It Shoulda Been You Previews
It Shoulda Been You Previews
#1It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/16/15 at 11:29pmPreviews start tomorrow! I have high hopes for this show. I think it's gonna be great! Report back!
DrewVandy
Swing Joined: 3/9/15
#2It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 9:53amI hope it will be good also! I am going on the 30th to see a preview and I'm so excited!
#2It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 9:59amI'm hoping it has been dramatically changed and improved since George Street, so it no longer seems like MidWest dinner theatre.
#3It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:03am
I only wish them the best, but from what I've seen it looks awful.
But with the talent involved I'm hoping they can make it work.
#4It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:26amI'll be there on April 1st. If anything, I'll be able to cross some performers off my Must See List.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#6It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 7:45pmHere tonight from the cheap ticket deal. I'm optimistic. No intermission, which seems like a change from what I had heard about the previous version...
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#8It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 8:53pmLooking forward to hearing people's thoughts on this!
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#9It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:01pmThis is one show where i have no clue what to expect. Any first preview pictures?
#10It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:19pm
REALLY anxious to hear peoples' thoughts from the 1st preview.
#11It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:22pm
Found this on Twitter.
KJ ?@kiraljones 18m18 minutes ago
Still in a state of shock and awe after leaving @ShouldaBeenYou it was wonderful, through and through! Go see it!
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#12It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:25pmSome pictures of the pre-show stage and Playbill are on Instagram, and the shows official Twitter page (@ShouldaBeenYou) posted a "one word review" video from attendees after the show and they are all glowing! I am excited about this.
#13It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:25pmthey just posted a video on their instagram account. People really seem to have LOVED it! Well...looks like Finding Neverland is getting the boot
#14It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:37pm
Some quick thoughts for the children before I hit the hay... Overall, quite mediocre for me. Definitely "polished" for a first preview, but I found it to be pretty uneven - in terms of the energy, the score, and the characterizations.
This is definitely Jenny's (Lisa Howard's) show at this point, and she's off to a solid start. Tyne and Harriet are wonderful as always. Sierra and Montego sadly underused. Albert as a character could have been funnier, and I didn't care for how they were using the bellhops as a device, it just wasn't effective for me. I was spoiled on the biggest twist (which I think made me like the show from the beginning more than I would have), but I found the smaller ones that came with it to be pretty silly.
All that said, it was cute and fun, just nothing that changed my life or will change the canon. But I will say that my visiting mother and most of the audience tonight seemed to love it!
Running time ~1:45. Happy to respond to any questions in the morning :)
#15It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:39pm
...and that's why you'll find very few around here who care about your opinions, Philly. They are so easily swayed, so easily expendable, as to have no weight or serious consideration about them at all. A few minutes after the first preview, a few soundbytes, and broad sweeping generalizations abound.
To the topic at hand, I hope the first preview went well and look forward to seeing how this show comes into focus over the spring, as it is the new show I know the least about.
#16It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:41pm
"Well...looks like Finding Neverland is getting the boot"
???
#17It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:43pm
I am in a complete state of shock. I don't know what I just witnessed. As one of my friends said when the lights came up, Oy Vey. Oy double Vey! If ever a show would feel at home in the pages of Not Since Carrie this is it.
I don't even know where to start. I feel so loopy and drunk, although I haven't had a drop of alcohol.
Harriet Harris' big number is called "Where Did I Go Wrong" which sounded just like "I Did Something Wrong Once," except the latter was a little more tuneful. (In general, the score had little melody and even though there are SIX credited lyricists, the accompanying words managed to keep at a generic not even good enough for NYMF quality.)
Harris (and Hibbert in a wig for the ages) tried their best to camp it up, and I laughed, or rather groaned a few times, but the humor is dire. Most CBS multi-cam sitcoms would veto this dialogue.
Tyne Daly and Lisa Howard are left to do most of the heavy lifting (Howard is the lead and gets the only showstopper, which she manages to put over with sheer force of will).
The first half is generic, by the books wedding story. She's Jewish, he's Catholic. We've seen it all before and you can imagine every joke before it comes out. And then there is a huge twist and upending of the show halfway through that throws the rest of the night off balance. It's a lot to get through, and the final denouement, which is crammed with more reprises than an ALW megamix, feels like it lasted an extra 30 minutes. There's no intermission and we got out around 10, so cuts can and should be made.
There are lots of characters and songs, but most of them are paper thin, at least until the twist comes along.
Anne Nathan is on Baby, It's You cast doubling duty, changing wigs and costumes all the time. There really need to be a fleet of wedding helpers (or guests) under Hibbert's command. The show is done on the cheap, but they did their best to cover that up.
What is maybe most striking is how out of touch the musical is. In a season of Fun Home, The Visit and The Last Ship, this feels more like A Family Affair crossed with Tony n Tina's Wedding.
Yikes.
#18It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:45pmThanks, Whizzer. I feared this would be the case. Even though I did not have much interest to begin with. Updated On: 3/17/15 at 10:45 PM
#19It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:47pm
"and that's why you'll find very few around here who care about your opinions, Philly"
PLEASE tell me where you see my opinion of the show
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#20It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:48pmThis show has some apparent work to do. Also, Whizzer, it has taken me almost two years to figure out that your full name on here is just all the names of the characters in Falsettos. Lol.
#21It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:48pm
People really seem to have LOVED it! Well...looks like Finding Neverland is getting the boot
That was a pretty strong declaration based on a few random comments, Philly.
#22It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:49pm
ljay, you almost have to see this one to believe it. It's rare that you see something on the level on a Broadway stage these days. It makes a flop like Leap of Faith look like Death of a Salesman.
This wouldn't even run a month at New World Stages. I hope the producers have some very deep pockets.
#23It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:51pmI saw that because the reception I've heard from this show is better than neverland. For the 5th slot it was either this or Neverland. I say this !
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#24It Shoulda Been You Previews
Posted: 3/17/15 at 10:52pmI don't live in New York so all I have to go on is your opinions. I watched the press videos and somewhat liked the duet between Lisa Howard and Sierra. I thought it was a nice song. The who aura though I'm getting from ads is cheesy cheese and more cheesy.
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