BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
#1BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 1:01am
BOEING BOEING opened on May 4; finally saw it tonight. And darlings, even though I was late in buying my plane ticket... the ride is still one helluva romp.
Tonight marked the 3rd performance by new-comers Greg Germann (as Bernard) and Missi Pyle (as Gretchen) and geezus! are they bustin' their chops! Exemplary act, specifically by Pyle, who fits her big busty glamazonian Deutchlandish caricature in there expertly with the others.
Christine Baranski is soaking wet in sarcasm. Love it! I want her wig, glasses and 3-piece ladymaid suit for Halloween. So slick and sassy and insanely real. Berthe's the kinda lass I totally want as my wing-man for uppity Williamsburg and Chelsea parties. We'd chew that bar to pieces! What a fun role for her Bway return. Paired with Rylance, they're an incredible force.
But my word... Mister Mark Rylance. How one can out-do themselves in this comical role is beyond me. He had the audience in the palm of his pitifully adorable dorkish hand within seconds... and we rode that tail-wind all night. What a smashing hilarious guy!!!
Noting its grosses were at about 70% last week, I bought a $20 obstructed view box-seat this afternoon... but was able to grab an empty seat in one of the 4 empty rows in the rear-orchestra before curtain.
Updated On: 9/11/08 at 01:01 AM
#2re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 1:19am
I can't wait to go back after Paige Davis and Jessica Bogart start next month, to see how it plays with an almost entirely new cast.
Glad to hear it's holding up well. I had a great time when I saw it and am looking forward to booking another flight soon!
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#2re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 10:10amWho is Paige Davis going to be playing? I love her, but I haven't heard anything about that.
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#3re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 10:14amWhat accent is Mr Rylance using over in New York!
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#4re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 10:21amAn American one.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#5re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 10:27am
Ah!
OK Cheers.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#6re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 10:42am
Even more specifically, an upper-Midwestern one. I thought he nailed the Wisconsin (Wisconsonian? Wisconsonite? Whatev!) inflections!
I think it was Wisconsin. Whatever it was, it was specific, and he got it. haha
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Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God. I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
#7re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 11:03am
I was asking as in London he did a brilliant Welsh accent.
A very brilliant actor is our Mr Rylance!
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#8re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 11:46am
Who is Paige Davis going to be playing? I love her, but I haven't heard anything about that.
She's replacing Gina Gershon, and Bogart is replacing Kathryn Hahn.
#9re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 12:11pmMissi Pyle is in the new cast? I love her. Glad to hear she nailed it.
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#10re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 5:10pm
Can't wait to get back to this show to see Greg Germann... I'm a huge Ally McBeal fan. 
#11re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 5:23pmmy thoughts exactly westernsky!
#12re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 5:44pmWho are the ladies taking over for because I know for a fact the gina has extended her contract.
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#13re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 6:01pmI generally like Paige Davis but I cannot imagine her playing Gabriella.
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#14re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 7:05pmperhaps paige davis is going to be the new gloria and jessica bogart is going to be a standby?
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#15re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/11/08 at 9:24pmEugene did you happen to notice in your playbill who is understudying the stewardess roles? I ask because the previous understudy, Roxana Hope, left the show on Sunday.
#16re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/14/08 at 2:22pmJessica Bogart now covers all three stewardesses.
#17re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/14/08 at 4:25pm
So is she going to be staying as the understudy or is she going to graduate to the role of Gloria when Kathryn Hahn leaves?
Also, I noticed in my A Man For All Seasons playbill that Ray Virta has joined that cast. Who is covering Bernard now? And is Peter Benson still on the cast board (as the Robert cover) because he is in To Be Or Not To Be now
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#18re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/14/08 at 7:34pmPaige is joining?! I had no idea! I LOVED her in Sweet Charity--I'll have to catch her in this too :).
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#19re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/19/08 at 12:32am
I was just at the stage door again last night (Thursday). Gina IS leaving the show on October 5. I got this directly from her.
I also noticed that Kathryn had a bandaged right hand. I am not sure what happened.
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Updated On: 9/19/08 at 12:32 AM
#20re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/19/08 at 2:03amSaw the show (again) this week. Greg Germann's pacing was a little off in Act Two, but he's an overall improvement from Whitford. And Missi Pyle was great fun; in Act One she's even crazier than McCormack in terms of accent and physicality. Rylance and Gershon are still perfection in their respective roles.
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Stand-by Joined: 1/20/08
#21re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/19/08 at 9:25amTom Galantich now covers Germann. Ray Virta left to cover Langella in A Man for All Seasons. Jessica Bogart covers all three stewardesses but haven't heart anything about Hahn leaving. Can't remember the name of Rylance's new u/s. Check playbill.com.
#22re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/19/08 at 12:26pmHahn is definitely leaving...at least she was when I asked her a few weeks ago at stagedoor.
#23re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/19/08 at 12:35pmhow is Greg Germann's attendance record? I love Boeing Boeing but my main reason for returning is to see him
#24re: BOEING BOEING (Caught a Late Flight, but They're Still Serving Laughs)
Posted: 9/19/08 at 1:31pm
Greg Germann was easily the weakest link in the production. I think this is mostly due to the fact that Bernard is the most poorly written character and there's not much that can be done with him.
Missi Pyle stole the show. Yes, even from Mr. Rylance. In my opinion.
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