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The entire Grand Tier (mezzanine) was pretty empty this Saturday night? Can someone tell me a simplified version of the plot, since it sounds like many people are unable to follow the plot as presented?

Jordan Catalano said: "I didn’t know Steers was going into “Six”! That’s VERY exciting to hear."

More information, please.

Ah, found it. She will be Parr in London - not Broadway, it seems Well, I'm late to the news from last June



https://twitter.com/DanielleSteers/status/1144533475149701120

Updated On: 9/1/19 at 11:29 PM

Well, I'd hope the hell so, with the unruly audiences they've been attracting.

Theater3232 said: "The entire Grand Tier (mezzanine) was pretty empty this Saturday night? Can someone tell me a simplified version of the plot, since it sounds like many people are unable to follow the plot as presented?"

The plot is SO SILLY! I believe Andrew Polec described it as "Peter Pan" and "Romeo and Juliet" had a rock and roll love child. Maybe... on drugs.

ACT 1

ACT 2

The end!!

Updated On: 9/2/19 at 01:37 AM

I saw the show last Friday. I must have lucked out because the audience was fine. A bunch of people did leave at intermission. Since I've clearly been too lazy to post my thoughts until now, I will just say that if you're interested and can get a relatively cheap ticket, go. It's a fun time. The cast is enthusiastic in spite of the weaknesses of the material and if you like Steinman, I think you'll enjoy their renditions of some of his biggest hits.

If I'm not busy I'll revive this thread to talk about the plot but I feel like it really wasn't that complicated or difficult to follow. The problem is that it's missing connective tissue in a lot of places. Like, why is the villain so upset? What's really pushing the parents apart and then together? Act 2 is very sloppy in fitting the songs to the plot and just... telling the story in general. But the gist of the story is pretty simple. You've got three main couples and a little bit of Peter Pan mainly with the Strat/Raven/Tink dynamic. The problem comes when you try to find depth or character motivation or understand the way plot threads resolve. But in broadstrokes, it makes sense.

raddersons said: "Two weeks later and my biggest question is still: Why was Lena Hall sliding off that couch?!"

Both ladies do that (so well!) I assume to physically show their boredom and restlessness with being pretty much locked up by Falco in that tower.

I haven't had so much fun laughing at and with a show since "DOTV" (Why there was never a follow-up to "Not SInce Carrie" with a book called "Not Since DOTV" still baffles me) and "Spider Man 1.0". My friend, not a rock fan, looked at me after the first number with a "Springtime For Hitler" open mouth gape, and it became a recurring gag between us. There were several musical moments that sounded like "Dance of the Vampires", and one of the second act numbers was the exact same music as one of Michael Crawford's dramatic solos.

I was thinking that this would have been great at a medium sized Off Broadway house (like New World Stages) if there was room for the seemingly large set. But at the cavernous City Center, there were bound to be lots of available seats, and for the Wednesday evening show (week before Labor Day), about 1/4 of it was empty. People either left or switched seats at intermission, and some did leave before intermission. But other than some members of the audience rocking out (not unexpected, and not too distracting), their behaviors were pretty decent compared to what I expected. At any rate, it was a night of theater I'll remember with great fondness, even though I thought it was about 15 minutes too long.

Updated On: 9/6/19 at 09:34 AM

Andrew Polec fractured his foot during the show.

BreakALeg

Updated On: 9/9/19 at 11:56 AM

I saw the show at the Saturday matinee, and Polec was on. Someone told me afterwards that Polec had been on crutches at the stage door on Friday night. Does anyone know when the fracture happened? The guy who told me, who had seen the show several times already, said that Polec was favoring one foot and was usually jumping around more, but I would never have guessed.

Did anyone here see his understudy (or anyone else's)?

As for the show, I think I went in with the right expectations and had a lot of fun. Christina Bennington seemed to be having a bit of an off day, but in general, the voices were great. And Lena Hall is so fantastic on stage -- funny and sings like a dream.

I decided to give this a shot on Saturday evening and I frankly don't have the words. Besides the obnoxious and rowdy audience (the ushers had to constantly tell everyone to be quiet and behave) this was without a doubt one of the worst musicals I've ever seen. It's utter nonsense, and not in a good way. Shrill, idiotic, and poorly conceived in every way. The vocals were okay. Lena Hall sounded good, as always.

mpkie said: "Jordan Catalano said: "I didn’t know Steers was going into “Six”! That’s VERY exciting to hear."

She actually said her schedule was crazy, as she's going into rehearsals immediately after Batto join the Six London cast this fall (September?) and will be here in February.I'm pretty sure she meant she was coming with it and not only that the show is going to be here. Given she came here with Bat, I don't think its out of the question for Six.

I do hope it's true. I haven't exposed myself to much material on Six yet but honestly would watch her in anything."

The Bway cast was officially announced and Steers is not in it.