Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty at CSC

I saw it. LOVED the music. The play certainly makes its point (I especially appreciated the leaflets given out about the world's first Trillionare) but I didn't find much to grab hold of other than that. Its a lot of angry yelling with not many characters. But its exactly 90 minutes and the musical interludes are nice.

dave1606 said: "I saw it. LOVED the music. The play certainly makes its point (I especially appreciated the leaflets given out about the world's first Trillionare) but I didn't find much to grab hold of other than that. Its a lot of angry yelling with not many characters. But its exactly 90 minutes and the musical interludes are nice."

It may have felt like 90 minutes, but it's really only about 75, no intermission. And even with its brief running time, two, perhaps three, young audience members (yes, there were a few among what seemed like a sea of theatergoers who might have seen the original production) walked out about 30 minutes in, which in that theater was really awkward. I thought there was beautiful singing (especially from Adam Kantor) of some well-known protest songs, alongside original music and arrangements by the band Yeller Tooth, and well-executed, engaging choreography by Susan Misner. With one glaring exception, the actors were on fire. And sadly, the play, with its seething indictment of proletariat oppression, top-brass corruption, anti-semitism, and street violence, is as timely as ever.