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[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 1/26/24 at 9:26am

Melissa25 said: "The merchandise is so uninspired. What a lost opportunity."

I’m curious what “inspired” merch for a show about alcoholism would be.

[DiscoCrows]

Posted: 1/26/24 at 10:05am

Melissa25 said: "The merchandise is so uninspired. What a lost opportunity."

Right? Definitely my biggest gripe with the project lol. I really wish they had used the greenhouse for the keyart somehow - I’m imagining some lush colorful vintage artwork of the flowers and maybe the “435” bottle subtly placed somewhere in the logo. Totebags with gorgeous full-print artwork in the style of the off-broadway recording’s artwork and some cursive script that reads “as the water loves the stone” or whatever. It’s so dang obvious. This should’ve had such lively, vintage, and emotional artwork to accompany it (not to mention, to sell it) and all we got was a Word document with the show title typed out in a blue Helvetica typeface. Such a disservice.

[Melissa25]

Posted: 1/26/24 at 9:52pm

I would have loved a tee shirt and poster of graphics used on the cast recording.  
I would have thought there would be water related items as well.  A journal with “As Water Loves the Stone” etched on it.  

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 1/27/24 at 11:10pm

I really tired to like this. But honestly hated nearly everything about it. It was beautifully sung, the leads are everything you can wish for. Unfortunately for me it was 1.45 spent with a bunch of unlikeable people. The score for me was forgettable and didn’t work. I’m glad I saw it, sadly nothing about it worked for me. 

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 1/27/24 at 11:20pm

rosscoe(au) said: "I really tired to like this. But honestly hated nearly everything about it. It was beautifully sung, the leads are everything you can wish for. Unfortunately for me it was 1.45 spent with a bunch of unlikeable people. The score for me was forgettable and didn’t work. I’m glad I saw it, sadly nothing about it worked for me."

I didnt hate it, as much as i was just meh about it, but this really does perfectly encapsulate my reaction to it. Well said.

[KarenValentine'sheadband]

Posted: 1/27/24 at 11:27pm

It was fine nothing more but I haven't thought about since seeing it. That says a lot I guess? 

[gibsons2]

Posted: 1/30/24 at 11:06am

ColorTheHours048 said: "Melissa25 said: "The merchandise is so uninspired. What a lost opportunity."

I’m curious what “inspired” merch for a show about alcoholism would be."

Sobriety chips

[Melissa25]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 8:40am

We talked a lot about the advertising for The Days of Wine and Roses in this thread and I have so much respect for Kelli going public with her feelings regarding the advertising tone.
 

O’HARA: Listen, this musical was about alcoholism. Deep, dark alcoholism. And a love story, but riddled with this third player, right? So it wasn’t for everybody. I knew that it wasn’t the most commercial thing. It was an art piece, and I was so proud of that, actually. And we’re lucky that it had a space on Broadway for even a minute. But what killed me is that I felt like the population that needed it — us all being the daughter or having had that mother or knowing that father or whatever it was — I was worried that we hadn’t reached them. I sometimes worry that the business can be very formulaic, especially in how we sell things. And I was concerned that we weren’t reaching the audience, the whole new generation of sober-curious people, and people that don’t usually come to theater, or whole organizations that thrive and survive on sobriety or that need to have the conversation constantly or to see themselves in a story.

We were being told to sell it as a love story. We were deceiving people as they walked in the door, and I’m saying this out loud because it was one of the most painful parts of the process for me — to be doing that much, to be giving that much of my heart, and being so satisfied by the performance, and then I would literally have someone every single night come and see it and say, “Oh, I had no idea it was about alcoholism.” I jumped back on social media when we got the closing notice and started trying to promote the show, sweating, just to get more people in front of this beautiful piece of work. And I felt sad and angry because there was a time when that wasn’t your job as much; your job was to do eight shows a week with all your heart. But it felt like, “Gosh, I should have been more of an influencer. I should have been having things on the sidewalk [like Hamilton did].” And I started to get desperate because when you work on something for 20 years, and you know how special it is… But then you have to check yourself and say, “It’s special to me, and that doesn’t always translate to special to the larger community.” But it’s painful. When you’re in something that means the world to you, and it’s closing, it’s heartbreaking because it feels like a death.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/tony-nominations-roundtable-rachel-mcadams-daniel-radcliffe-eddie-redmayne-1235918192/amp/?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 8:53am

Wow, thats some insightful thoughts. 

 

I'll say it again: I loved it, it destroyed me, and I'll never see it again. Is think it was Kelli's best and most surprising work.

 

I went with a relatively newly acknowledged alcoholic (but a clean and sober one). He clutched my hand so often, throughout, that I think Kelli hits the nail on the head. 

Updated On: 6/19/24 at 08:53 AM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 9:49am

Incredibly articulate, as always.

It was an impossible show to market. I’m sure groups/organizations dealing with addiction and sobriety didn’t want to partner with it because it paints such a bleak and unhappy portrait. Trying to portray it as a love story obviously didn’t work in the first place.

Commercial Broadway just was not the place for this show.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 10:25am

WOW - Kelli hit the nail on the head there... and so eloquently too. Her performance shattered me. As a 4+ sober alcoholic myself, I can testify that her performance was spot on and so visceral and real. A beautiful and heartbreaking performance that I won't forget.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 10:35am

Incredibly brave and important words from Kelli.

It was an exquisite show filled with passionate, strong and heartbreaking performances.  I’ll be forever grateful to have seen it - both off Broadway and on.  
I do wish Kelli had won the Tony for work that was beyond what anyone else was doing.  In the end, I’m grateful she was able to do this show which meant so much to her. 
Brava, Kelli.  

Updated On: 6/19/24 at 10:35 AM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 10:36am

bwayphreak234 said: "WOW - Kelli hit the nail on the head there... and so eloquently too. Her performance shattered me. As a 4+ sober alcoholic myself, I can testify that her performance was spot on and so visceral and real. A beautiful and heartbreaking performance that I won't forget."

Congrats on your sobriety 💪 keep marching!

[wesleystewart]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 1:14pm

NYadgal said: "Incredibly brave and important words from Kelli.

It was an exquisite show filled with passionate, strong and heartbreaking performances. I’ll be forever grateful to have seen it - both off Broadway and on.
I do wish Kelli had won the Tony for work that was beyond what anyone else was doing. In the end, I’m grateful she was able to do this show which meant so much to her.
Brava, Kelli."

Could not agree more. I left the theatre and texted some of my theatre folks saying I had just seen what is maybe the best musical theatre performance I had ever seen. Kelli floored me in every way possible. If it had found an audience and run for longer, I can't imagine she wouldn't have taken the Tony. Could not be happier for Moon and what a career she will continue to have. But in this instance, cannot understand how you leave that theatre thinking anything other than O'Hara gave the performance of the year/decade/21st century? Even if the show wasn't your cup of tea. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 1:23pm

Her passion for the piece was very apparent in her performance. She was truly remarkable in this show, an absolute masterclass.

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 7:09pm

i didnt love the show, and kelli was certainly the highlight without question. an exquisite performance.

but this clear-headed, brave and honest realtalk is even more impressive. what an icon.

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 9:02pm

I love that Kelli has a Tony, but the fact that her two most amazing and nuanced performances were for shot-run/flops is so sad, she should be a two time Tony winner for two incredible difficult roles.