CAROUSEL (2018) Previews — Page 29

WTF? Where is the Rodgers and Hammerstein Estate in all this? They need to stop cutting important stuff!! Every post makes me sadder and sadder

Instead of focusing on things that should be fixed, it looks like Jack O'Brien is just making things worse!

That scene with Billy, Jigger and Julie seems pretty important to the plot to me. I can't believe they are still going back and forth on that kind of stuff at this point. Also provides even less stage time for Mueller. So it was IN on Saturday and Sunday, out on Tuesday. Curious to see what happens tonight and later this week.

NJ_BroadwayGirl said: "I can't believe they are still going back and forth on that kind of stuff at this point."

Agreed. If anything, some of the dance sequences could be shortened...but making essential cuts to dialogue that hinder plot development just doesn't make sense. Why cut material that works and limit one of brightest talents in the cast (Mueller) from actually performing? Waste.

NJ_BroadwayGirl said: "While I absolutely love her and don't mean this as a negative thing, I highly doubt we'll be seeing Jessie Mueller in a supporting role on Broadway anytime soon. Again, it's not me saying her ego is huge or she's too big for her britches, but after Beautiful and Waitress (two shows she practically carried on her own), I think her career decision moving forward will be to keep being a leading lady. After all, this is a business."

No yeah, totally. I don't see her taking supporting roles either. It's just interesting how vastly different her stage time is when you consider as you said, Beautiful and Waitress she carried those shows completely. Julie is a beautiful role, it just doesn't seem meaty enough for her. Then again, what do I know?

Updated On: 3/28/18 at 05:30 PM

1. Not all critiques are from the first preview alone. If people are yelling disaster, it’s been coming in consistently for the past few weeks the show’s been running, so that argument on your part makes no sense.
2. You need to take a walk, buddy. I’m not sure why you’re so angry, but the name-calling and flat-out mean posts are immature and uncalled for. Also this is literally a discussion about whether we liked a piece of theatre or not, it ain’t that deep.

Updated On: 3/29/18 at 12:54 AM

Elegance101 said: "Matt Rogers, if I tracking this correctly, you said everyone here is crazy for having an opinion that’s not yours, one person asked you to elaborate on what you loved about it (which you have yet to do) and then you start to pick a fight, like a defensive child?"

Well, "understudy", no, I did not pick a fight, but I'm responding to people who are attacking me. I do know the pattern on here, though, having been here for much, much longer than you. Bitches go to first preview, bitch about first preview, and then the show gets great reviews. Happens over and over again.

I'm sorry but it's actually childish and rude to name call someone else because they have a different opinion than you. (If I knew how to post an image this is where I'd have the Glinda "Be gone you have no power here"

What a bunch of sour Queens. I thought it was a lovely production, and made me appreciate CAROUSEL perhaps more than before. Never been one of my favorites and have no fond memories of other productions so perhaps that allowed me to not be a sour grape at it. I will say Mueller underwhelmed me, but the rest of the cast were excellent. The orchestra was on fire and I actually loved the set design, despite the lumps of rubber that made up the sand in the Clambake scene. The bench scene set was especially evocative in a simple way. Also wished Billy did more of an ascent at the end. But other than that.

This sudden burst of anger over the folks who didn’t care for the production is both odd and hilarious. As if there wasn’t a spate of first previews over the last few weeks that people attended and gave varying reviews of. I was one of them. If you go back to those first preview remarks of Carousel, you’ll see that they’re not only good and bad, but mostly very explanatory and fair. Most of us gave credit where credit was due (the vocals, the orchestra, the beautiful score presentation, the choreography). This is BroadwayWorld, after all; a message board for people to discuss their varying opinions on theatre. I was unaware we’re supposed to either unequivocally (and nondescriptly) love something or keep our mouths shut until everyone has gotten a chance to see it.

I didn’t care for Carousel for lots of reasons, but I loved Three Tall Women and My Fair Lady, both of which were very early into previews when I saw them. Am I a bitch for having expressed joy over these productions when I could not bestow the same upon Carousel? That seems to be your logic, Matt Rogers. And while I don’t feel feeding the troll is going to do anyone any good, you should know that your responses in this thread are unnecessary and unproductive, hilarious as they may be.

For what it’s worth, I had no preconception of what Carousel should or shouldn’t be and didn’t care at all that the script had been cut up. It still fell flat.

Updated On: 3/29/18 at 09:03 AM

Saw it last night and the first act ended with Soliloquy. Lindsay Mendez deserves a Tony nomination, if not the award itself. Choreography was gorgeous. Second act felt rushed, especially when it came to Billy's redemption, I thought there would be more to it.

Also people were chatting during all of entr'acte and I was like ??? Is this common during previews?

lesmizsaigon said: "people were chatting during all of entr'acte and I was like ??? Is this common during previews?"

Unfortunately, this has become common across the board.