Grand Horizons Previews — Page 2

JSquared2 said: "LightsOut90 said: "the playbill is super ugly...."

Thanks for your valuable input."

Can people stop being douche canoes? The Playbill IS ugly. What was so wrong with saying that? This board sometimes..

I saw this last week, and while I didn't leave at intermission, I'm not sure why I didn't. I didn't get much out of it, and there were times when I was just sitting there thinking, "I think I hate this." The Everybody Loves Raymond comparison above is apt, especially since one big moment (which many have alluded to) did happen on that show, and was highly memorable. Even before that, the whole setup--the old parents who hate each other (the wife who wants more affection, the husband who grudgingly shows he has feelings for her beneath the mean, crusty exterior), the daughter-in-law playing counselor, her clueless husband, the whiny other son--did seem overly familiar. Beyond that it was like a really bad sitcom where there's one funny line every five minutes, and in between just long stretches of uninteresting, undeveloped a**holes being shrill and/or boring. (I didn't love Everybody Loves Raymond, but it was better written than this.) The cast was fine and gave the characters what dimensions they could, but the people they were playing were dull and insufferable. Maybe not truly terrible (it did have those laughs every five minutes, and hit one effective emotional beat that has stuck with me) so much as exceedingly mediocre, which was its own kind of pain.

Updated On: 1/7/20 at 01:34 PM

MemorableUserName said: "The Everybody Loves Raymond comparison above is apt, especially since one big moment (which many have alluded to) did happen on that show, and was highly memorable. "

LOL am I the only one on here old enough to have first thought of Full House at that bit?

TotallyEffed said: "Miles2Go2 said: "Okay, final show of my trip was Grand Horizons tonight. Okay show, well acted. Nothing earth shattering. It was worth the price of my $48 audience rewards ticket to meet Brian Cromwell at stagedoor. "

I hope you didn’t call him Brian when you met him."

Oops. I’ll go back up and fix that. I was so tired and passed out soon after typing this. I did not call him Brian, but when Michael Urie came out, I mistakenly told him this was my third time seeing including the final performance of Torch Song and Crate and Barrel. He said like the furniture store? I quickly said oh no I meant Buyer and Cellar (I often mistakenly call it Crate and Barrel, for some reason), but the damage was done. Lol

Miles2Go2 (or anyone else), did either Jane Alexander or Ben McKenzie sign or take pics at the stage door? I am a big fan of both.

Miles2Go2 said: "TotallyEffed said: "Miles2Go2 said: "Okay, final show of my trip was Grand Horizons tonight. Okay show, well acted. Nothing earth shattering. It was worth the price of my $48 audience rewards ticket to meet Brian Cromwell at stagedoor. "

I hope you didn’t call him Brian when you met him."

Oops. I’ll go back up and fix that. I was so tired and passed out soon after typing this. I did not call him Brian, but when Michael Urie came out, I mistakenly told him this was my third time seeing including the final performance of Torch Song and Crate and Barrel. He said like the furniture store? I quickly said oh no I meant Buyer and Cellar (I often mistakenly call it Crate and Barrel, for some reason), but the damage was done. Lol"



I know Michael. It probably didn't bother him in the least.

uncageg said: "The Crate & Barrel story made my evening."

In retrospect, it’s hilarious. In the moment, it’s was embarrassing. lol

But I agree with Dollypop. He has been gracious at every stagedoor experience I’ve had with him.