Anyone seeing "CORAM BOY " this week?

Anyone seeing "CORAM BOY" this coming week 4/16-4/23? I think previews starts tommorow 4/16.. Anyone seeing it ? We will be seeing the 4/22 matinee (thanks to TDF ! ) BTW- Does anyone know what Handel's Musics included in the Play? (Messiah No. 44 is one from website ) I have heard the music is about 1 hour 10 mins. Wow !! Anyone excited to see this production ? I cant wait for this weekend !!! ( We will be seeing Coram Boy & Legally Blonde this weekend , and possibly 1 more - Talk Radio or Prelude ? )j*

Updated On: 4/15/07 at 04:46 PM

per playbill, it also includes Original Music (might be incidental music?)

The 20-member onstage choir, which will perform Handel's "Messiah" as well as original music composed by Adrian Sutton, will include Philip Anderson, John Arbo, Sean Attebury, Renee Brna, Charlotte Cohn, Sean Cullen, Katie Geissinger, Zachary James, Tinashe Kajese, Katherine Keyes, Evangelia Kingsley, B.J. Karpen, Eric William Morris, Samantha Soule, Daniel Neer, Nina Negri, Mark Rehnstrom, Martin Sola, Alisson Weller and Greg Wright. The singers will be backed by a seven-piece chamber orchestra

So my argument is Why "CORAM BOY " not considered musical ?
Its like ....if you consider G.F Handel's Music pre-existing music as in "JERSEY BOYS" & "MAMMA MIA" case that used pre-existing music and was called a musical . I would hate to think as Coram Boy as a jukebox musical too, better as a play , huh? (that does not sound good ! )
I guess.. Play with Music ...Just a thought :)

Updated On: 4/15/07 at 05:04 PM

I'm going to rush it Friday night.

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CORAM BOY features Handel's MESSIAH? That piece is over 2 1/2 hours long. They must be doing excerpts of MESSIAH. Seems stange to me.I look forward to feedback once it starts previewing.

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I'll be there tomorrow night...looking forward to it!

ugh. I WISH!

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jordangirl- per Playbill "Coram Boy" is a play ..as manderson05 says...Coram boy is play simply supplemented with music.

It has music bec. C.F Handel (the german composer) is one of the character of the play..I hope that answer your question.-j*

Updated On: 4/15/07 at 10:42 PM

Celebrity sightings tonight at CORAM BOY: Julia Murney (Wicked), Lee Roy Reams (Producers), Angee Schworer (Producers), Angel Desai (Company), Jill Paice (Curtains), Lenny Wolpe (Drowsy), Brian F. O'Byrne (Utopia).

...oh, and the chorus tonight was fabulous...

2 hour, 50 minute run time

no show curtain

Updated On: 4/16/07 at 11:25 PM

How's the show itself, WAT?

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Fair enough. I'm going Friday and will report back.

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I'm going tomorrow night :)

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I think I was the only one on the boards who saw it last night...and my review would be so negative that I'd rather not post it. Please wait until someone else sees it tonight. The audience seemed to *love* it, so obviously I missed something. Seems to be like this will be another HISTORY BOYS (where everyone loves it and it gets across the board raves, but I couldn't stand it).

I would rather see DEUCE again that have to go through what I experienced last night.

Updated On: 4/17/07 at 10:08 AM

I just didn't get it. I had no idea what was going on the entire show. Why were the dead babies being buried in the stage? Why was it such a big deal when one of the babies wasn't buried and he remained alive? What was the whole point of the angels? Why was the man hanged in the end of Act 1? Why did Act 2 seem like a completely different show? Why were the boys sailing on a ship in Act 2? Why did they jump off the ship and swim to shore? Did they die and come back to life at the end when they returned to the church? The chorus was *excellent* but what was the point of having them there?

Obviously, I didn't understand the play at all...

When others see it later this week, I would appreciate a detailed plot summary so that I can actually try and understand this thing. Thank you.

Updated On: 4/17/07 at 10:19 AM