"All About Us" Reviews?

[Julian2]

"All About Us" Reviews?#1

Posted: 4/19/07 at 7:58pm

Have any reviews come out for this? Or has anyone seen it? I'm looking for any and all reviews.

I have several names, one is Julian2. I am also The Opps Girl. But cross me, and I become Bitch Dooku!

Updated On: 4/19/07 at 07:58 PM

[Julian2]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#2

Posted: 4/20/07 at 2:01am

Bump.

I have several names, one is Julian2. I am also The Opps Girl. But cross me, and I become Bitch Dooku!

[muscle23ftl]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#2

Posted: 4/20/07 at 8:59am

It seems like no one saw it?
I'd go see it in a hearbeat if I lived in NYC.

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

[Corine2]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#3

Posted: 4/20/07 at 10:28am

I saw the dress rehearsal and it was wonderful.
Go and see it! Updated On: 4/20/07 at 10:28 AM

[WithoutATrace]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#4

Posted: 4/20/07 at 10:32am

I'm seeing it tomorrow afternoon...will report back.

[Corine2]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#5

Posted: 4/20/07 at 10:33am

Hope you are sitting in the front. Wait till you see her sing "Rain"!!!


Updated On: 4/20/07 at 10:33 AM

[muscle23ftl]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#6

Posted: 4/20/07 at 10:34am

You better!
I got high hopes for this Kander & Ebb show.
I wish I could see it!

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

[Corine2]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#7

Posted: 4/20/07 at 10:36am

Don't forget Joe Stein!

[Kringas]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#8

Posted: 4/20/07 at 12:21pm

For those familiar with The Skin of Our Teeth, how closely does the musical follow the original script?

"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey

[jmnpublications]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#9

Posted: 4/20/07 at 1:14pm

I'll be seeing it Saturday and reviewing it for BWW. Look for it in the Boston/New England section.

jmn

[Rathnait62]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#10

Posted: 4/20/07 at 1:19pm

"It seems like no one saw it?
I'd go see it in a hearbeat if I lived in NYC."


I saw it a couple of years ago. Couldn't pay me to sit through it again, and it was free that time.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[Pinaud]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#11

Posted: 4/20/07 at 2:26pm

I know Rath and I have had diverging opinions on this for a while now, but I think it is definitely worth the trip up to Westport.

I believe it has improved over the years.

[Rathnait62]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#12

Posted: 4/20/07 at 2:33pm

For what it's worth, if Pinaud says it's improved, I believe her.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[Pinaud]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#13

Posted: 4/20/07 at 2:37pm

Thanks, Rath! :)

[paradox_error]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#14

Posted: 4/21/07 at 6:34am

I really hope this is great, and becomes a smashing success!
It's my favorite play, and I love Kander and Ebb, so chances are...
I'll probably hate it

[tazber]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#15

Posted: 4/21/07 at 8:32am

All I know from it is the song "The Skin Of Our Teeth", which I love. It has a great cast going for it.

....but the world goes 'round

[jv92]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#16

Posted: 4/21/07 at 9:28am

The Skin of Our Teeth song, published in the Kander and Ebb songbook which came out in the midst of the Chicago frenzy, is one of Kander's most musically interesting and ambitious pieces and one of Ebb's more inspirational lyrics. It is quite a superb piece.

[NathanLaneStalker]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#17

Posted: 4/21/07 at 4:27pm

I was supposed to see this while I was in NY...but I'm in MS now...so you do the math.

I hope to hear good things from the show! I know there's a Variety review I read a few days ago and it wasn't good...but hopefully they will get better.

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey

[Songbird2]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#18

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:46am

The Thornton Wilder play was a bit difficult for an audience to understand and so is this musical. However, in one of the best songs in the production "The Discussion" (sung by Socrates, Moses, Plato, and Homer) Ebb and Kander make clever, hysterical fun of that difficulty.

The reviews I have seen are mixed with raves for the performers (especially Eartha Kitt and Cady Huffman) and a good deal of the music. I saw it when it was called Over and Over and this production is a great improvement over that incarnation. The last 20 minutes are superb and has some of the best moments seen in recent years. One of these moments is when Cady Huffman stands onstage alone at the end of the show and sings "At the Rialto," one of Kanders most haunting and beautiful melodies.

Ebb and Kander have never tackled easy subjects and this show is no exception. The show is 75-80% there and I am sure this production informs the creative staff about what they need to do if it is to go further.

[jbdc]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#19

Posted: 4/23/07 at 10:50am

I think some of the creative team needs to be replaced (and I don't mean any writers). Because it can work, and as people are saying, there is great material for performers. That's all I'm going to say.

[WithoutATrace]

re: 'All About Us' Reviews?#20

Posted: 4/23/07 at 11:11am

Eartha Kitt and Cady Huffman were excellent, but the show was just OK for me. I am not familiar with The Skin of Our Teeth, but this musical just seemed a bit random to me. I enjoyed Act 1 more than the second two acts (because that's where it got a little more confusing), but the performances were great and I did like some of the music as well. I'm glad I got to see it.