FALSETTOS Previews — Page 10

Up In One, I saw the show on Wednesday too ( I won the lottery). I also have seen all of the other productions of this show that you have, except the recent one at trinity. I found your review well written and thoughtful and I completely disagree with almost everything you said - except for the praises of ms Bloch and Mr Uranowitz, they were great. I loved it. I'll write more when I get home. I'm heading back to D.C. and am writing this on my iPad.

South Fl Marc the Trinity College production was in 1992 under the banner "Marvin Trilogy"

South Florida no this production did not draw tears. Sunday in the Park did because it was all encompassing for me, material, performance, production. This iteration of Falsettos was lacking that special quality that could bring all the elements together for me. And Falsettos had a leg up on my favorites list going in.

"I went up to Hartford to see a glorious staging by Graciela Daniele with the mosspectacular coup de theater ending which should have been borrowed for this production.

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Would you be so kind as to elaborate on Graciella's coup de theatre ending? I'm not being snarky - I'm seriously curious and I imagine others are too.

thanks in advance!

Updated On: 10/27/16 at 08:23 PM

Up In One said: "On the back wall of the stage - a Names Project quilt was revealed for Whizzer. After several beats of that image sinking in the black panels/curtains that surround it begin to pull away revealing more quilts until the entire back wall is revealed with Whizzers panel being one among hundreds.



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I actually love that. Thanks for the response.

Just got out of the matinee today, and I have to say I was completely bowled over by this.



First of all, the casting is just so right and the way this ensemble rings meaning, heart, and humor from every word is extremely special.



The piece just lands and the score feels as refreshingly melodic, quirky, and heart-breaking as ever.



Block is doing her best work yet. Who knew she had this actress in her?? Rannels is shockingly good, shading all of Whizzers bravado with pride, hurt, and uncertainty just as Borle, tightly constricted, shines when he allows his Marvin to let his emotion loose. Uranowitz is a sheer delight.



Huge props to Lapine and Bergasse for keeping the staging inventive, lively, kinetic, and for always keeping it grounded in the characters.



Excellent work all around and so thrilled this beautiful show has been treated with such care. It paid off, and well.

Is there a new discount code, anyone?

So happy to read that they started the cast recording yesterday and continue to work on it today

Finally saw it last night, and I really liked it overall, but I was so disappointed by Borle's performance. The man has multiple Tonys, so I can't wrap my head around how boring he was. My friend, with whom I attended, had no idea he was a successful Broadway actor and said he wasn't very good even before I could state my own opinion. His frustration, confusion, etc. at the end of Act I was non-existent.



As everyone else has stated, Block stole the show. Uranowitz was adorable, the son was good, and even Rannells, who can seem to be one-note, gave me some shades of a performance. I didn't 100% buy him as weaat the end (physically or vocally), but there were definitely moments of it. And his swagger was great at the beginning. The lesbians next door didn't have enough to do, so they were good but nothing that stood out. That's a shame because Betsy Wolfe is pretty incredible, and I am waiting for the role that lets her show all of her capabilities off. Maybe Frozen...



I knew of the show previously but didn't know it well. I feel like there are so many Jewish jokes that I didn't know how an audience unfamiliar with things like traif and a Bar Mitzvah would feel about it. I laughed my behind off at it all. And to people who said they hated the blocks, I found myself fascinated by everything they did with them. Before my eyes, the set became a house or a living room. It happened in front of me but I kind of never noticed it happening. Perhaps that says a lot about the characters themselves - Trina not realizing/acknowledging that her husband was gay, Marvin not realizing/acknowleding that Whizzer was sick, etc. when all of these things are right in front of them. Just a thought.

I went into FALSETTOS with some concern as many seemed to be criticizing the production, but I held out hope that I would end up on the positive side of the reviews. It also is a show that is very near and dear to my heart because I played Jason over 15 years ago and the guy that played Whizzer in that production was like an older brother to me and shortly thereafter, he coincidentally (and sadly) contracted AIDS and died not long thereafter.

While I was certainly in agreement that Christian Borle kind of blended in and didn't really strike much of a chord with me, I really did like the show....and I feel the standouts were Stephanie J. Block (who seemed to be maybe still battling a cold but her voice kept intensifying the entire show), Brandon Uranowitz, and young Anthony Rosenthal.

The minimalistic set grew on me because I was unsure what to make of it at first and I also really enjoyed the tiny little band....for a small orchestra, I thought they served the score well.

I took my boyfriend to the show and he is NOT a musical theatre person in the slightest (although he tends to like darker works and not surprisingly Sondheim). He appreciated the eccentricites of William Finn's score and then near the end of the show, started tearing up (whereas I was nearly sobbing for multiple reasons). He left the show feeling very emotional and that he hadn't felt that way in some time. It was a moment I was happy to share with him.

It wasn't necessarily perfect, but I was definitely pleased with the production.

Scott Rosson said: "Discount code anybody?"

http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/discount-tickets/falsettos_313649/

I absolutely loved this show. I was not familiar with the show at all, but wanted to see this incredible group of actors perform, so I got a front row ticket. The set was wonderful, as the NYT review said "David Rockwell’s set resembles a child’s building blocks, which are manipulated by the actors. Placed against a shifting Manhattan skyscape, it’s an ingenious illustration of what we are watching: people laboring to arrange a comfortable life for themselves and their loved ones, and continually having to readjust it.".



Everyone was incredible, Christian Borle was brilliant as Marvin. I have no idea why anyone would say he was miscast in the part. The rest of the cast was wonderful, and brought so much emotion to all of their roles. The music was perfect and I cannot wait for the cast album. See this while you can guys!!