BETRAYAL Begins Previews Tonight — Page 3

Thanks for the info DeNada. I adored Ian Rickson's Seagull with KST a few seasons back. It might even be my favorite production of that play I've ever seen. Would have loved to see their take on Betrayal. (I was obsessed with The Norman Conquests so Ben Miles would have been a draw for me too.)

I don't see Emma as being cold either, and Weisz didn't play her as such. It was Robert who was distant and cool towards her, making the affair seem all the more justifiable and understandable.

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Hmmmmmmmm. Not getting a tremendous amount of positive feedback. Feels very luke warm. What were some of the highlights? Did any actor stand out from the rest? How was the music? The scenery? The costumes?

Was there anything that wowed you—or at least impressed you?

>Hmmmmmmmm. Not getting a tremendous amount of positive feedback. Feels very luke warm. What were some of the highlights? Did any actor stand out from the rest? How was the music? The scenery? The costumes? Was there anything that wowed you—or at least impressed you?<

Whizzer answers most of your questions on page one of this thread.

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someone else brought this up but is there any merch? and has anyone been by the stagedoor yet?

Hasn't After Eight learned he can't speak for any other audience member except himself...? I mean, really...

Updated On: 10/2/13 at 11:20 PM

Let's call a spade a spade here- Craig is absolutely the main draw for this production's ticket buyers.

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"Craig is absolutely the main draw for this production's ticket buyers."

I mostly agree with you, but I feel there is a heavy portion of the buying audience who are going to see Craig and Weisz perform together.

"Here we have a play by a Nobel laureate. Directed by one of the most respected and beloved artists of theatre and film alive. Starring three well-known, well-respected actors, including an Oscar winner.

People are seeing the show for any number of reasons. Not everyone is as simple as you."

Didn't need the simple bit eh After Eight. I love this play, listen to it maybe once a month. I like the text, it really works told backwards. It's just Pinteresque I guess.

I was quite aghast at your original post but I do also realise everyone has different tastes and that this production wasn't to your taste.

After Eight's posts should be read, then politely ignored. Or just ignored. That's the important part.

Signed, Dr Intellectual

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"I don't think he has any reason to be concerned that his fans might pay money to see the show and not like it."

He most certainly does. That is, if he continues to want fans, and by extension, a career.

"If you buy a play ticket because someone famous is in the cast, without knowing their role/the play/how they are in the show, then you've already lost your right to complain. You wanted to see someone on stage, and they were on stage, mission accomplished. "

What? You say you didn't like Mr. Burns, Bad Jews, Belleville, Fun Home? Well, you wanted to see Mr. Burns, Bad Jews, Belleville, and Fun Home on stage, and there they were on stage. Mission accomplished. You've lost your right to complain.

Jeff, in your oasis, both logic and common sense seem to have flown out the window. That is, if your oasis has any windows. It seems more like a vast wasteland to me. Perhaps you should change your name accordingly.

Updated On: 10/4/13 at 09:24 AM

My 2 cents on this: Craig plays larger than life characters on screen. He certainly would not have chosen a Pinter play if he was looking for "dazzling." He may want the opportunity to do a part that is as different as possible from his screen roles, and it is always an interesting experience to do live theater with one's spouse. I think Pinter is a very hard sell without a "draw" and sometimes even with one. Let's at least give the man some credit for taking his Broadway roles seriously as roles, and not just as vehicles.

"What? You say you didn't like Mr. Burns, Bad Jews, Belleville, Fun Home? Well, you wanted to see Mr. Burns, Bad Jews, Belleville, and Fun Home on stage, and there they were on stage. Mission accomplished. You've lost your right to complain.

Jeff, in your oasis, both logic and common sense seem to have flown out the window."

You are conflating my example of buying a ticket solely because a star is in it, without doing any research on the show, their role, etc., with an entire show and the mere notion that the show was performed means you can't complain. That's quite a leap.

In some ways, though, it is the same. If you just buy a ticket without knowing what you are going to, if it's any good, etc., then sure, you're rolling the dice. If you buy a ticket to Soul Doctor sight unseen, is your criticism that you didn't want to see a show about some singing rabbi in the 60s valid? Not really.

Put another way, I guess you're right to complain lives at the level of investment you put into the show: If you bought a ticket solely because of Daniel Craig, you can say he wasn't good in the show, you wanted to see more of him, etc., but it would seem odd to then say "and the show was boring..." or you didn't like the subject matter, it wasn't a musical, and numerous things you could have figured out in advance. It's not a new show, so the basic info is readily available.

That said, people who go to see a show because of a celebrity typically love it, since they already planned to love it in advance (e.g. "I'll Eat You Last"). Most people who were iffy on Lucky Guy still enjoyed seeing Tom Hanks.

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