pm

You're right! Let's grab our torches and pitchforks and storm the theatre!!!!!

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#19

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:40pm

Jerby, seriously, aren't you just the weensiest bit biased?

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PEACE.

#20

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:46pm

I don't discount that possibility, but trust me--I've not liked everything I've worked on. And, I gain nothing from the show running longer or not.

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#21

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:52pm

Perhaps, but don't you think the "stars" might like you a little more if they know you are defending the show to the bitter end?

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PEACE.

#22

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 12:55pm

That's really cute of you. But, honey, they loved me before I ever saw the show, so no. Plus, if you really knew me, you'd know I don't kiss ass.

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#23

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 1:00pm

Well, it just comes off a little "shilly" regardless of the circumstances.

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#24

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 1:04pm

A shill pretends they are an innocent audience member. Everyone knows what I do there. And, I'll say it again---I don't defend everything I work on. I defend shows I believe in. I've defended shows I have nothing to do with. I've been whoring it up for BASH'd--I'm not involved with that show. I believe in it.

I have only spoken for this show as a fan.

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#25

re: A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

Posted: 4/22/08 at 1:13pm

jrb, i don't know what you do there :)