Doubt or The Pillowman?
Doubt or The Pillowman?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#0Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 3:42pmWhich would you reccomend/did you like better and why?
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#1re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 3:44pmI haven't seen Doubt, but The Pillowman is absolutely amazing.
#2re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 4:00pmBoth plays are terrific, but I prefer The Pillowman.
overthemoo28
Swing Joined: 8/12/03
#3re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 4:04pmPillowman, both are amazing but Pillowman literally left me speechless.
Eliza0114
Leading Actor Joined: 5/31/05
#4re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 4:32pmPillowman without a doubt.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#5re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 4:51pmI'd say Pillowman. Not only do I think that it's a better play, but it's only running a few more weeks, while Doubt will be around for years.
#6re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 4:54pmI've seen the Pillowman and read DOUBT. Love both, but I suggest Pillowman because it's closing. 17 perfs left.
To Kill A Mockingbird
#7re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 4:55pmSee The Pillowman! It's closing and it's a wonderful show, it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Doubt is also a great play, but it will be around for a little while longer. ^__^
Becky
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
Greennow
Swing Joined: 8/21/05
#9re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 6:15pmboth are great shows... but, i would say The Pillowman......especially since it is closing soon.....the script was great.
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#11re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 7:30pmNo Question....The Pillowman. Best new play out there it is amazing!!
#12re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 7:42pmThe Pillowman. I felt privileged to be able to see it and still have the chills from yesterday.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#13re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 7:57pm
Wow.
So many for THE PILLOWMAN.
I wish I could see this again...
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#15re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 9:27pmlol I"ll put my neck on the chopping block and say Doubt, I just liked it better, can't really explain why.
#16re: Doubt or The Pillowman?
Posted: 9/4/05 at 9:32pmThe Pillowman. I adore this play. I think it's absolutely brilliant, and virtually flawless (well, to me it is flawless, I can't think of one thing I'd change about it.) I thought Doubt was okay but The Pillowman is far superior.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#17re: Doubt or The Pillowman?- PART 2: Pulitzer
Posted: 9/4/05 at 9:34pmOkay, Im guessing the overall consensus is Pillowman LOL...which would you say deserved the Pulitzer?
#18re: Doubt or The Pillowman?- PART 2: Pulitzer
Posted: 9/4/05 at 10:47pm
The Pulitzer is only for American authors. McDonagh is Irish, so Pillowman wasn't eligible. There's also a preference for works dealing with American culture in some way; I remember a minor brouhaha over I Am My Own Wife's victory last year. I think Caroline should have won that time around.
I saw both and also preferred Pillowman. Doubt was a neat and tidy little exercise in audience manipulation, extremely well executed but not particularly original and so transparent. Pillowman was big and challenging and original and exciting. And, though Charlie Isherwood missed it, it was in fact about something, it just wasn't going to give it to you in a PowerPoint outline like Doubt did. Doubt's easy accessibility is a virtue that has given it great popularity, but I like a play that I have to work to take apart, not one that is so obvious (I liked Woolf a lot as well).
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