#301
Posted: 7/22/10 at 11:08pm
Wonder when Hanson will leave? I HAVE to see him with Peters before he departs.
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#302
Posted: 7/22/10 at 11:09pm
I imagine he's signed until November like Peters and Stritch.
#303
Posted: 7/22/10 at 11:13pm
Actually, Hanson is up in October, not the same as Peters and Stritch. I heard Buntrock was doing the last month.
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#304
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:23am
I'd be surprised if Hanson leaves this gig, but I haven't heard anything on the subject.
#305
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:28am
I was there! I got 6th row orchestra (far left) student rush seats at about 10:15 this morning. The orchestra seemed full, so I don't know how long tickets were available.
Anyway, the show was absolutely incredible, as usual! I didn't think it could get any better, but it did! Peters was phenomenal and Stritch was a revelation. I didn't notice any mistakes, and Stritch seemed confident and very comfortable on stage.
More tomorrow...
Anyway, the show was absolutely incredible, as usual! I didn't think it could get any better, but it did! Peters was phenomenal and Stritch was a revelation. I didn't notice any mistakes, and Stritch seemed confident and very comfortable on stage.
More tomorrow...
#306
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:31am
I think she is finally getting it!! yay! Is she attempting any kind of accent yet?
#307
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:34am
What time did the show let out tonight? Have they gotten it under 3 hours yet?
#308
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:35am
A close friend went last night (Thursday) and said it was a different show for the better. (He saw Lansbury and Jones) He was raving about it. He said "Liasons" was heartbreaking. Stritch was struggling with it a bit but it worked into the song/performance. He also said that Peters' "Send in the Clowns" was perfect.
I need to fly in to see this!
I need to fly in to see this!
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#309
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:43am
Nope, no accent.
The show started late and ended around 10:05, but there was a ton of time that was taken by applause, and intermission seemed longer than usual. I'd say the show is slightly under 3 hours.
The show started late and ended around 10:05, but there was a ton of time that was taken by applause, and intermission seemed longer than usual. I'd say the show is slightly under 3 hours.
#310
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:45am
I think it clocked in at just about 3 hours tonight. Probably started a couple minutes after 7. I looked at my cell phone and it was 10:08 but this was after a lengthy curtain call and I had probably been fighting the crowds to get out for a least a minute or two.
As reported Elaine seemed very confident tonight. I don't know the script by heart like many do but nothing seemed to be missing and no long pauses. And Bernadette was just overwelming during Clowns. She seemed to be crying so much tonight I wasn't sure she was going to be able to sing the song but of course she did just fine. Just heartbreaking. And why had I not noticed before what she does with the fan during her Countess speech? Very funny.
As reported Elaine seemed very confident tonight. I don't know the script by heart like many do but nothing seemed to be missing and no long pauses. And Bernadette was just overwelming during Clowns. She seemed to be crying so much tonight I wasn't sure she was going to be able to sing the song but of course she did just fine. Just heartbreaking. And why had I not noticed before what she does with the fan during her Countess speech? Very funny.
#311
Posted: 7/23/10 at 3:17am
Spoil me- what does she do with the fan during the Countess speech?
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#312
Posted: 7/23/10 at 5:48am
I'd be surprised if Hanson leaves this gig, but I haven't heard anything on the subject.
Well, he's doing a play in London starting in November this year, so presumably he'll be leaving NY in October (or maybe even earlier) for rehearsals.
Well, he's doing a play in London starting in November this year, so presumably he'll be leaving NY in October (or maybe even earlier) for rehearsals.
#313
Posted: 7/23/10 at 8:19am
Glad to hear Stritch getting better word-of-mouth.
Oh, ye of little faith...
Oh, ye of little faith...
#314
Posted: 7/23/10 at 8:33am
Sounds like this show will be in impeccable shape when I go to see it in two weeks. Does anybody know if any of the leads have any scheduled absences coming up for concerts, etc?
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#315
Posted: 7/23/10 at 9:23am
Hanson is announced for a thing in London in November, so I figure he has to leave in early October, latest.
#316
Posted: 7/24/10 at 12:17am
Well tonight's performance was just extraordinary. Peters and Stritch are now both giving performances that are going to become as legendary as the performers themselves. They have elevated the entire company into something wonderful.
Miss this at your peril.
Btw - the show clocked in at 2:48 tonight. Tightest I've seen it.
Miss this at your peril.
Btw - the show clocked in at 2:48 tonight. Tightest I've seen it.
#317
Posted: 7/24/10 at 12:20am
Is Stritch now remembering the "Good God, you're right!" and "Squatting like Bohemians" lines?
#318
Posted: 7/24/10 at 12:20am
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#319
Posted: 7/24/10 at 12:22am
OK, so now I'm REALLY excited about the prospects of seeing Saturday's matinee.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#320
Posted: 7/24/10 at 12:38am
Yes Stritch had all her lines tonight and Liaisons was remarkable. She had one slight flub on her "Are you addressing me, whoever you are" exchange with the count but quickly corrected it. Everything else was perfect.
The biggest line flub tonight was actually Peters who was so overwhelmed emotionally during SEND IN THE CLOWNS she began the second section (after Frederick's speech) with "Isn't It Rich, Aren't We a Pair" - but quickly caught and corrected it.
The biggest line flub tonight was actually Peters who was so overwhelmed emotionally during SEND IN THE CLOWNS she began the second section (after Frederick's speech) with "Isn't It Rich, Aren't We a Pair" - but quickly caught and corrected it.
#321
Posted: 7/24/10 at 12:41am
Thanks so much for the report! I can't wait to see them again.
I wonder when they will announce Hanson's departure? I am very interested in seeing Buntrock's Fredrik.
I wonder when they will announce Hanson's departure? I am very interested in seeing Buntrock's Fredrik.
#322
Posted: 7/24/10 at 12:52am
Buntrock was actually on as Frid tonight - he looked so much like Hanson, I thought the audience was going to think he'd run off with Petra in the second act.
#323
Posted: 7/24/10 at 1:16am
BERNADETTE MESSED UP??? I guess she ought to be fired immediately!! At over $100 a seat, we should expect an actress who knows her lines and lyrics!! Get her out of there!! Put the understudy on! This is an outrage!!!!!!
#324
Posted: 7/24/10 at 4:46pm
I love hearing thats Stritch just needed some time. With performances like this, and s box office dip from the first cast, re-reviews now definitely seem in order.
And i must come back.
And i must come back.
#325
Posted: 7/24/10 at 5:37pm
This afternoon's matinee let out at 4:59. Despite the lugubrious second act, the production is finally blissful. The company is at a whole new level than when I first saw it, and performers I once found horrendous, namely Ramina Mallory and Hunter Herdlika, are not only tolerable but quite lovely.
Elaine Stritch blows Angela Lansbury out of the water. She stumbled on some lines here and there - all in the second half, all played as pauses or stutters, and it worked considerably well.
As for Bernadette Peters, she's utterly magnificent. Probably the finest female performance currently playing on Broadway. She coughed a few times and had tears streaming down her cheeks during SEND IN THE CLOWNS.
Seeing the two of them is really a treat, especially in the dead of summer - and a sweet little piece of theater history.
Elaine Stritch blows Angela Lansbury out of the water. She stumbled on some lines here and there - all in the second half, all played as pauses or stutters, and it worked considerably well.
As for Bernadette Peters, she's utterly magnificent. Probably the finest female performance currently playing on Broadway. She coughed a few times and had tears streaming down her cheeks during SEND IN THE CLOWNS.
Seeing the two of them is really a treat, especially in the dead of summer - and a sweet little piece of theater history.
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