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Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
#25Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:12pmBut aren't you glad to know every show he ever thought about seeing?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#26Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:18pm
"But aren't you glad to know every show he ever thought about seeing?"
It reminds me of a prescription drug ad, so I just skip past it, assuming it just lists out all of the side effects of whatever he just posted.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#27Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:19pm
I think it will work perfectly there on the thrust stage. It's also in a small house which is a good 400 less seats than the Booth. I think they're being really smart about opening at the cutoff.
Fingers crossed and I cannot wait!
#28Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:30pm
"But aren't you glad to know every show he ever thought about seeing?"
I, for one, might of been.
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After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#29Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:40pm
Perfectly timed to haul in Tony nominations....... and awards. They sure know how to calculate with precision, these arty types.
Of course one could have seen this happening a mile away. Indeed, wasn't it announced months ago that it would be coming to Broadway this season? (Actually, a Broadway transfer was a foregone conclusion the very first moment that child started whining that ghastly song. And to think that the astute minds on this board declaimed loudly that that could never happen! Unfortunately, I knew otherwise.) Yet, in spite of all that, one could have wishfully--and wistfully--- hoped that somehow, magically, it would just disappear.
No such luck.
Reminds me of those fairy tales in which the wicked presence makes a vow to come back in 10 years or so to enact its dirty work, and then is forgotten. Until 10 years fly by and then there it is, to everyone's horror.
Well, here it is.
Updated On: 8/7/14 at 04:40 PM
#30Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:43pmWho's the "everyone" that After Eight is always speaking for?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
AKarp2013
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/11
#31Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:45pm
Yes - you did know otherwise.
#32Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:47pmAfter Eight, it's perfectly fine with me if you skip the Broadway production of Fun Home. Thank you.
#33Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:48pmYeah - don't we know that kids shouldn't be singing about their inner feelings and doubts of sexuality - they should be singing about jam and bread!
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#34Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:50pmGreat news. This opening of this show will set a precedent for how people predict shows will succeed in future IMO, it's doing everything 'right' - a very high quality show, tiny theatre, opening right before the Tonys with not too much competition. If this show can't succeed it really does reflect the state of Broadway theatre right now!
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#35Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:51pm
SDP,
Apparently -- and unfortunately --- too many of you don't know that.
Updated On: 8/7/14 at 04:51 PM
AKarp2013
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/11
#36Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:53pmBut as long as you do -- right?
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#37Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:58pm
AKarp,
Not really. In a sane and a pure world, everyone would know that. And even in this insane and impure one, everyone should know it.
#38Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:00pmAfter Eight, what didn't you like about it? The story? The score? The set?
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#39Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:01pmAfter Eight has officially become the Ignatius J. Reilly of this forum.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#40Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:03pm
Don't bring around After Eight to rain on MY PARADE!!!!
I wish YOU would disappear. Why can't you STAY OFF THIS THREAD?! You had to ruin this for people like me who love that show and for whom it resonates. I get it-the WORLD gets it-YOU HATE THE SHOW! WELL STAY AWAY FROM IT!
AKarp2013
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/11
#41Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:04pm
"After Eight has officially become the Ignatius J. Reilly of this forum."
What was he before?
#42Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:04pm
Have you actually seen the show, After Eight?
If so, however did that happen? Surely you could have known beforehand, or at least have an inkling, that this wasn't for you.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#43Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:05pmNot since Yoko singing Music and the Mirror has the world seen as good a performance artist as After Eight!
#44Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:05pmSome sort of weird proto-Ignatius J. Reilly.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#45Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:06pm
SDP,
The set didn't bother me. Everything else was too appalling for words. But no need to rehash that all over again, or worse, for me to relive that horrific experience.
#46Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:08pm
J Learner ^
He saw the show. He goes to all the first previews and expresses his thoughts. He and Wizzer are the first to report back.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
Updated On: 8/7/14 at 05:08 PM
#47Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:08pmAfter Eight must be the most-blocked person on BWW. I just did! I don't know what took me so long.
Pumpkin
Chorus Member Joined: 12/3/13
#48Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:13pmI am becoming an After Eight fan. I don't support his opinions or anything like that, I just find his comments and the conversations he creates to be hilarious.
mjohnson2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/13
#49Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd
Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:15pmI don't know if it is just me, but I always get this feeling of glee and a big dopey smile whenever After Eight just rips a show to pieces. I know that it's going to happen, and when it finally does, I just get so happy for some reason. Maybe I'm just a loon.
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