IVE JUST SEEN.... 'A CATERED AFFAIR' and.... — Page 2

Nah, I never said it will be the big hit. I said I LOVED the show in La Jolla, which I did. Not so much on Broadway. But, that is what happens when they take a show that was great out of town and make it okay for Broadway.

If this show is the Grey Gardens of the season, Faith Prince is the Christine Ebersole.

Edit: Let me add that I HIGHLY doubt this show will win Best Musical. It does not appeal to wide enough of a demographic.

Updated On: 3/25/08 at 02:19 AM

Can we edit the "loose" to "lose"?

No comments on Kritzer or Cavenaugh?
And Jenna poses no threat to LuPone, I haven't seen LuPone's Broadway Rose but I did see her at City Center and Russell has nothing on her (and I say this as a non-LuPone fan). Prince may be the only person to make this race interesting.

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Faith Prince was wonderful in "Guys and Dolls"-----She's an amazing performer.

i was very young but i remember seeing Faith Prince in Guys/Dolls and she gave by far one of the most memorable performances I have ever seen- funny, amaaazing timing, perfect voice.... just fantastic.

In San Diego, Kritzer and Cavenaugh were solid in underwritten parts. I imagine Kritzer will receive a Tony nod, though, because of her buzz and great potential, much in the way she won the Equity award "for her work in LEGALLY BLONDE".

And everybody, don't worry! Even when there is a clear favorite in a category, there is always a dark horse that starts to get tons of press right before the awards and make a race a little interesting. Even last year, I wasn't completely convinced that the Tony voters wouldn't give Audra her fifth because of her last-minute buzz and other award-wins.

Prince seems to be the dark horse this year, but I wouldn't rule out a love letter to O'Hara from Brantley, knowing his habit of giving pretty leading ladies credit for an entire production.

I just got back from seeing the show and I can not disagree more with the positive responses about the show. I did not like it...nor did the 2 people I saw it with. Just about every song was a ballad....such a slow show!!! Sorry, it just didn't do it for me....at all.

Sketchy? what do mean by sketchy?
3 of us from the UK had tickets for 'Cry Baby' suddenly we had a call from a friend who had spare tickets for the dress of 'ACA' -simple- wouldnt you? We wernt paying for either!! No of us were over excited about seeing 'CB' so we legged it to the Walter Kerr! ! ?

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At 7.30 on Tues as we walked towards 'Cry Baby' before our diversion to 'A Catered Affair', we passed TKTS and the only Broadway main show there was Gypsy! 9th row centre! We just had to ask!

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It was and you get to see him getting out of bed!

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Well at the dress they didnt even have Playbills! (i got some tonight tho)

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Hm... these reactions ("It's booooring!" "Too slow!" "Too many ballads!") only solidify my expectations that A CATERED AFFAIR is probably going to be a richer, more moderately-paced, emotional show that will appeal to much the same audience as LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, and not the crowd that needs everything to have the frenetic A.D.D. energy of, say, LEGALLY BLONDE.

Hm... these reactions ("It's booooring!" "Too slow!" "Too many ballads!") only solidify my expectations that A CATERED AFFAIR is probably going to be a richer, more moderately-paced, emotional show that will appeal to much the same audience as LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, and not the crowd that needs everything to have the frenetic A.D.D. energy of, say, LEGALLY BLONDE.

What about those who enjoy both types of shows? I liked both Piazza and Blonde for different reasons because they are different types of shows. And it is possible that a show can be slow and dull simply because it actually is slow and dull. Just because it wasn't created as escapist entertainment doesn't mean it is automatically a better show or more artistically sound. That said, was there any indication A Catered Affair would be a flashy high-energy show aimed for a more commercial tourist market? I never got that vibe.

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