Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:14am
raddersons said: "But we do get to see that bedazzled umbrella!"
YES! I gasped!
Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:14am
treblemakerz said: "B-Roll is out!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoipad.cfm?colid=1938317"
Timothy Hughes.
Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:20am
So excited. Just bought by tickets for May 23 before the run on tickets and prices escalate after tonight's opening!
Posted: 4/17/19 at 12:17pm
Finally saw this. What a lovely show. Stage-craft, writing, performances...it just all came together beautifully. For my money, the supporting cast (Gray, Page, and De Shields all SO strong) slightly overshadows the "leads" (Noblezada and Carney still very strong), but for any quibbles, it blows every other new musical this season out of the water. It's been such a lackluster year for new musicals on Broadway, so what a sincere pleasure this one was.
Posted: 4/17/19 at 1:19pm
Have tickets for next Wednesday, 4/24. So excited!!
Posted: 4/17/19 at 2:13pm
Hadestown just got nominated for 3 Drama League Awards: Outstanding production of a Broadway or off-broadway musical, andre de shields for distinguished performance, and amber grey for distinguished performance.
Posted: 4/17/19 at 6:09pm
Is it creepy that I'm standing outside of the prom watching the red carpet? Rachel Maddow said hi to some fans, that was nice.
I feel like Ariel from Little Mermaid. "I wanna be..where the [rich] people are"
Updated On: 4/17/19 at 06:09 PM
Posted: 4/17/19 at 6:29pm
I just left after doing the same thing. Smacked right into Ariana Debose while crossing the street. Oof.
Updated On: 4/17/19 at 06:29 PM
Posted: 4/17/19 at 6:36pm
Posted: 4/17/19 at 7:48pm
YvanEhtNioj said: "treblemakerz said: "B-Roll is out!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoipad.cfm?colid=1938317"
I kinda feel like that didn't do it justice"
I hear what you are saying, but I disagree, I feel they show just enough in order not to ruin some of the best moments of the show, but still showing enough to give people an idea of what to expect. Much better to be surprised during “Wait For Me”!
Posted: 4/17/19 at 7:57pm
Posted: 4/19/19 at 10:17am
Posted: 4/20/19 at 10:38am
Warbucks2 said: "To close the loop on the umbrella, a friend of mine attended opening night of Hadestown and met the props guy at the after party. Here’s what the props guy said (not a joke): [...]
- The green umbrella was being used but someone made a decision that they wanted it to feel more like a funeral so they went with black."
The example above sums up my biggest issue with this show: It takes absolutely NO chances. Everything I saw in this production was either predictable, or a "safe" choice (meaning it had been successfully done before). For me, this show is largely a cut and paste of elements from other shows I've seen before.
This revelation regarding umbrella choice follows suit. You want "funeral"? - Black is the only safe and obvious color choice to make.
Posted: 4/20/19 at 11:05am
John Adams said: "Warbucks2 said: "To close the loop on the umbrella, a friend of mine attended opening night of Hadestown and met the props guy at the after party. Here’s what the props guy said (not a joke): [...]
- The green umbrella was being used but someone made a decision that they wanted it to feel more like a funeral so they went with black."
The example abovesums up my biggest issue with this show:It takes absolutely NO chances. Everything I saw in this production was either predictable, or a "safe" choice (meaning it had been successfully done before). For me, this show is largely a cut and paste of elements from other shows I've seen before.
This revelation regarding umbrella choice follows suit. You want "funeral"? - Black is the only safe and obvious color choice to make."
This is hilarious. But it reminds that maybe every musical, except the very first one, cuts and pastes from others? All of them have score, lyrics , choreography, scenic design, lightning design, actors, and are performed in a theatre.
Posted: 4/20/19 at 11:12am
I’m having a hard time recalling other shows that are like Hadestown. Not sure where the “cut and paste” comment comes from. And someone is complaining about a black umbrella not being original enough? I was too busy looking at everything on that stage to be caught up on the umbrella color, despite how much fun it was to talk about it during previews..
Posted: 4/20/19 at 11:37am
Johnm2 said: "I’m having a hard time recalling other shows that are like Hadestown. "
Huh...
- Plot, representational set/minimal props, and storytelling structure (including all-knowing narrator and decent into the underworld): The Fantastiks
- Underground factory: Metropolis
- Multidirectional turntable: Hamilton
- Title of show: Urinetown
- basso profundo, non-singing, "song": Ken Nordine Word Jazz (...and it would be pretty easy to slip in the phrase, 'In a world...' my children, my children)
But maybe those examples (and, for me, there are more) don't do it for 'ya, so let's go in another direction.
What about the show did you find to be examples where the storytelling, score, or production choices went creatively outside the box to tell this story?
Posted: 4/20/19 at 12:01pm
Johnm2 said: "I’m having a hard time recalling other shows that are like Hadestown. Not sure where the “cut and paste” comment comes from. And someone is complaining about a black umbrella not being original enough? I was too busy looking at everything on that stage to be caught up on the umbrella color, despite how much fun it was to talk about it during previews.."
Same here. No need to spend time to figure out which 'similar' shows are 'cut and paste from'. Some ppl just like to pick on positively reviewed shows to show off their 'knowledge'. But their logic could hardly stand.
Posted: 4/20/19 at 12:16pm
spicemonkey said: "Some ppl just like to pick on positively reviewed shows to show off their 'knowledge'."
- or -
Some people don't mind that the show is getting favorable reviews, and are perfectly fine with the number of people who enjoy the show, but happen to agree with the reviews that are not as favorable (which also exist).
Updated On: 4/20/19 at 12:16 PM
Posted: 4/20/19 at 2:49pm
Posted: 4/20/19 at 3:16pm
John Adams said: "This revelation regarding umbrella choice follows suit. You want "funeral"? - Black is the only safe and obvious color choice to make."
For fear that you’re being seriously and using the black unbrella (with rhine stones mind you!) as a reason they weren’t taking risks, what about the choice to have it feel like a funeral in the first place?
You might say a funeral feel for a moment in a story about Eurydice going to Hades is too obvious. Maybe a circus feel would have been a riskier choice. But a risky choice isn’t always the better choice. And only making risky choices through the entire show would be a mistake. Hamilton didn’t do that.
Hadestown is a mashup of ancient Greek stories told in a post-apocalyptic New Orleans jazz bar. That doesn’t sound like taking a risk?
Posted: 4/20/19 at 4:28pm
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Posted: 4/20/19 at 5:06pm
Sorry to all broadway directors, no one is allowed to use a turntable anymore cause hamilton did it!! No matter how amazing it looks it's banned! But seriously of all the shows to have a lack of originality beef about you choose hadestown?
Posted: 4/20/19 at 5:47pm
Rogerdellibovi said: "Sorry to all broadway directors, no one is allowed to use a turntable anymore cause hamilton did it!! No matter how amazing it looks it's banned! But seriously of all the shows to have a lack of originality beef about you choose hadestown?"
Miserables came first . But I agree with you.
