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#1

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Posted: 3/16/17 at 3:18pm

Surprisingly very little buzz on this and no word from the first preview. Anyone catch this yet? The lovely (and achingly benevolent...) staff of the Public Theater let me change my Joan of Arc tickets to this production.

Interested to hear others' thoughts.

#2

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Posted: 3/16/17 at 3:23pm

I had tickets to the first preview, which was cancelled due to the weather. I will share some thoughts once I'm able to reschedule.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#3

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Posted: 3/20/17 at 6:41pm

Anyone see this yet? I'd like to hear thoughts.

#4

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Posted: 3/20/17 at 11:38pm

I am seeing it this week!

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#5

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Posted: 3/22/17 at 11:14pm

Saw it tonight. Loved it. I was cboking back tears near the end.

Harvey plays a 61 year old man who enters into a relationship with a young man as online "dating" is starting. The show gives us some history of what the gay community had to go through and overcome to get to where we are today. It also comments on how a lot of members of the community today do not know this history. Most of this is told directly to the audience.

Wrapped around this, or by it, is the story of Beau and Rufus' (Fierstein and Gabriel Ebert) relationship. I won't give any of that away.

The set is gorgeous. It takes place in Beau's flat in London. The lighting is also beautiful.

I suspect they are still tweaking as they stumbled over some lines but not enough to be a distraction.

This play will probably attractmostly older gay men but should be seen by the entire community. It sparks conversation about our current young gay community who, quite honestly may not like it or not get the message.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

Updated On: 3/23/17 at 11:14 PM

#6

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Posted: 3/23/17 at 12:44pm

Thank you for your comments, uncageg. Really excited to see it this weekend and even more happy that I changed my Joan of Arc tickets GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM

#7

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Posted: 3/23/17 at 1:15pm

They had a talk back last night but I was starving and didn't stay. Now that I have eaten I wish I had! Lol

I am sure it was an interesting conversation. Hope you enjoy it as mich as I did Play Esq.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#8

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Posted: 3/27/17 at 11:57pm

Can you tell me the approximate running time when you saw it?

#9

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Posted: 3/28/17 at 12:12am

uncageg: You say "It sparks conversation about our current young gay community who, quite honestly may not like it or not get the message." Would you likewise say that non-homophobic heterosexuals "may not like it or not get the message"? I'm wondering whether the play is heavily geared to the gay community or whether it resonates in a more universal way.

Updated On: 3/28/17 at 12:12 AM

#10

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Posted: 3/28/17 at 10:54am

It was about 105 minutes on Sunday evening.

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Posted: 3/28/17 at 12:02pm

Beautiful story. Saw in on Sunday with a crowd of blue hairs who all seemed to enjoy it, I was surprised. Set is gorgeous (although I must admit I was looking for a library ladder somewhere to complete the room) Didn't really care of the character of Rufus at first but his arc really moved me and he probably grows the most out of the three characters. The actor did a splendid job. I had won the lottery on TodayTix and ended up in the second row center, awesome seats. Felt Harvey was speaking right to me. He has some pretty long monologues and holds the audience in the palm of his hand. I didn't really believe his NOLA accent but it wasn't distracting. Would highly recommend this play.

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Posted: 4/5/17 at 10:45pm

http://variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/gently-down-the-stream-review-harvey-fierstein-1202023392/



really great review from Variety

Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist. Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino. This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
#15

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Posted: 4/6/17 at 12:28am

Andy51 said: "uncageg: You say "It sparks conversation about our current young gay community who, quite honestly may not like it or not get the message." Would you likewise say that non-homophobic heterosexuals "may not like it or not get the message"? I'm wondering whether the play is heavily geared to the gay community or whether it resonates in a more universal way.



I think it will resonate with those outside of the gay community.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
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Posted: 4/6/17 at 12:47am

Is this yet another play condescending to a younger audience? I'm getting so tired of those plays.

While it is so true all generations always have something to share with the next, and a generational always so much to the previous generation, they're such a gluttony of plays that don't recognize the ways younger generations can excel at things older ones did not, or could not. And I often wish it was more of a conversation.

#17

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Posted: 4/6/17 at 12:52am

I would not say it is condescending. It starts at the outset of online dating.I don't want to give too much away to those who have not seen it.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

Updated On: 4/6/17 at 12:52 AM

#18

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Posted: 4/6/17 at 8:48am

I think the younger characters are portrayed in a better light than Harvey's character, who has lived a very sad life and is not able to adapt to the rights (marriage, etc) his generation helped win. Loved the play and all three actors, but especially Harvey, who knows how to deliver a monologue.

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Posted: 4/6/17 at 8:54am

Really liked this show when I got tickets from work.

Have another ticket to SELL, next Thursday 4/13, 7:30 pm. N13, student price of $30 or competing offer. PM me!

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Posted: 4/28/17 at 5:42pm

At The Public where is the "stage door" or do the actors exit through the main lobby?

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