#376
Posted: 8/1/10 at 7:29pm
triple post!
Updated On: 8/1/10 at 07:29 PM
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC'S reopening tonight...(review updates here) — Page 16
#377
Posted: 8/1/10 at 7:32pm
Yikes. Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal is mixed-to-negative. Says Leigh Ann Larkin is now the best part of the show.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704702304575403073840625174.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704702304575403073840625174.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
#378
Posted: 8/1/10 at 7:39pm
Having seen both casts of this production, I can honestly say that Peters and Stritch make it feel like a whole new show. I don't know if it was the two-week hiatus or the vibe that the two new leading ladies bring to the cast, but everyone has stepped up their game. The performances now overshadow Nunn's horrific direction and the production's rather dreary feel. Not to mention that Peters and Stritch are giving two of the best performances I've ever seen.
I'm hoping and praying we get at LEAST a new recording. If even of just the ladies' songs. A film recording, however, would make me die of a heart attack.
I'm hoping and praying we get at LEAST a new recording. If even of just the ladies' songs. A film recording, however, would make me die of a heart attack.
#379
Posted: 8/1/10 at 7:51pm
I new recording would be silly to me. Neither of them are the most pleasant to listen to. Not to say I don't like their voices it's just that is not their best asset. Filming it will do them justice.
#381
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:03pm
Terry Teachout has a problem with Sondheim shows, so I really don't take this review that seriously. He actually liked the Philadelphia production of Sunday in the Park with George better than the recent and exquisite NY revival, which put him into an extremely tiny minority. This is the link that documents my point.
http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704312104575298500532410056.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704312104575298500532410056.html
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
Updated On: 8/1/10 at 08:03 PM
#382
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:04pm
New Jersey Newsroom is a total RAVE.
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/elaine-stritch-and-bernadette-peters-make-beautiful-night-music-together
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/elaine-stritch-and-bernadette-peters-make-beautiful-night-music-together
Updated On: 8/1/10 at 08:04 PM
#383
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:08pm
No offense to Leigh Ann Larkin, who I enjoyed much more than many people on this board, but anyone who thinks she's the best thing about this cast (or this show, for that matter) should have their head examined.
#384
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:38pm
He calls them bewitching. So, can I say, "Bestritching"? Give a listen:
(the end is better than the beginning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjdxfoZYPso
(the end is better than the beginning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjdxfoZYPso
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
Updated On: 8/1/10 at 08:38 PM
#385
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:44pm
Teachout seems to have a problem with any Sondheim show that isn't originating in Chicago or DC; his taste, to quote Madam Armfeldt, to put it mildly is 'peculiar...'
#386
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:51pm
I saw the show July 21 and I have to say... it was not a really enjoyable experience for me. For sure the cast had talent - no doubt about it. Maybe some of it was the length of the show and me being tired, but I also felt that many of the songs did not relate well to the storyline. I don't know. Unfortunately, It wouldn't be a show I'd recommend to a friend, but I know a lot of people really, really like this show. I guess that's why it's an art, we all see things we enjoy and some things we don't.
#387
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:55pm
but I also felt that many of the songs did not relate well to the storyline.
I respect your opinion, but REALLY? Maybe you unfortunately just missed the meaning/context of certain songs.
I respect your opinion, but REALLY? Maybe you unfortunately just missed the meaning/context of certain songs.
#388
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:59pm
If you are a human and you have a regular IQ level and you have ever had a smidgen of a sexual feeling or reminiscence, you should find something to relate to in the show.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#389
Posted: 8/1/10 at 9:28pm
"^ speak for yourself."
I did. "A new recording would be silly to me. Neither of them are the most pleasant to listen to. Not to say I don't like their voices it's just that is not their best asset. Filming it will do them justice."
I did. "A new recording would be silly to me. Neither of them are the most pleasant to listen to. Not to say I don't like their voices it's just that is not their best asset. Filming it will do them justice."
Updated On: 8/1/10 at 09:28 PM
#390
Posted: 8/1/10 at 9:37pm
I new recording would be silly to me. Neither of them are the most pleasant to listen to.
I would prefer Peters and Stritch on a recording of Night Music to Douglas Hodge croaking his way through a La Cage Aux Folles recording any day of the week. Not THAT'S a voice that is "not the most pleasant to listen to."
I would prefer Peters and Stritch on a recording of Night Music to Douglas Hodge croaking his way through a La Cage Aux Folles recording any day of the week. Not THAT'S a voice that is "not the most pleasant to listen to."
#391
Posted: 8/1/10 at 9:38pm
^^ Did I ever say I wanted a recording of Doug Hodge in La Cage?
#392
Posted: 8/1/10 at 9:40pm
We're waiting on theater reviews for two theater legends...perhaps the bickering can be done via PMs?
"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
#393
Posted: 8/1/10 at 9:55pm
Speaking of which, where the hell are they?
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
#394
Posted: 8/1/10 at 9:57pm
Steven Suskin Variety is a HUGE RAVE for Peters. Comparing her to when Reba replaced her in Annie Get Your Gun. Very positive for Stritch and the rest of the cast sans Larkin's Miller's Son. Call it a "fine production on all levels." 
https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943265.html?categoryId=33&cs=1
https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943265.html?categoryId=33&cs=1
Updated On: 8/1/10 at 09:57 PM
#395
Posted: 8/1/10 at 10:09pm
Murray is extremely Negative. Says "Peters is playing Peters." Same for Stritch. He definitely preferred CZJ and Angela.
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/LittleNightMusic2.html
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/LittleNightMusic2.html
#396
Posted: 8/1/10 at 10:13pm
Isherwood calls it, "an indelible moment in the history of musical theater."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/theater/02night.html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/theater/02night.html?_r=1
#397
Posted: 8/1/10 at 10:15pm
^ Yeah, and the review is pretty mixed. Poor production cannot catch a break with the Times.
#398
Posted: 8/1/10 at 10:17pm
I can't figure out if Murray's opinions are his actual views, which would be fine even if I don't agree with them, or just him making a scene like Riedel. If that's the case, than I have very little respect.
#399
Posted: 8/1/10 at 10:23pm
Theatermania is Very Positive.
http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/08-2010/a-little-night-music_29204.html
http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/08-2010/a-little-night-music_29204.html
#400
Posted: 8/1/10 at 10:25pm
Yeah but Isherwood's problems do seem to be production focused. His issues with the two new leading ladies seem minor and his raves of them long and numerous. I think they can get a lot of positive comments out of the overall review.
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