Bombay Dreams in SEATTLE, WA. Last Chance to See the Show.- Page 16

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 2:01am

Yeah, if not I'll just go to Barnes & Noble after and get it. Plus, a lot of the songs on the CD aren't in the show or vice versa, so I don't wanna be let down if I get attached to a certain song.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 4:59pm

Either way. That is what i liked about this show. I didn't know any song at all and still loved it.

[Steve2]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:08pm

There is not a show curtain. The stage is set up to be a Bollywood Studio. For different scenes, Paradise Slum for example, a backdrop is lowered.

[annabelle24]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 8:45pm

Hey guys,

I'm seeing the show in clearwater, fl. I'm so excited I can't wait. Thanks for all the reviews. How's Sweetie? She's my favorite character? Have any of you met any of the cast yet? How are they? I wanna go to the stage door.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 1:28am

i will be seeing BD in Clearwater as well. What days are you going? i will stage door it with you!!!

[annabelle24]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 2:33am

Hey Muscle,

I'm going to try and go every night. I really love this show and it's only in town for a week, sadly.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 1:07pm

awesome!!! im seeing the show on the 1st nite!!!

[starvest]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 6:55pm

I attended the Bombay Dreams performance in Costa Mesa. I had also seen the Broadway production. Please. The songs are so abbreviated and chopped up that an audience is not gonna be able to learn to love the show. The songs on the original production are wonderful music. But the tour is not gonna let audiences learn to want to see the show again.

I have a vested interest in things Indian, and I do not want people to dislike the show.

I am sorry that the tour had to leave some of the best props at home, like the Ganesh gods in the Ganesh procession. They are waving some banners around. Come on! Bringing the props would not be so hard.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 7:49pm

thanks for the review! i will go to see the show with an open mind. If I enjoy the show at least a 50% as much as I enjoyed the Broadway production, i will be happy.

Updated On: 3/1/06 at 07:49 PM

[TLKfan]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 8:54pm

Yeah I was like, what happen to Ganesh? It was strange and sad.

I am planning on seeing it again..Saturday evening, so hopefully I am brave enough to go to the stage door. Costa Mesa has a strange stage door and just to get to it takes forever...

Sweetie had to have been my favorite. I thought that I could like anyone else after I saw Sriram in the role, but I was quite impressed.

[Hotfeet]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 10:05pm

The Ganesh props from the Broadway show are cumbersome to transport from city to city. Unfortunately every set piece has to be able to be compacted to travel smoothly and safely.

Do go to the stage door. The cast are very friendly and good people.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/2/06 at 3:08pm

I Will Be There!!!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 2:16pm

last days to see the show in CA.

[SimpleJoysHaveSimpleVoice]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 8:14pm

Why did they change the show for the tour? Does anyone have an explaination? I was a bit disappointed when I saw it on Feb. 22nd. The technical stuff was horrible. Lots of missed mic cues and lighting cues. The ending was a bit anti-climatic.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/3/06 at 9:08pm

You saw the show on my birthday! i hope i won't be dissappointed with the show. Anyways, my friends are not theatre geeks and probably they won't notice if the lighting is bad. After we saw Rent(which is an amazing show) and we couldn't HEAR or SEE anything from the 53 dollar orchestra seats at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, i think nothing could beat that! it should have been called "Rent in the dark and without sound".

Updated On: 4/13/06 at 09:08 PM

[TLKfan]

Posted: 3/4/06 at 3:37am

Hey I went back tonight with my mom and we sat in orchestra. It was soo much better. They got the sound working a bit better (still not great) and overall everything was cleaner with the dancing, etc.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/5/06 at 3:56am

Im glad the show is getting better!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/6/06 at 7:49pm

Huntsville is next!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 9:36pm

I can't wait to read the reviews in Alabama.

[Steve2]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 10:36pm

Quite a long hall from Costa Mesa, CA to Huntsville, AL. I wonder who schedules these tours?

[chernjam]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 2:43pm

Does anyone know if they plan on coming to Newark NJ or Philly? I'd love to see it again, since it's been awhile and I really enjoyed the music...

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/9/06 at 2:48am

Not going to Philly unfortunatly. But it is going to Pittsburgh.

Updated On: 3/12/06 at 02:48 AM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 3/9/06 at 9:56am

I will try my best to get the cast bios up today for you!

[TONYAWARD]

Posted: 3/11/06 at 2:54am

shakalaka baby

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/12/06 at 12:50am

(((RENTBOY & BOMBAY DREAMS)))

When you first enter the theater they have Indian musica videos playing on 3 different screens. Its very exciting. The set is very cool. On either side of the stage they have the percussion elevated. They also have a false proscenium and the legs of the wings painted in a bright orange color. I thought it was interesting how they used actual stage hands to move the set pieces on and off. It made sense with the style of the show because its as if we're on the backlot of an actual bollywood picture. Did they do this on Broadway too? Or in London? or did the set pieces move on and off in tracks?

Overall, I'd say the show was enjoyable. I had a good time. It took me a while to understand the style of story telling. I didn't really realize until the end that it was done like an actual Bollywood movie so things were exaggerated and cheesy for a reason. It seemed like half the audience did not expect Sweetie to be a guy. I didn't even realize it was a guy. Can someone explain to me the significance of Sweetie being a "ladyboy"? Is this a tradition in India? I'm not bashing him at all, I actually think he was the strongest performer out of all the leads.

As for performances, I thought the main Pyria and Akaash weren't that great. Akaash had an okay voice, and his acting was decent, but sometimes hard to hear. But overall, I'd say he was fairly strong. Pyria's acting was great. I thought she was a great actress but her voice didn't seem suited for this kind of music. She had some great moments, like her falsetto endings on "is this love" and "hero" were great. I think Sweetie was the best. He had great comedic timing and had a great singing voice. I could actually understand everything he was saying.

The only things I did not like about this show were some of the changes to the score. I really liked the OLC and I sorta went into this expecting to hear some of those songs. However, most of them were either cut or modified. I didn't like how they changed "Are you sure you want to be famous?" to a song for Kitty called "famous." It worked in the scene, but I much preferred the one on the recording. I also didn't like how they got rid of the song " I could live here " - its so simply, but i love it. I also didnt like the positioning of the songs. I just think it worked better on the OLC.

A quick question for those of you who have seen it, but did anyone else think they skipped over "don't release me" & "hero reprise" - I didnt feel like I ever heard those songs. Are they just really quick or what? Like, i was waiting to hear the beat of 'Dont release me' - but then Akaash starting singing "The Journey home." Hmm?