BOEING-BOEING Reviews- Page 2

[Maurice]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#25

Posted: 5/4/08 at 10:46pm

Yeh, I don't know what I was thinking when I was typing. I've corrected my post. I think I've had one too many beers tonight. Drunk typing is almost as bad as drunk dialing.

"I'm a whirling mass of contradictions." - Douglas Carter Beane, The Little Dog Laughed

Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)

[scaryclowns223]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#26

Posted: 5/4/08 at 10:48pm

Here's my take on it:

BOEING BOEING
MACBETH
THE HOMECOMING
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA

I think Cyrano gets a nomination for Kevin Kline, but that's about it.

Oh, and I see MACBETH taking it home.

[ShbrtAlley44]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#27

Posted: 5/4/08 at 10:50pm

Ugh, Kevin Kline.

[BrianIdol]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#28

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:03pm

Macbeth was great!, but I haven't seen the others so I can't say which i thought was best...

[obsessedjb]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#29

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:32pm

just got back from the opening..never laughed so hard in my life!! Everyone was amazing but Mark Rylance stole the show for me!

[shh282]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#30

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:34pm

glad you liked it obsessedjb - I agree Mark's physical comedy is stupendous.

it better rake in some Tony noms atleast


speaking of tony's - why is is he dead not being mentioned in posts anywhere? is it ineligible or just not liked?

[LimelightMike]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#31

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:39pm

TheaterMania is an all-out RAVE:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/13770


Updated On: 5/4/08 at 11:39 PM

[IdinaBellFoster]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#32

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:40pm

I also think that the Best Revival nominees will be:

BOEING-BOEING
CYRANO
THE HOMECOMMING
MACBETH

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[#1Elphie]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#33

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:41pm

I'm also back from the opening and loved it! All the acting was strong, but I was especially thought Mary McCormack was hilarious.
There were lots of celebs in the audience. I spotted Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, Glenn Close, Dominic Cooper, Jane Kaczmarek, Dominic Cooper, Howard Stern, Kathleen Marshall, and Mischa Barton.

[IdinaBellFoster]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#34

Posted: 5/4/08 at 11:41pm

Any chance for the actors to be nominated?

More specifically Christine Baranski?

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#35

Posted: 5/5/08 at 12:07am

I think Mary McCormack is at least going to be nominated. She might win as well.

And Baranski could very well get a nod, IMO.

I think the PLAY REVIVAL nominees will be:
THE HOMECOMING
BOEING-BOEING
MACBETH
TOP GIRLS

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#36

Posted: 5/5/08 at 12:51am

I'm so pleased to hear all these positive reviews! I was at the opening night performance today and loved it, especially Mark Rylance!
Yeah there were tons of celebrities there tonight. Sitting near me were many actors from the cast of PHANTOM, and I spotted Harvey Weinstein outside.

"It's Phantom meets Hamlet... Phamlet!"

[adamgreer]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#37

Posted: 5/5/08 at 6:34am

"Any chance for the actors to be nominated? "

I think with the raves he's getting, Mark Rylance will get a nomination. We'll have to wait and see in what category, though. Mary McCormack should also earn a nomination. Barnski is a possibility as well.

[adamgreer]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#38

Posted: 5/5/08 at 6:44am

a 4 star (out of five) rave from the NY Daily News:

"this production from London is a breath of fresh laughing gas."

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/05/05/2008-05-05_boeingboeing_a_jetset_romp_with_attendan.html

[TonyVincent]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#39

Posted: 5/5/08 at 6:51am

I'm also back from the opening and loved it! All the acting was strong, but I was especially thought Mary McCormack was hilarious.
There were lots of celebs in the audience. I spotted Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, Glenn Close, Dominic Cooper, Jane Kaczmarek, Dominic Cooper, Howard Stern, Kathleen Marshall, and Mischa Barton.

Arggggg, the only people I saw were Stern and Laurents, whom I don't really care about, and I missed Kaczmarek and the future Mrs. Tony Vincent? (Mischa)

[Yankeefan007]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#40

Posted: 5/5/08 at 8:17am

Brantley's review is one of the most poorly written and confusing Brantley reviews I've ever read.

In the paragraph he spends detailing the set, he even gave Whitford's character the wrong name!

[WickedBoy2]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#41

Posted: 5/5/08 at 8:26am

Brilliant news!!!
Its great that this show is repeating its reviews from its London run. I hope it has a good time on Broadway- should be round for a year, at least, with these reviews!
Is Mark Rylance still doing the Welsh accent for this production??

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'!'

[Testing1232]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#42

Posted: 5/5/08 at 8:42am

Wow.. Barnes didnt like it .. what a shock !! NOT !!

So happy that the Times raved !! LOVE this show !

[Testing1232]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#43

Posted: 5/5/08 at 8:43am

Rylance, without a doubt, get a nomination !!!

[Yankeefan007]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#44

Posted: 5/5/08 at 8:45am

Rylance is playing a gentleman from Wisconsin, actually. It's an in-joke to the fact that he spent 7 years of his childhood growing up there. His accent (all of the accents, actually) is/are spot on.

[TonyVincent]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#45

Posted: 5/5/08 at 8:46am

Is Mark Rylance still doing the Welsh accent for this production??

The character is from Wisconsin, and sounds pretty north midwestern to me.
Updated On: 5/5/08 at 08:46 AM

[WickedBoy2]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#46

Posted: 5/5/08 at 9:04am

He did the best Welsh accent in the West End production -I had to enquire weather his origins were Welsh!?!
A great actor and has done amazing things for the London theatre.

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'!'

[louisamayfoster]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#47

Posted: 5/5/08 at 9:50am

I'm so glad I got tickets! Silly question I know, but how often does the set change?

[shh282]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#48

Posted: 5/5/08 at 9:57am

Well there is one major set -

there are miniature things that change between scenes- like the maid's cart, the props are changed for each girlfriend to match the color of their uniform

but that's about it

[louisamayfoster]

re: BOEING-BOEING Reviews#49

Posted: 5/5/08 at 9:59am

Thank you so much for the reply. That is what I expected. I'm always fascinated by the stage set-up of a show.