IN MY LIFE REVIEWS- FIRST PREVIEW- Page 5

[Unknown User]

I know this is OT from this thread#100

Posted: 10/1/05 at 8:37am

Well, I actually turned down cheap tickets to see this show. I just had a "feeling"----(and I usually try to see ALOT of shows!). I think I made a good decision (altho' it sounds so bad it may actually be funny)-----

[Unknown User]

I know this is OT from this thread#101

Posted: 10/1/05 at 8:43am

Who was the choreographer?

[melissa errico fan]

I know this is OT from this thread#102

Posted: 10/1/05 at 8:49am

Richard Stafford

[Michael Bennett]

I know this is OT from this thread#103

Posted: 10/1/05 at 8:57am

Oh you should definitely take the cheap seats. You'll be very entertained. And the show is still better then BROOKLYN.

[liotte]

I know this is OT from this thread#104

Posted: 10/1/05 at 10:39am

Wasn't the best friend's name Samantha? Where did "Liz" come from?

[smartpenguin78]

I know this is OT from this thread#105

Posted: 10/1/05 at 10:46am

"Liz" is JT's mother, I am almost certain. She is Roberta Gumbel's character.

I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

[liotte]

I know this is OT from this thread#106

Posted: 10/1/05 at 10:48am

Oh yeah, that's right. Liz was the mom, and Sam(antha) was Jenny's friend who lost her boyfriend Nick the rocker.

[Songsstresss]

I know this is OT from this thread#107

Posted: 10/1/05 at 10:54am

I went to the website but couldn't find the info on the rush proceedures... Is it a lottery?

[Dollypop]

I know this is OT from this thread#108

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

I knew this show was in trouble when at last week's Flea Market they were giving out the sample CD at about every 20 feet.

This show sounds soooo bad that I really MUST see it!!!!

Could anything be worse than THOU SHALT NOT?

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

Updated On: 10/1/05 at 11:05 AM

[melissa errico fan]

I know this is OT from this thread#109

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:08am

Could anything be worse than THOU SHALT NOT?

No, but this could qualify as a close second. I'll find out tomorrow.

I was supposed to go today, but I'm attending a wake. The anticipation is killing me (no pun intended)!!!

[liotte]

I know this is OT from this thread#110

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

The rush policy is go to the theater on the day of the show, and ask for rush tickets, and they are $26.25 and in the front row. I got mine around 11:30am and it was in the center.

[SueleenGay]

I know this is OT from this thread#111

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

Now I am usually one to criticize people for posting reviews while a show is in previews. I say give them time to work things out and see if they can fix the problems. This time it seems there is no way to fix it...so I say "Keep 'em coming!"

PEACE.

[Unknown User]

I know this is OT from this thread#112

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:24am

But still keep in mind that it was only the FIRST PREVIEW.

[iflitifloat]

I know this is OT from this thread#113

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:30am

The problems don't lie with the performances or the talent...the problems are much more fundamental: the story, the music and lyrics...and, hell, the CONCEPT!

The "rules" about commentary during previews need to be suspended for In My Life. Based on word of mouth, accompanied by awed disbelief, this show may actually turn this into a must-see cult classic. If I were them, I wouldn't try to fix it. I'd leave it as-is and embrace it for the oddity it is.

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

Updated On: 10/1/05 at 11:30 AM

[mikem]

In My Life First Preview#114

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:31am

With 111 posts and over 4700 views of this thread in the first 12 hours, maybe the website is right and it really is "the most anticipated...original musical...to hit Broadway...this fall" and not just "the most anticipated...original musical...to hit Broadway...this fall...by Joe Brooks" (as the website also says).

"What was the name of that cheese that I like?" "you can't run away forever...but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start" "well I hope and I pray, that maybe someday, you'll walk in the room with my heart"

[smartpenguin78]

In My Life First Preview#115

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:34am

I have to say the rules for previews should be more like Spring Training or Exhibition football, you know they are still learning and the games don't count. But since you paid to see the game you can still comment on it and lament the fact that Andrew Jones still strikes out every time they throw the high fastball. Sure they can change it, and they should, but I paid to see a performance and they have some inherent responsibility.

I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

[Michael Bennett]

In My Life First Preview#116

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:37am

Well, they are going to be making changes to it, but (and this comes from a cast member) Joe Brooks deliberately wants the show to be completely bizarre and absurdist. I have no idea why.

But like I said in my review, because a lot of the show is designed to be campy, it's not as fun to the flop collector as say, the Tap Dance Number that was cut from THOU SHALT NOT, which was trying to be deadly serious.

[robbiej]

In My Life First Preview#117

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:39am

Jessica Boevers SAVED this show??? That's like saying Jack and Rose saved the Titanic. NOTHING saved this show...which is why it's the best night of theatre I've had in YEARS!!!

DGrant,

The one (one??) thing that shocked me about the first preview was that there seemed to be no major flubs, no scenery problems and the pacing seemed pretty much right on.

Honestly. I've NEVER seen anything like it. I was howling, crying, gasping, groaning and loving every second. When the big cutout lemon descended at the end, I had tears streaming down my face and I applauded, saying, 'It's fantastic! It's fantastic!'

It was simply the most wonderful night I've had in a long time. Please don't change a second of it. It needs to be witnessed.

As for the actors...they have my sympathies. As much as I'd love to hear the critics' take on this, I hope it closes before it gets to opening. The actors don't deserve to have that kind of venom thrown at them.

But Joe Brooks does.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

[smartpenguin78]

In My Life First Preview#118

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:40am

The disconnect is so bizarre though, you are in the middle of an emotional scene, then suddenly there is an intentionally campy dance with a skeleton? Somehow I feel sitting there thinking that type of weirdness is even worse if they did it knowing it was an emotionless distraction.

I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

[iflitifloat]

In My Life First Preview#119

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:45am

It kind of leads one to speculate just what kind of demons are dancing around in Joe Brooks's head, doesn't it?

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

[Michael Bennett]

In My Life First Preview#120

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:46am

Well isn't this story supposedly partially autobiographical?

[robbiej]

In My Life First Preview#121

Posted: 10/1/05 at 11:49am

Isn't THAT horrifying!

Honestly...the actors truly committed and did what they could. The should be spared.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

[leomaxfrank]

In My Life First Preview#122

Posted: 10/1/05 at 12:08pm

I was already excited to have a little 2-day vacation in the city, and now this!! Does it run on Mondays?

But I won't live alone in a house of regret.

[Plum]

In My Life First Preview#123

Posted: 10/1/05 at 12:24pm

Wow. I guess the sampler barely hinted at the true strangeness at work here. I think my LJ friends would call this cracktastic.

[Jon]

In My Life First Preview#124

Posted: 10/1/05 at 12:36pm

I guess they were smart to have no intermission. They would surely lose a lot more than ten people a night!