A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC'S reopening tonight...(review updates here)

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:07am

I will be there, obviously. Who else is going?
Anyone going to try the "new" rush? If you do, let us know the deal.

I can't wait! It's been written on ATC that Bernadette is absolutely wonderful as Desiree. But Stritch is still struggling with lines and lyrics. I will be hoping for the best. It did take Lansbury over a month of performances to get everything down.

Should be a great night.


Updated On: 8/1/10 at 01:07 AM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:09am

I'll be there, seated to ljay's left.

Anyone know if Stritch recorded a new pre-show announcement?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:11am

"Hey, we're about the start so turn off the phones & shut the f*ck up. Thank you & enjoy the show."

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:20am

"If I hear a God Damn cell phone ring, I'm getting out of this chair and finding you. And if you're eating candy, just stop. You can't go two hours without eating something? Pigs. Enjoy."

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:27am

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE F*CKING SHOW. I'M ELAINE STRITCH, EMMY WINNER. DON'T EAT OR DRINK, ESPECIALLY WHILE I'M SINGING. THE FIRST ACT IS LONG, SO GET COMFORTABLE. I HAVE A BIG PART IN THIS ACT, BUT NOT ACT 2. THE BAR WILL BE OPEN AT INTERMISSION, SO MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU THERE. SHUT OFF YOUR PHONE. IF YOU THINK PATTI LUPONE WAS BAD WHEN A PHONE RANG, THEN YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ME. SORRY IN ADVANCE IF I SUCK. THIS WASN'T EVEN MY IDEA. IF YOU NEED CANDY, EAT IT NOW. IF YOU UNWRAP IT DURING THE SHOW, I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON IT. OH, TOM MURRAY IS THE CONDUCTOR. BYE."
Updated On: 7/13/10 at 01:27 AM

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:28am

^ Absolute perfection.
Updated On: 7/13/10 at 01:28 AM

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:31am

Maybe she will be in a hover-round instead of a wheel chair so she can ride up and down the aisles and run people over when she feels like it.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:32am

"Watch out for my Jazzy, F*ckers!"

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:35am

I can only hope that her huge sunglasses from her video interviews with Bernadette have been added to the costume

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:46am

I'll be outside the theatre in 3 hours for rush. Probably too early, but I want those damn tickets.

[[tos]fan999]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:17am

I'm eagerly awaiting what everyone has to say. I'm going to the July 24th afternoon show. I can't wait!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:18am

I might stop by...I really wanna see the show, don't really care about the new stars, but I wanna see the show for some reason.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:24am

Of course you don't. And of course you do.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:30am

I might stop by...I really wanna see the show, don't really care about the new stars, but I wanna see the show for some reason.

Muscle, how exactly does one stop by a show? It's not a barbecue or a dinner party. You either attend, or you don't.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:32am

THAT IS TOTALLY RACIST ADAMGREER!

(and I totally spit my soda on my screen when I read it )

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 3:46am

I want to hear the score live and see Erin Davie, Ramona and Leigh Ann mostly.
Maybe Bernardette will impress me, who knows?
I saw BP's live concert and it didn't do much for me.
I don't like her voice too much. But she looks like a very sweet woman and I like her anyways.
I will stop by to see if they have tix available...I meant.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 3:56am

Of course you don't like here voice. The general opinion of her is positive, so you go for the negative. If everyone tends to think she's great in the show, you'll hate her. If she stinks, you'll say she's fabulous.

We get it.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 4:10am

You're obsessed with me, and I'm flattered! =)

And I say what I think, I am just not biased by the opinion of some idiots. I was rooting for Memphis to win best musical for example...and it won! So I don't just go against the opinions...I just don't hold back...and it's great!!!

Updated On: 7/13/10 at 04:10 AM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 5:55am

Rush report: it's nearly 6 and no one is in line but me. So... I feel a bit lonely, but clearly no poor students are as crazy excited for this as I am.

EDIT: Right after I wrote this, two people showed up. Updated On: 7/13/10 at 05:55 AM

[binau]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 6:15am

Cute.

[wickedfan11]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 6:35am

I'm going on Friday!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 9:32am

Dear Bernadette and Elaine,

Wishing you both the best tonight. In the past, each of you has given performances in Sondheim shows that are among the very highest peak theatrical experiences of my theatergoing life.

Bernadette, I will never forget the first time I saw Sunday in the Park. Yes, the show and the production were dazzling, and, yes, the entire cast was superb. But your incandescent performance--dazzling and vulnerable and intelligent and warm--brought a heart and soul and depth to the show that, I have always maintained, was part of the reason the show was awarded a Pulitzer prize.

And, Elaine, I was fourteen years old when another 14-year-old friend of mine, already far wiser to the world than I, brought me to the just-opened Company. That Sondheim show and that production were also dazzling, and that cast was also superb. But you gave a sizzling, electrifying, jaw-droppingly bold performance the likes of which I have never seen since and may never see again. I am still fourteen every time I see you, and you still electrify me.

May the muses shine down tonight on your collective efforts. Break legs and show 'em how it's done.

yr pal,
joey

Updated On: 7/13/10 at 09:32 AM

[sanda]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 10:03am

geez, just reading the pre-announcement makes me want to see the show.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 10:09am

I posted this in the rush thread, but I'll put it here too just in case:

2 tickets per student ID. $27 cash only. You get to choose standing room or slightly obstructed side orchestra. The man told me I should get orchestra. I can attest to the fact that the Kerr's sightlines are excellent.

I got orchestra row C, seats 11 & 13.

[matineeidol2013]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 10:34am

I was hoping new press photos would have been released before tonights opening. I bet both ladies look stunning.

Updated On: 7/13/10 at 10:34 AM