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[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 4/2/25 at 11:10pm

I also just got back from the show tonight and I really did not enjoy that. Jeremy Jordan was in great voice and he’s really giving an incredible performance but the show as a whole is a huge misfire. The Beaumont is a giant barn, and the completely bare stage made it seem even larger. There was absolutely nothing claustrophobic or cave-like at all. I was in the front row right next to where Jeremy was the whole show and it just looked like he was laying on a nice lounge chair. They are all telling us how precarious Floyd’s situation is, but it really does not come across in the staging. I didn’t really have any kind of emotional response, it should be tense and dramatic. I had so many issues with the book, the weird sister character, so many jokes that fall flat, etc.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/2/25 at 11:25pm

Yeah, when a production in Utah does it better than NYC, it's a problem. Did Lincoln Center run out of money? People want a set, that is why Gatsby continues to clean up at the box office since everyone knows it's trash. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/2/25 at 11:29pm

Even Virginia got us beat with this cute little cardboard cut out! Give us something guys, you were the people that made a ship move during The King and I! 



 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/2/25 at 11:31pm

Even Canada beat us with this sweet little ramp. Dag.

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/2/25 at 11:42pm

Seriously, just watch Will Blum do it in his apartment with cardboard boxes.

https://youtu.be/BKP-1vhU0B4

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/2/25 at 11:52pm

That's amazing. 

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 12:06am

Sutton Ross said: "Even Canada beat us with this sweet little ramp. Dag.

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Ha! That is leagues better than what is at LCT. Seriously he just looked like he was taking a relaxing nap most of the show.

[inception]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 2:37am

I saw this production in 2014, put on by a small local mom & pop non-profit company, Patrick Street Productions.  They had a shoestring budget, but great singers and good set design.  

Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Sutton Ross said: "Even Canada beat us with this sweet little ramp. Dag.

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Ha! That is leagues better than what is at LCT. Seriously he just looked like he was taking a relaxing nap most of the show."

 

[rachelfran]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 10:52am

I saw this last night and had a hard time keeping my eyes open.  I was jealous of the couple sitting next to my friend and I who left at intermission.  I think it may be the worse thing I've ever seen on Broadway .. mostly because I usually pick things I know I will like.  I was not familiar with the story or the music ahead of time.  I saw bluegrass mentioned in something I saw and my husband was a fan of that genre and played in jams and died in 2022 so it holds a place in my heart. Aside from a banjo and harmonica I could hear in some songs - I didn't hear bluegrass.  My seat was in the 500's and I was distracted by the band leader probably because I was bored by what was on stage and there being not much to look at there.

I was surprised by the thunderous standing ovation at the end of the show.  

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 10:59am

I very much appreciate everyone's early reactions (really, the main reason why I come here).  Hoping to return my tickets for credit as a Lincoln Center member and dodge this bullet. 

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 11:25am

Sad that given LCT's resources, the creative team has opted for less production design than the Goodman outing two decade ago.

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 12:45pm

Every show gets a standing ovation at the end, it means nothing now.

Two people in the front row near me got up and walked out of the show during the second or third song!! That was a bold choice to do that from the front row. I guess they knew they wouldn’t be able to stand it.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 1:08pm

They could have built the most incredible cave in that space. Would have been thrilling. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 1:38pm

The last song is the reason to see the show and I’m sure Jordan knocks it out of the park, but to endure the prior 2 hours? Not sure. 

[Auggie27]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 2:14pm

People always cite "When Glory Goes," and it's ravishing, but the number that breaks me - maybe a first - is Floyd's I Want song, "The Call." I've never listened to it -  eloquently, poetically sung by Christopher Innvar - without tearing up. It's a song of such unbridled optimism and hope - a man who feels he's about to nail the circumstance and resulting event that will move him from wannabe/loser into an achiever. When he sings about wanting to finally convince his father he has worth - promising him a place under an apple tree - I feel the weight of the stakes. To me, its so heartbreaking, it defines the show. And the adds - not actual reprises - are so melodically challenging, the character that emerges is unlike any outside of folk opera.

Hoping the number launches here. It's the mobile, athletic Floyd, before his predicament, and I'd expect the staging to capture the youthful glee. 

Updated On: 4/3/25 at 02:14 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 2:36pm

Between that one and the song with the brother, I tend to skip the rest of the score, so honestly I'm not sure what else happens.

[DaveyG]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 2:45pm

Does anyone have any insight into how a production like this is financed at Lincoln Center? 

[gibsons2]

Posted: 4/3/25 at 4:48pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "They could have built the most incredible cave in that space. Would have been thrilling."

I was expecting a cave as well. Surprised and disappointed that this time LCT didn't live up to their usual standards of stage design. 

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 4/4/25 at 2:11am

gibsons2 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "They could have built the most incredible cave in that space. Would have been thrilling."

I was expecting a cave as well. Surprised and disappointed that this time LCT didn't live up to their usual standards of stagedesign."

If they'd done this in the 21/22 season instead of Flying Over Sunset or Skin of Our Teeth, the entire stage would rise up to reveal an intricate cave system. It seems like since that season, every show has just struggled so much to fill that space. It's such a huge stage, you either have to really fill the space or find a way to make it smaller. 

That being said, I actually liked this quite a bit. I thought the score was great, the cast was awesome, the lighting is fantastic, the orchestra sounded great. I got LincTix and I'm glad I didn't pay more than I did. But, for $35.50, I think this was very worth it. 

[bear88]

Posted: 4/4/25 at 3:15am

Aside from liking the fact that it was a bargain and being glad you didn’t pay more, what disappointed you - aside from the spare stage? It sounds like you enjoyed a lot of the rest of it.

[The Other One]

Posted: 4/4/25 at 6:55am

jkcohen626 said: " I got LincTix and I'm glad I didn't pay more than I did. But, for $35.50, I think this was very worth it."

This might be the pull-quote of all time.

 

[Kad]

Posted: 4/4/25 at 11:25am

This show was always kind of an odd choice for the Beaumont. It's never been the sort of huge show we have come to associate with the space- South Pacific, Carousel, King & I, etc. I suspect the bare/minimal stage would work extremely well in the Mitzi Newhouse downstairs.

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 4/4/25 at 11:33am

Kad articulates my thoughts better than I could! I think this spare, abstract staging is a really strong choice for this show... but not at the Beaumont? I was perplexed when it was announced and surprised there wasn't more trepidation of staging this show in that HUGE theater... but I assumed they had a plan to address that. I think you could move this whole production down to the Newhouse and it would work like gangbusters.

To be fair. Not many productions have successfully navigated that space. Bartlett Sher was the only director that seemed to really understand the space from show to show. Obviously, there have been productions that nailed it... but it really seems to be a problem for directors. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/4/25 at 12:56pm

They just have to construct an entire cave and fix all their horrible sound issues by April 21st. I believe in them!!!

[yyys]

Posted: 4/5/25 at 9:19am

This was such a bad show. I was restless during Act 1. The performances are overall subpar except for Taylor Trensch. Jeremy's voice is too contemporary for the score. It doesn't really fit him.  The score is not exceptional either. Weird choice to be reviving this, really. 

Updated On: 4/5/25 at 09:19 AM