A Soldier's Play

I believe A Soldier's Play opened tonight. Was anyone there? Any reviews? Please? (and I mean fan reviews; I know it just began previews).

Updated On: 9/20/05 at 11:40 PM

Thanks, Emcee! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it and that Taye gave a good performance. I hope it does well! I wish I could see it during it's limited run (unfortunately I can't).

Ooh, really? That's good to know, I'd love to be able to catch it. When is the official opening?

Oh, okay. Thank you!

I am planning on going soon, but I am wondering if I should buy the $20 student in advance or if I can wait til an hour before and do the $10??

Any help via the message board or a PM would be greatly appreciated.

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Annnd ok, it says on the site that discounted tickets are not available on Friday or Saturday. Unless there is some weird discount, I am assuming that means student tickets too, right?

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I'm planning on taking a break from the Flea Market tomorrow afternoon (assuming I can tear myself away) and getting the 10 dollar tickets. I'm hoping since it just started, maybe word hasn't spread too much yet and we'll be able to get them. My friends will be quite upset if we can't.

Do you remember about how long it was?

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thanks.

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How was Anthony Mackie?

That's a great article, Emcee, thanks for sharing.

Have fun! Post about it if you can; I'm curious as to what sorts of changes they might have made.

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Updated On: 10/11/05 at 04:54 PM

Saw it tonight. Really enjoyed it and all of the performances. I wonder if they've made some changes, because I felt that there was good transitions, etc. and that it didn't drag at all. In fact, I could barely believe Act I was over when it was. I was like "That was so quick!" I did feel it was a bit predictable and the "whodunit" aspect wasn't very dramatic or tense. But the underlying messages were very powerful. My hat is off to Mr. Diggs. I thought he did a great job as well as Mike Colter. He stood out to me as well.
Saw the Newsday theater critic there. But couldn't tell whether she was liking it or not :)
Opens officially on Monday I believe so we'll see reviews on Tuesday.

I saw it tonight as well...I too was going to say I didn't feel it dragged at all, totally agree I couldn't believe it was intermission but checked the time and was like oh, wow. In fact, I always used to be more of a musicals snob, but recently have discovered that straight plays can be wonderful too...though those I have seen lately, which include both Pillowman and Doubt which I loved...to me dragged at the beginning, or it just took a while to get me into it. I can't explain why, but I was into this from the get-go.

Em, you also made a good point in Taye's difficult monologues to the audience, also something I thought was great.

Cast is a great unit and everyone ups their energy and plays off each other.

And while I wouldn't say I was shocked at the outcome of the whodunit, I wouldn't exactly say it was predictable. Certainly before seeing the play I wouldn't have thought it turned out that way, takes a different spin on a story that has been told many times.


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What I mean by that is well I was thinking about this...like the Times article said pointing out racism not only in whites but blacks between each other, I think it's a very interesting point that isn't usually examined in these kinds of plays. And another thing that stuck w/ me was the white captain who was so sure it was the white men and wanted so badly for them to be arrested...usually a character like that would be an angry black man blaming it on the whites, so I found it to be a very interesting choice to make the white man the one to play that part. Also really liked the relationship between the two captains.




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Anyway, good show that I definitely recommend. Saw Taye twice on the street(missed him come out) and couldn't say a word. Go me.

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