Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Stagedoor2
Leading Actor Joined: 8/1/04
#1Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 3:27pm
I was there and I can tell you it was a short concert. It was great -- but way too short. To think that I paid $250 for two pavilion seats for this is aggravating, to say the least.
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#2Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 3:43pmI was there and while i enjoyed it alot i do agree it was a little short. The jokes and such were cute and the music was great but yes too short. However the stage door experiance made up for it.
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#2Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 3:53pmHow long was the actual concert? I was trying to figure that out. An hour?
Stagedoor2
Leading Actor Joined: 8/1/04
#3Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 4:02pmThe concert started a little after 7pm and was over by 8:15pm. When you subtract the speeches at the beginning and the clapping at the end -- it was maybe 65 minutes.
pc1145N2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/07
#4Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 4:04pm
I was there as well, and the concert was just over 60 minutes. It was fantastic but way too short for the $250.00 we paid.
Having said that Patti, Audra, Michael and George were breathtaking.
Audra's performance of "Anyone Can Whistle" was simply stunning.
#5Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 4:06pm65 minutes. Yeesh!
--Aristotle
#6Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 4:16pmI would have been quite upset at those prices. They should have at least done 90 minutes.
pc1145N2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/07
#7Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 4:25pmAdditionally, after the show was over, the cast came back on stage several times due to the loud applause. No encores were performed. The cast just stood there and waved and the crowd expected some additional performance. It was quite awkward at that point.
#8Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 7:03pmI had a great time but it was unforgivable how short it was. The Night music was thrilling and I was so tickled by the dueling Sweeneys.
#9Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:06pmSaw the show... there were some great performances, yes, but I was also not happy at all with the running time.
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mauriposa
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/14/05
#10Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:12pmI thought it was well worth the $25 I paid to sit on the lawn, but those of you who paid the big bucks definitely deserved a refund or a gift bag or something.
#11Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/1/10 at 8:14pmTo be fair though, I did only get the $25.00 lawn seats. So, for the $25.00 it was a good deal (although I was still mad that the concert was so short). Although, had I paid the $250.00 I would be fuming.
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#12Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 3:13pm
I was fortunate enough to go as a +1. Paid for ice cream and the Metra (which skipped the Ravinia Park stop going there) and that's it. Which one of y'all queens was doing the group sing on my train ride home? The anger made it to the papers, fyi:
Sondheim at Ravinia - Anger on the North Shore
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Joined: 12/31/69
#13Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 3:20pm
I debated and debated- even had the cursor on the "purchase" button at the Ravinia site but decided that the $160 (for two "cheap seats") was just too much to spend right now. Thank GOD- traffic tie ups mean you can easily spend 65 minutes parking in the remote lot and riding the shuttle over.
Updated On: 8/2/10 at 03:20 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#15Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 3:30pmWow, people are really f*cking pissed.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#16Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 3:33pm
I couldn't find any mention of people being pissed in the paper, but the Tribune today is reporting "Acknowledging that hundreds of people were upset by the short, 65-minute duration of a concert Saturday night celebrating the 80th birthday of American composer Stephen Sondheim, the Ravinia Festival said Monday that it would offer two-for-one pavilion tickets to its upcoming concert staging of “Annie Get Your Gun” for all of Saturday night’s attendees."
Of course the fact that they have that many Annie tickets to move means
It's too damn expensive!!!
#17Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 3:34pm
I agree that the show sounds disappointing, but wasn't it a benefit? Aren't ticket prices usually padded for a benefit? Also, do we ever really have a guarantee how long a conert will last? I think making it a "rich vs. poor" thing is a bit of a stretch. Would people really ask for refunds from a benefit concert?
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Joined: 12/31/69
#18Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 3:40pm
It's their Gala- A show and dinner for $750 a person. But they also sold tickets to the show for $125 each without saying this will be a truncated evening. And people are saying that they were tossed off the lawn (Ravinia has a huge picnic grove) at 8:30 (Ravinia denies this) and couldn't enjoy an after show dinner (which is about 80% of the appeal of the lawn (you cannot see the stage at all).
If only there was a newspaper report that explained all that.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#19Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 3:42pmI'm stunned that Patti LuPone didn't have an encore. This is the beginning of the end of the LuPone career.
#20Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 4:03pmI wonder if the people who paid $750 dollars are even more mad?
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#21Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 4:15pm
No cause they got the fancy dinner, hors d'oeuvres and a meet n greet with the Divas.
Updated On: 8/2/10 at 04:15 PM
#22Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 4:20pm
Joe, if I paid close to a grand, eating braised short ribs next to Patti LuPone ain't making up for a broke-ass hour long concert. Id still be PO'd.
Joe, Im glad you dodged a bullet on this hot mess. :)
Stagedoor2
Leading Actor Joined: 8/1/04
#23Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 6:04pm
Some friends of mine that were on the lawn said that no one was kicking anybody out -- and they stayed until about 9pm since it was a beautiful evening and they wanted to let the parking lot empty a bit.
I knew it was a benefit concert, but no where on any advertisements or on my $125 pavilion ticket did it say that anything would be different about the show. I assumed, mistakenly on my part, that it would be a normal CSO show -- at least 1:45 or so.
As for the two for one Annie tickets -- Ravinia has seen the last of my entertainment budget. Fool me once...
#24Anger at Sondheim concert at Ravinia
Posted: 8/2/10 at 6:17pmI was sitting on the lawn and we definitely didn't get kicked off. we were there until about 9 too. I agree with the comments that it was far too short. after the show, my boyfriend and I looked at each other confused that it was over so quickly. It was a great show though. Watching Patti, George and Michael sing "A Little Priest" together was definitely the highlight along with Audra's song from "Anyone Can Whistle." It was a nice night. Great weather, no mosquitos (a plus since i was eaten alive at a softball game earlier in the week) and some great music.
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