CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
willrogers2008
Featured Actor Joined: 12/9/08
#1CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/25/11 at 11:31pmA friend of mine just told me that CATCH ME IF YOU CAN in Seattle was really better than the production now in previews on Broadway. What do you think?
#2CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/25/11 at 11:35pm
Surprisingly, I have heard the same exact thing from my friends who saw it in Seattle.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#2CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/25/11 at 11:38pmI thought the Seattle version was incredibly bland. I'm seeing the show tomorrow night, so I hope this isn't true.
CarmenDeBris
Stand-by Joined: 10/28/06
#3CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/26/11 at 12:39amYeah I haven't seen it since Seattle...I'll be sure to give my thoughts when I see it here.
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#4CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/26/11 at 2:16amI saw it in Seattle and found it fun, and ultimately utterly unmemorable. To me, from all I've read, the show sounds to be basically the same now, albeit maybe a bit titghter, so if anything better, but not much.
#5CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/26/11 at 12:25pmIsn't the set design a bit different than it was in Seattle?
#6CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/26/11 at 1:35pmThe only thing that was better in Seattle was Kerry Butler's character. Beyond that, the Broadway version is noticeably better.
#7CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/26/11 at 2:22pmWas there more Kerry Butler in the Seattle version?
#8CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/26/11 at 3:26pmBrenda was fleshed out a little bit more, from what I remember. The Broadway set is also very different from the Seattle set.
#9CATCH ME... Better in Seattle?
Posted: 3/26/11 at 8:27pmYeah I saw different photos of the sets from both Seattle and the Broadway version...and I am not quite sure which one I like more. It seems as if the set they have now on Broadway is a bit bland and boring from what I've heard.
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