Atomic today

[justherehanging]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 8:34am

Going to check this out today.

Part of me wishes I could return ticket and see different show , oh well

Hopes it good!!!

[arapp721]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 10:23am

Curious to hear about this as well...

[jawjuhh]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 11:09am

I saw this last week and thought it was one of the most boring shows I have ever seen, with no memorable music. Apparently at one point there was an exploding goat? That would've at least made things more interesting

[teresa2]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 12:38pm

There isn't an exploding goat in Atomic. I enjoyed it. It is not as bad as people are saying. Jeremy Kushnier, the lead is fantastic!!!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 12:59pm

To those that didn't enjoy it, it IS that bad.

[jawjuhh]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 1:27pm

I was definitely very impressed by Jeremy Kushnier, he has a very strong voice, but the female lead? Sounded terrible IMO. To my amateur ear, she was singing the entire score with a very mixed voice, which just sounded downright odd considering her songs were pretty low.

[newintown]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 4:41pm

"It is not as bad as people are saying."

It's actually worse.

[JRybka]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 4:55pm

Shame as the cast is top notch. Jeremy, Euan, Sarah....

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 4:55pm

Return your ticket? Are you one of the 15 people who PAID to see this?

[justherehanging]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 11:53pm

You are correct Jeremy was great in the show. Great voice and talent.

Atomic is unusual, difficult story to create a musical off.

There is nothing incredible about the show nor any catchy songs, but it does have a unique story that makes you think.


Updated On: 8/10/14 at 11:53 PM

[stevenycguy]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 11:59pm

You can use the SEARCH button, then type "Atomic" to bring up the prior thread.

Here is the direct link: www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.php?thread=1074207

[LittleEdieFan]

Posted: 8/11/14 at 5:58am

In Sydney there was an exploding goat. Perhaps they should bring that back.

[newintown]

Posted: 8/11/14 at 6:42am

I just have to disagree - there is nothing unique or interesting about this show. It's nothing but stupid;
the "moralizing" is juvenile and simplistic, the music is generic, and the lyrics may be the best thing about the show because they're so awful they'll make you laugh (but only derisively). Kushnier can still hit his Steve Tyler scream notes, but why that's something to admire in a show about a 60-year-old scientist is beyond me.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 8/11/14 at 7:32am

Atomic had little to no redeeming value, except for some of the camp found in Jonathan Hammond's first number.

Yes, it's an interesting story, but one that cries out to be a play or film, not a musical. Apparently there was a play called "In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer" that played Lincoln Center in'69, but someone could always write a fresh take on the events.

A big mistake was having Oppenheimer being the narrator (who barely narrated), but then basically never appearing in the actual story. How was he telling this tale without taking part in it.

The songs rarely advanced the plot, and the characters weren't even worth developing. Poor Sara Gettelfinger was saddled with some of the worst put-upon-wife songs in recent memory. The score didn't evoke much from the period, and combined with the ugly set it gave me terrifying flashbacks to the recent Jekyll & Hyde revival.

A swing and miss for sure, although one wonders who ever let this one up to the plate in the first place.

[newintown]

Posted: 8/11/14 at 8:33am

A little research answers your question, Whizzer; one of the writers is also the producer, and is the son of an Australian cut-rate-clothing store founder. It's a very expensive vanity project.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 8/11/14 at 8:45am

While it won't go down in the annals of NY stage history as a superlative show, there were things to admire about ATOMIC. Much has been made of the lighting problems, but when I saw the show the lighting effects seemed appropriate and effectively conveyed the authors' intentions. The score reminded me a little of RENT, maybe because of the power numbers sung so well by Kushnier. I only wish Euan Morton had more to do. One other demur: the A/C was turned up waaaaay too high.