EXPLORERS CLUB previews
EXPLORERS CLUB previews
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#1
Posted: 5/28/13 at 1:04pm
Is anyone going to the first preview tonight? I hope Whizzer will be there! The show looks to be very funny, and the cast is great. I would look forward to hearing any comments. I bought TDF tickets for early June.
Updated On: 5/28/13 at 01:04 PM
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#2
Posted: 5/28/13 at 1:31pm
I haven't seen it, obviously, but I know a bit about the script and the production and I have to say, my hopes are very high. Nell Benjamin has such a spot-on sense of humor and it's perfectly suited for this subject matter.
Will have to see this ASAP.
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#2
Posted: 5/28/13 at 1:53pm
Will you be there mac?
There are three first previews tonight! Comedy of Errors in the Park, Explorers Club and Venice. I chose Venice, and will report back on that, but hope to see this very soon.
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#3
Posted: 5/28/13 at 1:58pm
I guess you can't be everywhere! I'm seeing Explorers Club June 9.
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#4
Posted: 5/28/13 at 2:22pm
I'm going this Friday. It looks like a great show, and I can't resist anything with Carson Elrod. Looking forward to seeing Arnie Burton too.
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#5
Posted: 5/28/13 at 2:29pm
I'll be there June 4.
I hope John McMartin has a good role. He's the big draw for me.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#7
Posted: 5/28/13 at 4:31pm
I'll be there June 8th.
I've heard it's one of the funniest scripts in recent memory. Can't wait.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#8
Posted: 5/28/13 at 8:41pmHeard from who that it's one of the funniest scripts in recent memory?
Swing Joined: 5/2/13
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#11
Posted: 5/30/13 at 10:37amRunning time of 1 hour 46 minutes, with intermission
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/05
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#12
Posted: 5/30/13 at 4:08pm
Very interested to hear how this is, as well.
Also, this may be too early, but I know it says tickets are on sale through July 21st – anyone know if they have plans to extend it past the 21st if it does well? Coming to the city the next day and hoping it might play at least for another week.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#13
Posted: 6/3/13 at 7:12amGot tickets for June 8th. Has anyone seen it yet?
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#16
Posted: 6/4/13 at 9:45pm
I saw this tonight and thought it had it's cute moments, including some wonderful staging involving a bartender serving drinks, but it had trouble picking up and maintaining steam. It is the slightest of slight farces, and never as laugh out loud funny as Boeing-Boeing or One Man, Two Guvnors.
John McMartin is very funny as a Biblical Scholar who believes he has discovered where the lost 10 tribes of Israel have been all these years.
Jennifer Westfeldt is the only female in the cast and is quite amiable and charming.
The set is very attractive; probably one of the nicest sets I've seen at the City Center location.
I just wish the play had been funnier.
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#17
Posted: 6/4/13 at 10:48pmOh, well! I have my tickets already, so I will be seeing it over the weekend, but Whizzer, I wish your report had been more favorable. I guess it's hard to write a funny play!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#18
Posted: 6/4/13 at 10:57pmI was there tonight, too. I found it pretty funny and engaging, if not perfect. Yes, some lines and bits land better than others. It's madcap farce you have to buy into so that all the implausibilities don't jump up and bite you in the face to ruin the almost Python-esque silliness. John McMartin was drily funny, and Carson Elrod initiates some fantastic physical business that involves the rest of the cast, who must have rehearsed those bits a zillion times. If you're in the mood for a silly, giddy farce that pokes fun at the major cliches of British drama, then you'll have an enjoyable evening. Don't expect perfection, just a silly smile on your face most of the time.
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#19
Posted: 6/4/13 at 11:13pm
mamaleh, I totally agree that there is a Python-esque quality to some of the humor, and I have to confess to rarely finding that stuff funny.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#20
Posted: 6/5/13 at 2:08am
oh crap, was hoping for better reviews. not a fan of MP. I guess it will be a $27 nap for me.
Broadway Star Joined: 9/13/09
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#21
Posted: 6/5/13 at 8:30amIt takes a lot to make me laugh, so I never have high expectations when it comes to comedies. I went in to One Man, Two Guvnors not thinking much and walked out with a huge smile on my face from laughing so much. WhizzerMarvin TrinaJasonMendel, sorry to hear this is not as laugh out loud. Unfortunately I missed Boeing Boeing, hopefully it will come around again one day.
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#22
Posted: 6/5/13 at 8:42am
Luv2Go, It's a shame you missed Boeing-Boeing! It is not a superior play, but the direction (by Matthew Warchus) was inspired and both the original and replacement casts were so funny. It was one of the funniest shows I've ever seen in New York.
I think it's harder to write a good comedy that sustains laughs than to write a good drama. (Not that writing a good drama is easy by any means.)
gchris, Let me clarify that I don't think you'll be sleeping through this; it's fast-paced, reasonably engaging and sometimes funny. It was like a fully fueled plane that never rarely was able to get off the ground. The premises were set, but the payoffs weren't delivered IMO.
For example (and unfortunately a slight SPOILER example):
One of the characters is growing a strange plant he found on an expedition. He tells us that if you eat/smoke the leaves you go through several phases- giddiness, numbness, slight hallucinations, and finally, if you have too much, death. Luckily before you die you start to itch all over and that's when you know you have to stop consuming the plant.
Of course you can see it coming that everyone is going to consume the plant (he rolls the leaves into cigars and tricks them into smoking it as a distraction). The set-up is all there. The problem is other than some giggling and minor forgetting of what they were talking about the plant has very little effect. They act no differently than if they were slightly inebriated. It's a total letdown and only mildly amusing.
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#23
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:25pm
Thanks for the SPOILER tag, Whizzer! I averted my eyes in time! I do love Monty Python, so maybe I will be more entertained than you were. (I guess a One Man, Two Guvnors doesn't come around every day. How I loved that show!)
Updated On: 6/5/13 at 12:25 PM
EXPLORERS CLUB previews#24
Posted: 6/5/13 at 2:09pmA different thing but: Is the Explorers' Club still at Downtown Disney in Orlando? I went to that a few years ago and had a blast.
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