A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Reviews....- Page 2

[Trish2]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 2:45pm

CZJ is sure a beauty, but why is she sitting on the floor? $140.00 bux a ticket and they're sitting on the floor? I wonder how she ever agreed to that?

[keithp]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 2:58pm

It is theatre and she is an actress. Sometimes the charcaters in a play actually do sit on the floor. You may not like the scale of the production but your comment is nonsensical. You obviously don't have much idea of the earthy nature of Desiree -I am sure she is quite at home of the floor.
I can just hear CZJ say no I am going to turn down a great part in a terrific show because they are going to ask me to sit on the floor!

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 3:01pm

She turned down the role of Claudia in Nine because she thought it was too small (and Maury Yeston wouldn't write another song for her). I happen to think that was a rather bad move.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 3:02pm

"but why is she sitting on the floor? $140.00 bux a ticket and they're sitting on the floor? I wonder how she ever agreed to that?"

It does not seem you are familiar with the show. That is the opening of act 2 when the guests arrive, and Madame Armfeldt announces "we cannot be caught squatting on the ground like bohemians!" They are supposed to be on the ground.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 3:03pm

Why? Because now she won't be a famous actress?

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 3:14pm

I'm sure everyone knows that I am extremely excited for this show. I can't wait to read the reviews after tonight's opening!

I can only wish the best of luck to the cast and crew tonight! Break legs!

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 3:55pm

VARIETY looks at the development of this revival, which was years in the making, and its financial prospects.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012669.html?categoryid=15&cs=1

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 4:07pm

So, once student rush goes into affect on Tuesday how early do you think one would have to get to the Walter Kerr to make sure they get a ticket?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 4:34pm

What's the deal with the rush? Is it still going to be a standing room rush?

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 4:44pm

I am going to be over there early on Tuesday morning anyway. I will see how the line is and ask the box office about the rush policy. I will report back Tuesday afternoon.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 5:09pm

Still no reviews? Not even one?

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 5:21pm

Thanks bjh!

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 5:49pm

"Half-light can be forgiving—to the aging, to the vain, to the furtive philanderer—but in Trevor Nunn’s stunning, twilit, devastatingly good new production of A Little Night Music, it’s as punishing as the equatorial sun."


New York Magazine

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 5:53pm

And we're off to a great start.

[alightinthedark23]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 5:53pm

Great way to start the reviews. Glad to see Hunter got a good review. That's great for him!

Updated On: 12/13/09 at 05:53 PM

[Pgenre]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 5:57pm

I can't help but feel that the better the reviews are for this, the more bare-bones/big-star revivals we will see in the future for more adult shows like ALNM, for better and worse.

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[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 6:00pm

What a wonderful way to start the reviews! I'm glad Hunter got a positive note.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 6:05pm

They leaked Brantley's again!

http://elpasoinc.com/readArticleNYT.aspx?guid=6de09192-7fee-cb93-a28f-703e4b257163

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 6:08pm

and it looks mixed

[alightinthedark23]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 6:12pm

I'm very confused with this review. It seems all over the place and I can't tell if it is good or not. I don't even think Brantley knew if he liked it or not from the feel of that article.

[Pgenre]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 6:12pm

"Nunnâ??s "Little Night Music," the first full Broadway revival of the show, may well be a hit too, though not because of any artistic finesse."

Also:

"A smirk [not a smile]".

Sorry, folks. He hates it.

P

P.S. If this is mixed, WICKED was a rave. Updated On: 12/13/09 at 06:12 PM

[binau]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 6:13pm

I don't know how to classify it but it almost looks negative - unfavourable towards most of the cast and not much at all (anything?) good about the physical production itself.

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 6:16pm

Yeah...he doesn't like it hardly at all.

[lynnetoomey]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 6:17pm

Close to a pan. And...this is hysterical that EL PASO INC first leaked Brantley's Ragtime review, and now NIght Music!

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 6:18pm

It's mixed to negative, with a rave for Lansbury and a positive notice for Lazar. I have a feeling this has more to do with the show than the production itself.