High Fidelity - 10/18

Last night I saw High Fidelity & I thought it was incredible! The ushers were telling my family, since my mom is way to over friendly and so is her friend, that they reworked almost the entire first act and today was the first day they played it for the audience.

Also, their was a cast list with some minor role cast changed from those listed in the Playbill, which worked great. I don't have my Playbill right now to type it in.

I found the first act great! Almost all the characters except for Rob were underwritten, and the songs were long at times, and some lyrics were just alright. But everything else was great. The book seemed pretty strong, Act I was a lot stronger than Act II. Will Chase was incredible, very emotional and very powerful and a strong character. The supporting cast was great, hilarious.

The set was one of the best things I have every seen set-wise. That was so cool, and I loved the Rob & Marie / Laura & Ian scece with the different beds/rooms. It was great.

Overall the show seemed to be in a great shape for Broadway. The average audience member can relate with the broken-heartedness, and the music involved in the show, as well as the music jokes.

Catch High Fidelity this final week in Boston! It's great. I love the book and I was very sad to see many things not mentioned from the book, like Barrytown, Rob and Laura's sex after the funeral, and the final DJ scene in the book. However I found it great for the stage, since you can't always have it all. I enjoyed the Brooklyn setting as well.

Updated On: 10/19/06 at 06:38 AM

Glad you enjoyed the show. I surely did when I saw it..........

Yay! Thanks for letting us know! I'm seeing it tonight, so I guess I'm glad I didn't see it earlier.

Do you know what time the show ends now?

Updated On: 10/19/06 at 11:43 AM

Yes, they got rid of Laura's "Things We Could Have Been" song in the beginning and they added a song thats called "let's order in" which is very cute. And basically wahts going on is it takes you back to when Laura first got her job and she is telling Rob. THEN it goes back to the present when shes like...I'm leaving Rob.
It's MUCH better. I think Jenn ( who plays laura) likes the changes a lot too. At least she said so when we spoke.

I felt the first act was very smooth, and I really enjoyed the beginning. The opening number was great, and I loved the energy. I loved Matt Caplan's mohawk. That man is one of my idols. I love his album & his song Sideways.

I forgot to mention that the theatre was not very full, and I had tickets with my family in Row L of the Mezz, and the usher told us to move up. I sat about 6 rows back in the Mezz, and the seats were great. It was sad to see low attendence, but the audience was loving the show.

Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked it! I saw it about a week or so ago, and thought it was great. I'm seeing it Sunday (closing night) and I'm VERY excited for the changes. Yes, and Matt Caplan's mohawk is life. It looks so real!

Although all the other actors didn't have a lot of lines, they stole the show. I think I spent a lot of show just watching them in the background because they were so funny in an awkward adorable kind of way.

Agreed. They are really great. The second time I saw it I spent a lot more time watching them. My favorite was when the background people were frozen in one scene, and one of the characters (played by Andrew Call) had a record in his hand. While he was frozen, Rob took it out of his hands. When they unfroze, Andrew looked around for it for like 10 minutes. His facial expressions were amazing- so hilarious. It cracked me up.

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"I'm not a legitimate reviewer like most of you here"

Don't worry...none of these posters are either!

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Yes, Johnny The Drunk is no longer a character.

Please refresh my memory and tell me who Bruce was.

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It was when I saw it. Glad Johnny the drunk is gone..........

If I'm thinking of the guy you guys are talking about, he also plays this really awkward dorky guy in the record store who becomes a part of Barry's band. It's a really funny part and he's in the store a lot (i.e. on stage a lot).

Curly- different awkward guy, same guy in Barry's band.

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