Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Boston- Page 2

[ElphabaRose]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 9:44pm

Are you sure its not two tickets? I seem to recall that being the policy.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 10:07pm

billygoat: The Opera House is enormous but very beautiful inside. And your right about the lobby - gorgeous!

I believe it was recently renovated before the Lion King came into town a couple of years ago.

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 10:09pm

ElphabaRose, it's definately one ticket. I know, sucks, right?

[Rachel2789]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 10:16pm

The Opera House really is gorgeous inside. I saw Les Miz there from the first row of the balcony about a year ago. The only downside is that it's a huge theater so if we were in the back I can imagine the view might not have been so great. I think I'm going to be rushing DRS either this Friday or next...looking forward to it!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 3/5/07 at 10:30pm

My spring break is next week so I only have Tues, Wed, Thurs, or possibly Fri night to catch it. Maybe even Sat matinee if I can find some students to do rush for my parents.

I was in Row G side mezz for Wicked...the view was okay, but I went to take a look in the balcony and everything is so small on stage! A gorgeous theater nonetheless!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 3/6/07 at 11:01pm

Bump.

Did anyone go for opening night? I went and got Row B Right Orchestra. Not bad, but I moved to second row center during intermission.

I dunno if anyone saw me, but I was the first one there for rush, and had a black coat and my BU bag lol.

[musicnmath]

Posted: 3/6/07 at 11:33pm

Yep, saw it tonight (way in the back of the Orchestra...but the seats were comp-ed, so hey).

I did get to see the OBC back in previews, so here are my comparative thoughts for others to agree/disagree with...

Tom Hewitt as Lawrence was wonderful. My jaw dropped when I read the program at intermission and realized I knew him from Rocky! Wow. Fun to see what an actual singer can do with the role.

D.B. Bonds as Freddy... I really felt like he was doing an impression of Norbert doing the part. Same vocal cadences and delivery. But...not nearly as funny. Someone else pointed out that he's very cartoonish; I find this assessment spot-on. I remember rolling in the aisles with Norb just non-stop. Sadly, I just didn't find D.B. funny at all. There were some laughs...but those were largely just funny lines written into the script.

Laura Marie Duncan really made Christine her own. Some of her physical presentation (namely her way of walking) had that delightfully ungraceful ditzy physicality of Sherie Rene Scott, but otherwise she brought a different interpretation. Gorgeous voice that really filled the theatre. Very enjoyable. ***spoiler*** not sure that the audience really got that it was her as Paula...

Kim Shriver as Muriel. I thought she was doing a Joanna impression, at first, but then I realized that some of the lines really beg for her unique sort of delivery. Was the role written with Joanna in mind? "I should go. Should I go? I should go." (or whatever). In the end I quite enjoyed her.

Drew McVety. Dare I say it? I prefered his Andre to Jbara's. Just perfect.

ditto for Paidge Pardy's Jolene. Amazing how she can belt that song during/after so much dancing!

other random thoughts: I thought the downscaled sets translated pretty well. I was utterly bored with the new first song. It bears noting that the audience was pretty unresponsive. Whether that's because it's a Tuesday opening or because some of the "sparkle" has worn off on the tour. Not sure...

[mrs felciano]

Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:29am

Millie! That was you?! Haha. I was the one who came in and asked you if you were there for student rush! I was right behind you!

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 3/7/07 at 3:51pm

For all those who went last night, how full was the house? I'm going tonight and I have row I mezzanine, but I was hoping I'd be able to move up. Glad you enjoyed it!

[Glory]

Posted: 3/7/07 at 5:33pm

Is there any way the box office will sell 2 to someone with one id because my friend lost hers and our school doesnt give you another real one for like a month it's ridiculous and now we aren't going to be able to see it because I can't afford full or half price haha.

[ACTlete676]

Posted: 3/7/07 at 5:52pm

Wow. Im very excited!

My school doesnt give us student IDs. I have one from two years ago that they took a few times and when I saw Cats I just showed them my drivers license and they took it.

I wonder how likely student rush will be for the next two weekends

[sweetdisaster]

Posted: 3/7/07 at 5:57pm

I was really hoping to make it up to Boston (about a 40 min drive from me) sometime next week when I'm on break, but I don't know if I'll be able to make it. I wish they'd do the two tickets, because I'd probably bring my mom.

Thanks for the review, musicnmath.

[mrs felciano]

Posted: 3/7/07 at 5:59pm

They were VERY strict about the student rush last night. My friend was visiting from PA and didn't know we were seeing a show and didn't have his id with him. The box office woman was VERY rude and scolded him for not carrying around an ID. She kept telling us we were going to hold up the line so he said he would just buy a regular ticket. She then flipped out even more saying he was rude. She let it slide and we ended up getting five seats together row J.

I'm not sure how full the house was. The Orchestra was pretty full but I was unable to see the mezz or balcony.

[crzyrocket]

Posted: 3/7/07 at 10:48pm

Technically, opening night was tonight, it's usually on Wednesdays, with an early curtain.

I went tonight and ended up with the same seat as millie, except on the left side.

Having never seen the show, I thought it was enjoyable, but a tad forgettable. Ditto the unresponsive audience.

As for the house, I heard after the show that the balcony was near empty, and they had contemplated closing it off except that a few patrons wanted to stay where they were.

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 3/8/07 at 5:05pm

That's true about the balcony; about five people were scattered throughout. Also, the mezzanine was only about half full, but its a weekday night, so I didn't expect a big crowd. I thought the show was excellent, on the whole. The first act was slow to start, but once the plot picked up (the bet), it was really good. I agree with the comment on D.B. Bonds simply copying Norbert; although I didn't see Butz, D.B. Bonds seemed like a copycat, and a ton of his jokes fell flat. However, Tom Hewitt was excellent. My favorites, however, were Jolene and Laura Marie Duncan as Christine. She played that character so well, and I really felt bad for her when she showed up at Lawrence's house and told him her money was gone.

So, overall, a very good production. I might even try to see it again before it leaves Boston.

[yellibean2]

Posted: 3/8/07 at 7:57pm

For those who rushed, how many people were there? How early would you recommend getting there?

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 3/8/07 at 11:41pm

I rushed tonight, got there at around 6:10, and there were four people ahead of me. At 6:30, there were maybe only six people behind us. More might have shown after we got our tickets, but I don't think you need to worry about not getting tickets if you want them.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 12:23am

How disappointing that the Freddy is underwhelming. The character pretty much makes the show.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 12:25am

mrs feliciano: I think I overheard that. I didn't mean to be snoopy, but did you have another friend that was coming? Did he make it?

[yellibean2]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 5:03pm

I rushed it yesterday-overall it was an amazingly fun night. I don't really have time to post a big review right now, but basically; we got there a little early and there was no one else there. Eventually one other person got there, but it was no problem getting tickets. We were kind of worried because one of my friends didn't have an ID but I think because we bought them together the man at box office didn't really notice. We got great seats in Row J (and I didn't have anyone in front of me which was a nice change from always having tall people with big hair in front of me).

As for the show, this was my first time and other than the CR I didn't really have anything to compare it to, so I'd like to think I'm at an advantage. Anyways, I loved the show and the cast and really enjoyed myself. I can't really go into every actor right now but I must say the stand-out was most definitely Paige Pardy as Jolene. I laughed until I cried, and I must say, in the beginning I thought the audience was a little unresponsive and we were the only ones laughing, but by the end everyone was getting really into it and it completely turned around. Loved the Framingham joke!

We also stage-doored after, and on a random note, why is the Opera House stage door so impossible to find? I've been there twice before and I still get lost all the time. Anyhow, most of them left pretty quickly so I only really got a "hi" in, but D.B. Bonds and Laura Marie Duncan stayed for a while to talk and they were both just adorably sweet.

And on a random note, I was reading the bios, and D.B. Bonds was actually Norbert's standby in The Last 5 Years. Small world.

So that was longer than I intended it to be...

[timote316]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 5:05pm

Ok, yelli, question... where is the stage door?

[yellibean2]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 5:27pm

Oh god, I'm terrible about giving directions, but if you leave the theatre, take a right (so left if you're facing the theatre), keep walking straight until you get to the next street (I'm blanking on the name), then take a right and keep walking until you get to a sort of parking with a few barricades, and it's just behind the parking lot and the door right past the elevators. In my experiences, the ushers have been very nice in terms of giving much better directions, so you can trust them.

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 7:09pm

It's the first alley past the parking place with all the ushers. So that would be a right, a right, and another right. If you don't see a door when you get to the alley, dont be afraid, its further on down.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 3/12/07 at 8:12pm

My friend and I were going to go Saturday afternoon, but then we went to a masterclass taught be Joanna Gleason. So I still got my DRS fix. We're hoping to catch the show Friday night.