Another What To See Advice thread...
Another What To See Advice thread...
MrJNLong
Featured Actor Joined: 6/20/08
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Posted: 5/24/09 at 9:21pm
OK, so I'm from out of state, but kind of obsessed with Broadway. I love good theatre of all kinds: musicals and straight plays. I just love good acting, good dancing and good, thoughtful directing. My plan is to see 15 shows in 9 days from June 6-14.
I am already for sure going to:
Happiness
Next to Normal (rumored last performance of Tveit)
Exit the King
Tony Awards
Billy Elliot
West Side Story
Mary Stuart
Hair
Norman Conquests: Table Manners
Norman Conquests: Living Together
9 to 5
Twelfth Night @ the park
I have 3 more slots: Monday night, Wed mat, Sun mat
I will most likely get TKTS for Blithe Spirit on Wed as I have never seen Angela Lansbury on stage...
But what about Monday and Sunday?
Monday: Rock of Ages, reasons to be pretty, or Everyday Rapture?
Sunday: Waiting for Godot, God of Carnage, Our Town, Joe Turner, or Ruined?
Is there a lot of intense language in GoC?
Thoughts? Thanks!
Updated On: 5/24/09 at 09:21 PM
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Posted: 5/24/09 at 9:26pm
reasons to be pretty and God of Carnage.
Lots of intense language? I mean, there's some language...but it's comical and not at all intense.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
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Posted: 5/24/09 at 9:28pmI would recommend reasons to be pretty and God of Carnage too.
MrJNLong
Featured Actor Joined: 6/20/08
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Posted: 5/24/09 at 9:55pm
hahaha...that was funny Capn 
What I meant was lots of four-letter expletives. Ive heard there's a lot in GoC and rtbp...but are we talking more than like Jersey Boys or Billy Elliot?
I ask because for some of the shows, I'm taking a school group with me...
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Posted: 5/24/09 at 10:09pm
I would actually recommend GOD OF CARNAGE for a high school or even middle school group. The plot deals with the parents of a young boy who meet with the parents of their child's schoolmate because...(tiny spoiler below)
(they want him to apologize to their son for an incident at school)
Yes, there is language, but MUCH less than BILLY ELLIOT, actually.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
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Posted: 5/26/09 at 12:43pmWhy no Round and Round the Garden?? Trust me, if you want to get the whole experience of The Norman Conquests, you should definitely see all three.
If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.
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Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
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Posted: 5/26/09 at 2:26pmSkip THE BOREDOM CONQUESTS altogether, and see a really intelligent piece of actual theatre, like WAITING FOR GODOT or JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, or GOD OF CARNAGE.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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Posted: 5/26/09 at 2:31pmI loved Everyday Rapture and I think that should be your Monday night show.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
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Posted: 5/26/09 at 2:37pmWhen is the rumored last performance?
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Posted: 5/26/09 at 4:01pm
Of Everyday Rapture? They've been extended to June 13
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Updated On: 5/26/09 at 04:01 PM
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
boydowncenter
Understudy Joined: 3/14/09
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Posted: 5/26/09 at 4:08pm
Reasons To Be Pretty
maybe In the Heights?
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Posted: 5/26/09 at 4:10pm
Rock Of Ages
"Forget regret or life is yours to miss."
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
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Posted: 5/26/09 at 4:12pm
Reasons to be Pretty
God of Carnage
Ruined.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
MrJNLong
Featured Actor Joined: 6/20/08
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Posted: 5/26/09 at 6:44pm
sgv123, I've heard Aaron Tveit's last performance is the day before the Tony's (June 6).
boydowncenter, I saw ItH twice last summer...its one of my favs...but there are too many shows this year for me to use up a slot on a show Ive already seen...
Thanks for all of the suggestions! I still can't decide between God of Carnage, Our Town, Ruined, or Godot...aaaah!
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
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Posted: 5/28/09 at 12:03pm
Do not miss the revival of OUR TOWN playing at the Barrow Street theatre. Absolutely brilliant production, if you make it to the end with dry eyes you are Dick Cheney.
OUR TOWN is why we have this thing called theatre that we go to. Don't let this go by.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
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