#101
Posted: 12/8/18 at 9:04am
I loved the ending. Very reminiscent of AIDA.
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#102
Posted: 12/8/18 at 10:10am
To those who have seen the show, is the storyline easy enough to follow?
#104
Posted: 12/9/18 at 10:06am
I agree the story is easy to follow even without any further knowledge about Greek myths etc.
#105
Posted: 12/9/18 at 1:54pm
I saw this in London and I loved it. I had no prior experience of the show (or indeed the myth) and got along with it very nicely. There really isn't a negative feeling about this show, it's not exactly been an impossible ticket but the limited run has pretty much sold out and it got decent reviews. There was a real buzz from the audience.
I'd love to see how this will play in another house - the Olivier Theatre at the National is a pretty unique space with some nifty stage technology built into it which allows the stage to fall and rise, which led to some really impressive moments. The poster above who claims the design was poor, you must have seen a different show.
Reeve Carney as Orpheus seems to have taken the most flack for this but I thought it was the character rather than the portrayal that was a bit weak.
I wish it luck on Broadway!
#106
Posted: 12/9/18 at 2:17pm
I never thought The Great Comet was hard to follow, but I feel Hadestown is easier to follow then Great Comet.
#107
Posted: 12/9/18 at 4:45pm
^ I 100% agree with that.
#108
Posted: 12/9/18 at 4:49pm
oncemorewithfeeling2 said: "I never thought The Great Comet was hard to follow, but I feel Hadestown is easier to follow then Great Comet."
The problem with Comet is the Prologue introduces everyone at once and you automatically think how the hell am I going to remember all this and then it doesn't matter because it's all drip fed to you after that anyways.
I thought the 'young lover's' storylines were easy to follow in Hadestown, but the older couples storyline less so. I googled when I got home and it all fell into place.
#109
Posted: 12/9/18 at 5:19pm
What did you google? Im sure I shall see this but might get OLCR to get me interested in seeing it. Help with myth(s) is the show about? Thanks
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#110
Posted: 12/9/18 at 5:25pm
denali.fire said: "What did you google? Im sure I shall see this but might get OLCR to get me interested in seeing it. Help with myth(s) is the show about? Thanks"
I googled the characters separately, but be aware that'll obviously give away the ending of the young couples fate.
Maybe just do the Hades and Persephone as their back story is not in the play...
https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-of-hades-and-persephone/
#111
Posted: 12/9/18 at 7:27pm
Thanks a lot for that! Ill probably get the OLCR and get familiar with the music.
Hopefully Ill get a discount code too.
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#112
Posted: 12/9/18 at 8:24pm
Wait. Isn’t the Orpheus and Eurydice story/myth taught in every middle or high school here in America?
I’ll say that the way the ending was staged at NYTW was breathtaking and it almost made me forget how the story actually ends.
I’ll say that the way the ending was staged at NYTW was breathtaking and it almost made me forget how the story actually ends.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
#113
Posted: 12/9/18 at 9:01pm
musikman said: "Wait. Isn’t the Orpheus and Eurydice story/myth taught in every middle or high school here in America?"
Are you serious?
For what it's worth, I attended a top suburban High School many years ago (when things were seemingly more rigorous) and was in the advanced literature classes and we never got close to those myths.
I'll do a little homework in advance.
#114
Posted: 12/11/18 at 8:04am
I'm assuming the show schedule won't be posted until tickets are officially on sale? Crossing my fingers for a Sunday night performance...
#115
Posted: 12/11/18 at 8:39am
corthomas said: "I'm assuming the show schedule won't be posted until tickets are officially on sale? Crossing my fingers for a Sunday night performance..."
I'm hoping and expecting that it will show up at some point today.
#116
Posted: 12/11/18 at 11:39am
corthomas said: "I'm assuming the show schedule won't be posted until tickets are officially on sale? Crossing my fingers for a Sunday night performance..."
Me too! That’s the best open slot on my April trip, and none of the other shows have Sun eve performances.
#117
Posted: 12/11/18 at 11:40am
The times/dates are on TM now (at least on the app they are). No Sun eve that I can see.
#118
Posted: 12/11/18 at 12:08pm
Thanks! I'll have to do some rearranging of my current shows in order to see this one... Now, I just have to hope tickets aren't crazy expensive.
#119
Posted: 12/11/18 at 1:33pm
corthomas said: "Thanks! I'll have to do some rearranging of my current shows in order to see this one... Now, I just have to hope tickets aren't crazy expensive."
Not sure when in April you are going, but there is a 7pm performance on April 21. All other Sunday performances are matinees. I'll miss that Sunday evening by a week, so I'll have to do the following Saturday matinee.
Just remembering you've had an "and"
When you're back to "or"
Makes the "or" mean more than it did before
#120
Posted: 12/11/18 at 1:36pm
I'm actually only in town the first weekend of previews...so my only options are that first Friday or Saturday night.
#121
Posted: 12/11/18 at 2:31pm
Not sure when in April you are going, but there is a 7pm performance on April 21. All other Sunday performances are matinees. I'll miss that Sunday evening by a week, so I'll have to do the following Saturday matinee.
Damn. The Sunday I need is the 28th. Wah, wah.
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#122
Posted: 12/11/18 at 8:15pm
has anyone received the fan code yet?
#123
Posted: 12/12/18 at 12:12am
Not yet... came here to scope out that very thing. Maybe an overnight email blast?
#124
Posted: 12/12/18 at 7:15am
If it's similiar to the Moulin Rouge pre Sale, expect the code to be sent to you this am, probably around or before 9:00.
For people who have seen the show, any song recommendations to get a good feel for the show without giving away too much?
For people who have seen the show, any song recommendations to get a good feel for the show without giving away too much?
#125
Posted: 12/12/18 at 8:06am
Got an email from NYTW about Workshop Night on Broadway. Does anyone have an idea of what that might mean?
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