A CATERED AFFAIR Verdict

[Tom148502]

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?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

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

You missed it. Do a search.

[Tom148502]

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

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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

Mods! Bootleg talk! Bootleg talk!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

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

I knew I could count on you, Phyllis.

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

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 ...

[once a month]

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.

[jrb_actor]

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

Well, it IS a drama.

[tazber]

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

...and yet marketed as a romantic musical comedy

[jrb_actor]

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

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

[tazber]

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.

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

[Not Barker, Todd.]

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

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

[jrb_actor]

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.

:)

[Not Barker, Todd.]

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

Not Barker is correct.

[fflagg]

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.

[SueleenGay]

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!

[JRybka]

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.

[jrb_actor]

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

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

[SueleenGay]

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

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

[jrb_actor]

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.

[SueleenGay]

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?

[jrb_actor]

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.

[SueleenGay]

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

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

[jrb_actor]

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.

[Tom148502]

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

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