Adrift in Macao Reviews/CD?
Adrift in Macao Reviews/CD?
Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#1Adrift in Macao Reviews/CD?
Posted: 1/31/07 at 12:50am
1) Has anyone seen Adrift in Macao? What did you think?
2) Is there any plan for a CD release?
This looks like a could be a cute Off-Broadway show, and I'm curious to find out if its any good/is going to be preserved in any way.
I have several names, one is Julian2. I am also The Opps Girl. But cross me, and I become Bitch Dooku!
Updated On: 2/11/07 at 12:50 AM
#2re: Adrift in Macao Reviews/CD?
Posted: 1/31/07 at 11:57amI saw it twice during the Philadelphia run. I enjoyed it immensly. It's a bit silly, but that's sort of the point.
#2re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 1/31/07 at 12:16pmI saw it this past weekend and didn't laugh once.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#3re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 1/31/07 at 1:22pmI'm going next month. Can't wait. Sounds like the type of thing that's right up my alley.
leefowler
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/04
#4re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 1/31/07 at 4:39pmI thought it was up my alley too...I'm a big Durang fan. But...yikes! I've seen productions of Medea with more laughs in it than this. One of the most painful evenings of my life. It's like watching a 10th rate Carol Burnett sketch while receiving a root canal.
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Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#5re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 2/21/07 at 6:31pmWell I finally saw it today. I was excited several weeks ago, and now I'm just really disappointed. It was terrible, just terrible. Painfully God awful. What a wasted opportunity.
MissNY
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/05
#7re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 2/22/07 at 12:49pmCould someone comment on the music? Good? Horrible? Mediocre?
....but the world goes 'round
#8re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 2/22/07 at 1:50pmLots of unsuccessful pastiche. Bland and unimaginative lyrics.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#9re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 2/22/07 at 3:12pm
There's a student rush. They sell it an hour before the show starts for $20 a ticket. I believe you can get two. The seats are whatever is left over, and they release the house seats at about the same time as they start selling the rush, so the seats are great.
As far as the show is concerned I'm not sure that it's supposed to be laugh out loud funny. At least I hope it's not supposed to be, because it's not. I did find it entertaining, and there were a couple of good moments (Will Swenson has a pretty funny song), so I really can't complain for $20. What did puzzle me though was the fact that it's almost identical to the version they showed at New York Stage and Film almost 6 years ago. What have they been doing?
Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#10re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 2/22/07 at 3:13pmAny plans for a CD?
I have several names, one is Julian2. I am also The Opps Girl. But cross me, and I become Bitch Dooku!
#11re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 5/16/08 at 10:57am
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Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 5/16/08 at 11:11amI saw a backer's reading with Tom Wopat and I believe it was Cady Huffman. It was vaguely amusing, but I couldn't imagine it would be terribly successful. The score was completely unmemorable.
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Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#13re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:25pmhttp://corinescorner.com/blog2/2008/05/adrift-in-macao-cd-event.htm
#14re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:39pmComplete waste of an evening, except for the performances of Mendoza and Ragusa.
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Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#16re: Adrift in Macao RevIiews/CD?
Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:55pm
CD is already available at Amazon.com for $13.99
https://www.amazon.com/Adrift-Macao-Original-Off-Broadway-Cast/dp/B0017LGOY2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1210964087&sr=8-1
Updated On: 5/16/08 at 02:55 PM
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