A Real Pot Of Gold. A Week in New York! — Page 2

'Fela' 4/5 -A great new show that sadly wont be around long enough for it to get the praise it so richly deserves. I knew nothing of this guy before hand but this show certainly painted a great picture of him and his artistry.

'Memphis' 4/5- I feel like I want to say this is a juke box musical because thats kind of how its resented. A very weak story lies underneath some terrific music and choreography. Doubt this will hit London but it seemed to go down a storm on Tuesday night.

'Superior Donuts' - 5/5 A great new play from the guy who gave us the equally brilliant 'August:Osage County'. I certainly hope London gets to see this, it would suit the Donmar perfectly. One of the smallest Broadway audiences I have seen in ages.

'Bye Bye Birdie' 3/5 Not the best production that New York could have had I'm sure. Didnt half plod in a lot of scenes and some of the parts are mis-cast. The cast seemed to be not that interested in what they had to present. Very strange. Audience a little subdued at the end. I was nearly asleep with jet lag.
A great new theatre by the way, God knows what those on the Broadway board are on about.

Updated On: 11/5/09 at 07:29 AM

Winston, be outside the St James tonight at 7.45pm for a good slapping!

Its never let me down before!

Winston up for a double slap, could of said there is a bit of 'Desire under the Elms' but that is history.

Cheers for the reviews, short an sweet an to the point, just as I like it. Surprised you have not seen Rainbow yet, I guess that is where you are going to tonight?

"'Shrek' as all but ready for London in November next year. I've done some digging around and London has been ready to go for some time, they just needed a big theatre. Drury Lane is 99% its home!"

Baz reported in this mornings Daily Mail, that Jeffrey Katzenberg. the man who runs Dreamworks Animation has been seen looking around the Palladium, so looks like Shrek is going there next October, both theatres were tipped for Ghost or Wizard of Oz, these still have to find new homes! One problem London does not have many mid size theatres like New York, they are either too big or too small.

Updated On: 11/6/09 at 02:43 AM

'Finians Rainbow' 2/5 BORED BORED BORED.
This is a classic example of bringing back old musicals that are just not up to it today -they just dont work!.
This show is a week old and it looks about 40!
It looks cheap and feels cheap. The one saving grace fro me was the always wonderful Terri White but that is about it. I'm sure I've seen some of those sets going around the Qudos panto circuit the last few years.
Pot Of Gold - more like a crock of ****.

Good to hear some 'first-hand' opinions - even if I might ultimately disagree with them. I hope you enjoyed your stay overall Mama (even if you were deprived of the opportunity of slapping Winston upside the head ;->)

I will almost certainly see Superior Donuts on my next visit later this month - love Michael McKean, (plus the one play I had pre-booked - Vigil, starring Malcolm Gets) has posted early closing 10 days before I'm due to arrive.

I'm still very much looking forward to Finian's Rainbow because it's supposed to be old-fashioned and magical and oirish. Just like me (sort of)!

Fela didn't really appeal to me, but I may see Memphis now I have a free slot. Did you get to see Wishful Drinking?

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I see Barnes and Noble did not have any bargains then! lol