China Doll On TDF - Hurry Up Kiddies

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 4:33pm

Some last minute shopping. China on for 1 date 1/3

 

The following shows are on for every date until closing

 

Dames

Therese

Sylvia

Hand

[bunnie3]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 4:41pm

Yeah, I just saw it on tdf.  Btw, does anyone on this board know of anyone who actually liked or loved this play?  Just curious.  Thinking, even 41.00 is waaay too much, unless one enjoys looking at a train wreck once in a blue moon

Updated On: 12/23/15 at 04:41 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 4:43pm

$ 41 for a trainwreck  ain't bad especially  for an epic one like this

 

You than have the satisfaction of having paid $ 41 whereas the people around you paid thru the nose.

It does not even say seating is upstairs so you may even wind up in the orchestra.


Updated On: 12/23/15 at 04:43 PM

[PianoMann]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 4:53pm

bunnie3 said: "Yeah, I just saw it on tdf.  Btw, does anyone on this board know of anyone who actually liked or loved this play?  Just curious.  Thinking, even 41.00 is waaay too much, unless one enjoys looking at a train wreck once in a blue moon"

 

I'm one of the few on this board who enjoyed China Doll.  I'm a big fan of Mamet's "classic" works and I thought this was not as good, but certainly evocative of his recurring themes in his better works. I didn't take as much offense to the plot (or plotlessness, as some level against it) and thought Pacino was entertaining doing his shtick. I would says it's worth the $41 just to experience this now-infamous production for yourself, if you can swing the money.

 

[bunnie3]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 5:54pm

Yeah, it s always fun, 20 yrs later, to "brag"!? That you saw the most hideous show ever, right!  .     And I ve seen quite a number of 1 wk, or 1 day wonders.  Except in those days, the tix for previews were like 10-15.00, and nobody really wanted to see previews.  

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 6:48pm

I had never seen a Mamet play before this one, and, because I had loved the script to "The Anarchist", which most people had hated, I thought I would give this one a try. I disliked this play when I saw it, people drifting in and out - some actually sleeping. However, I recently bought the published script and read it, and I have to say - the play isn't really bad. Actually, on the page, the play reads very well: the plot makes sense, the characters are intriguing, ect. Mamet does shoulder some of the blame (not really changing anything during previews), but a bulk of it lies on Pachino, whose awful delivery kills Mamet's rhythms and makes the plot nonsensical. Maybe if he could actually remember his lines, people wouldn't have torn it apart.

Updated On: 12/23/15 at 06:48 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 6:51pm

We will never know.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 6:53pm

I liked the play a lot more than I thought I would. I didn't love it, though.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 10:30pm

Tickets are now listed as limited .

[bunnie3]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 10:52pm

I loved Mamet s screenplays, The Edge, and esp. House of Cards.

Updated On: 12/23/15 at 10:52 PM

[bunnie3]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 10:52pm

I loved Mamet s screenplays, The Bear, and esp. House of Cards.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 11:55pm

Just 2 tix left

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/24/15 at 12:26am

There are two things people don't care about.  David Mamet and Al Pacino doing their patented and reheated David Mamet and Al Pacino things.