Harold and Maude?

[ShineOn]

Posted: 1/7/05 at 4:03pm

Has anyone seen it? Care to write a small review?

I'm seeing it Wednesday evening. Yay.

[itstheM]

Posted: 1/7/05 at 4:06pm

I've heard it is the best thing Paper Mill has done in a while, but I have yet to see it.

[cturtle]

Posted: 1/7/05 at 4:34pm

as a huge H & M movie fan, i'd like to hear more about it. (although, i don't think i could bear to go see it!)

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/7/05 at 4:37pm

Updated On: 1/7/05 at 04:37 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/7/05 at 4:38pm

There have been some very positive reviews over at ATC. Here's a feature story on it from the Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/theater/newsandfeatures/02schi.html

[sonoffrost]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:20am

I saw the show tonight. I give it a B.

Estelle Parsons is charming, but kind of crazy...not Ruth Gordon, quirky-crazy...more like Anna Nicole Smith, druggy-crazy.

Eric Millegan has a nice singing voice, but was pretty much as stale as anyone I have ever seen on stage. Just not a whole lot going on in any of his big sceens with Parsons. I didn't believe they liked each other, much less could fall in love with each other. Not sure what Eric was doing vocally either. His speech was annoyingly all one pitch, like he was doing anything he could to be quirky. Instead he just sounded like he had no imagination.

The incomparable Danny Burstein and Donna Lynne Champlin steal this show, causing the oscar winner and mister boring to take a back seat, at least for tonight.

Over all, the show was good. The scenery is minimal, but interesting in its seamless movement on sliding stages, and a series of projections give the show a cinematic feel.

The book by Tom Jones is solid - funny, witty, and touching, but the best thing about this show was the score. Joe Thalkin is amazing, and proves he is the next great composer out there. The duet between Harold and Maude, sung over Harold's pistol is one of the most beautiful new songs I have heard.

[andyf]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:25am

Daisy, you little skank.
You're not only back in the area, but you're finally in my neck of the woods and you're going to Papermill without me??

You SO do not deserve to be prom queen!!!

[NativeNewYorker]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 12:19am

There's a big world out there...bigger than prom...bigger than high school...and when you get there, it's not going to matter if you were the prom queen or the star quarterback or...the biggest nerd in school. Just...find out who you are...and don't be afraid of it.

[ShineOn]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 11:20am

HEY! Who said I wanted to be prom queen?! It's a heavy burden to carry you know...

Anyway, I don't know if I'm coming in after all. I've fallen ill... uh-oh. If I do, you should come with us tomorrow night!!!