#101
Posted: 7/2/15 at 1:17pm
Never mind.
Updated On: 7/2/15 at 01:17 PM
Encores! Little Shop of Horrors Review Thread — Page 5
#102
Posted: 7/2/15 at 1:20pm
That's basically the definition of what a rave review is. NICE.
#103
Posted: 7/2/15 at 1:40pm
Agreed Jordan...out of the park rave and NY Times Critic's Choice. So happy to be seeing this tonight!
#104
Posted: 7/2/15 at 1:44pm
And also a great pull quote for City Center in general!
#105
Posted: 7/2/15 at 1:54pm
what does it matter if it only has 2 performances left that are pretty much sold out? I wish this would transfer i wanna see it 
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#106
Posted: 7/2/15 at 2:05pm
Wow. Sounds like an amazing night. Love reading all these reviews. Keep em coming!
#107
Posted: 7/2/15 at 2:05pm
I wished I lived in NYC to see this!!
#108
Posted: 7/2/15 at 2:07pm
Everyone I know who saw the show last night bought their tickets in January. So it's hard for me to feel bad for people like you, Philly.
#109
Posted: 7/2/15 at 2:52pm
omg!! :'(
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#110
Posted: 7/2/15 at 2:55pm
What about all your in-the-know show biz friends?
Also: musicaltheatreman2, if you're still reading this thread, I cannot respond to your PM as your account cannot receive them!
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 7/2/15 at 02:55 PM
#111
Posted: 7/2/15 at 3:04pm
You're right I should call one of them!! Except they're not gonna get me a ticket cause it's sold out!!
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#112
Posted: 7/2/15 at 3:08pm
Well, it's not, really. Maybe you should have one of them walk over to the box office and lay down some money for you.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#113
Posted: 7/2/15 at 3:15pm
Intermission now.
Whereas last nights audience was amazing and respectful of what was on the stage, today's audience is made up of mostly twenty-something's determined to make these two hours all about themselves, screaming and shouting and working overtime to be as loud as possible to show everyone around them how much fun they're having. And comparing the performances today to last night, it's affecting the acting on the stage.
Whereas last nights audience was amazing and respectful of what was on the stage, today's audience is made up of mostly twenty-something's determined to make these two hours all about themselves, screaming and shouting and working overtime to be as loud as possible to show everyone around them how much fun they're having. And comparing the performances today to last night, it's affecting the acting on the stage.
#114
Posted: 7/2/15 at 3:23pm
Sorry to hear that, Jordan. I guess that's because the matinee is the performance that was added once Gyllenhaal was announced? Hope you're still enjoying it.
#116
Posted: 7/2/15 at 3:26pm
Oh man I would love if this transferred with Ellen. Too old my ass. It would be so nice to see a relationship in any kind of art where for once it wasn't a super old man and a crazy young girl accepted without comment.
#117
Posted: 7/2/15 at 3:36pm
Yeah Ellen still looks damn good for 64. It would be awesome if this transferred! maybe with roundabout next season?
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#118
Posted: 7/2/15 at 4:14pm
I thought Greene read older than Moranis in the movie, and I think it makes sense for Audrey to have been around the block a few times.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#119
Posted: 7/2/15 at 4:16pm
Exactly. That's one of the many reasons the revival was so God-awful.
#120
Posted: 7/2/15 at 4:19pm
The main reason the revival was bad- above all else, and a really, really common issue with productions of Little Shop- is that it felt the need to camp it up and acknowledge the silliness of the material.
You can't do that with this show. You really, really can't.
You can't do that with this show. You really, really can't.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#121
Posted: 7/2/15 at 4:26pm
But seriously - after those reviews you KNOW producers are trying to find a way to transfer this.
#122
Posted: 7/2/15 at 4:31pm
"But seriously - after those reviews you KNOW producers are trying to find a way to transfer this. "
I really, really hope so!
How was the matinee today, Jordan? Still as good as last night (minus the rude crowd)?
#123
Posted: 7/2/15 at 4:37pm
I'd love nothing more than to see Ellen Greene made the toast of Broadway, but much of what was magical about the production I saw last night was fleeting--the serendipity of the casting, the mix of on- and off-book performances that comes with only a week's rehearsal, the euphoria felt by a group of acolytes at seeing their deity come to life.
None that would survive the process of a transfer. We'd be left with--at best--the ingredients, but not the dish itself.
You think, what do you want?
You think, make a decision...
#124
Posted: 7/2/15 at 4:48pm
^Perhaps but to still Ellen Greene bring her Audrey to Broadway would be a fantastic thing. She would get a Tony nomination for sure.
#125
Posted: 7/2/15 at 4:56pm
Absolutely -- what made Gyllenhaal so good was that he played Seymour as a person....not just a series of not-so-bright nerdy punchlines.....The one character who was broad and campy was Orrin....and that's the way he should be played....no subtlety needed.
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