A STEADY RAIN thoughts, anyone??

I'm surprised no one posted to say they attended the first preview from last night!!

Firstly and most importantly, how is the play? Any good?

Secondly, how are Jackman & Craig?

Lastly, how is the show?

Inquiring minds outside of the City want to know!!

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And yet Jackman's presence on Broadway during THE BOY FROM OZ basically made WICKED, AVENUE Q, CAROLINE OR CHANGE, and TABOO -- all amazing shows (what a season!) -- forgettable.

I don't get the BYE BYE BIRDIE hype. I hope the show is good, but yeesh!

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Yeah, I'm def. curious to know how the play is and the design elements.

I'm going tonight, will report back later.

i'll be there tonight as well...

the stage door will likely be packed before we even get out of the theater...so i imagine we will have to stage door another night.

Yeah I see this being a Three Days of Rain/All My Sons set up where you need a ticket stub to get on one side of the barricade.

Equus was the same -- a ticket was required to be behind the barricade.

Staging wise, how is the show? Is everything mostly in the center? is the rear/extreme sides of the stage crucial to any set pieces, projections, or any of the show's "action"?

I ask because it seems that the only tickets available are rows very close to the stage (Row B, C, D etc) but the far end seats. I recall seeing A Chorus Line from these seats and couldnt see the mirrors when Cassie danced "Music & the Mirror"

Also, are they releasing premium seats prior to the show? I scored great seats for a few shows this way earlier in the summer, albeit full price, but it seemed for last night's first preview the great center orch seats were still being held as premium even 3 hours before curtain.

I was playing around on Telecharge on Thursday night around 3PM and regular price was sold out and I checked Premium and found 2 seats Front row center for $376.50 each

Then I looked at like 6:45 and they came up regular price.

Well, this was rather a boring night at the theater. Within the first five minutes I was extremely nervous I would nod off, but managed to stay awake.

The whole thing reminded me of listening to a book on tape live. The case they're talking about is somewhat interesting, but listening to them describe it can at times be deadly. It would have been much more interesting to watch it unfold rather than be told the information.

bjh2114- You absolutely hit the nail on the head when you said it's like hearing about a Law & Order episode. It was honestly as if you asked your co-worker to tell you what happened on L&O the night before, and he or she recounted the program in exact detail. Wouldn't it have been easier to just DVR the episode and watch it later?

The background set was well done, and the lighting was fine.

All in all, it was nothing to hate, but nothing to rave about either.

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Updated On: 9/12/09 at 12:24 AM

So how was the stage door? Did both actors (if either) come out?

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I went with my wife who is from Chicago. Her father-in-law is a just-retired cop from the South Side of Chicago. Jackman sounded just like him. Rough, flat, kind of nasal - he got it exactly right (I think I heard him say 'been' wrong once). Craig sounded a little NY at times.

All in all it was compelling and well acted if far-fetched. Enough incidents to fill two seasons of NYPD Blue, but those two guys were almost worth the price of tickets.