Faith Healer

[chrispychicken]

Faith Healer#0

Posted: 5/11/06 at 7:24pm

How many agree that this is a truly remarkable production of this play? The acting is some of the best you are likely to see on Broadway, it is always a thrill to see actors that I have loved in film on stage, reminds me of how exciting it was to see Alan Rickman in Private Lives(and for him to sign my playbill!)

[blueflame]

re: Faith Healer#1

Posted: 5/11/06 at 9:24pm

I concur. I haven't seen anything as invigorating since the thrilling night I spent at FESTEN. And having Jeremy Sisto almost sign my Playbill as he ran past me was like transubstantiation. I am not the same.

"You can't just leave a meringue once you start it!"

Updated On: 5/11/06 at 09:24 PM

[nomdeplume]

re: Faith Healer#2

Posted: 5/11/06 at 9:26pm

Nebulatory.

Jeremy Irons, too.

[fflagg]

re: Faith Healer#3

Posted: 5/11/06 at 9:27pm

It's a boooooooooring play. Fine acting despite Cherry's flawed accent.

Do you know what happens when you let Veal Prince Orloff sit in an oven too long?

[muscle23ftl]

re: Faith Healer#4

Posted: 5/11/06 at 9:28pm

Jeremy Sisto is very friendly and signed my playbill.

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

[nomdeplume]

re: Faith Healer#5

Posted: 5/11/06 at 9:29pm

I like my chicken original, not crispy.

[Dawn Davenport]

re: Faith Healer#6

Posted: 5/12/06 at 11:58am

I saw Faith Healer last night and was blown away by the performances, especially Jones and McDiarmid (and I'll admit I'd gone to see it for Ralph Fiennes.)

No sets, no music, just the power of words and the amazing actors who give them life. I was in tears when I left the theatre and again this morning when I was thinking about the play. WELL worth the money.

[WithoutATrace]

re: Faith Healer#7

Posted: 5/12/06 at 12:11pm

I agree. Saw it this Wednesday evening and thought it was incredible. Probably the best performances I will ever see in my life. Ralph, Cherry and Ian were all fantastic. If you can get a ticket to this show, go see it!

Funny how the two best theatrical experiences for me both involved Cherry Jones (Faith Healer and Doubt). She is truly remarkable. She deserves to win supporting actress and Ralph deserves the lead actor Tony. Faith Healer will definitely will best revival. Just excellent.

[broadway86]

re: Faith Healer#8

Posted: 5/12/06 at 12:14pm

Faith Healer will definitely will best revival.

Have you seen Awake and Sing, yet?

[WithoutATrace]

re: Faith Healer#9

Posted: 5/12/06 at 12:38pm

Yes, I despised it.

[broadway86]

re: Faith Healer#10

Posted: 5/12/06 at 12:39pm

Ouch. I completely disagree, but it will be interesting to see what wins. Updated On: 5/12/06 at 12:39 PM

[JerseyScoundrel]

re: Faith Healer#11

Posted: 5/12/06 at 6:57pm

Awake and Sing was great! I heard Faith Healer extended by 2 weeks. Exciting!

"This is a stupid story. It never stops. But we keep making lemonade! We're opening the biggest f***ing lemonade stand you ever saw!" -Walter Bobbie after a long day of Sweet Charity Rehersals (Newyorkmetro.com)

[Calvin]

re: Faith Healer#12

Posted: 5/13/06 at 12:45pm

Saw it last night. Just...wow. I knew Ian McDiarmid would be great, but he was absolutely spell-binding. I'm not just throwing that word out, either. My mind did not wander, my eyes did not leave the stage, my attention did not drop for one second during the entire time he was on stage. And this is coming from someone with slight ADD. Not to take anything away from Ralph Fiennes (I'd forgotten what a gorgeous man he was until last night, too) and the never-miss Cherry Jones, who were wonderful in their own right, but I would happily have watched a two-hour show just about Teddy if McDiarmid was playing it. Now that Richard Griffiths has been deemed leading, if McDiarmid doesn't win a Tony, the Tony committee should be given a one-way ticket to the Hebrides.

My next step is to get my hands on a copy of the script -- and then I might go see it again.
Updated On: 5/13/06 at 12:45 PM