JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
#1JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 2/28/07 at 11:14pmCan it be? The LAByrinth Theater Company, home of dark and brooding plays about dark and brooding people by dark and brooding playwrights, has produced a gentle romantic comedy, and a great one at that? Inconceivable! Bob Glaudini's Jack Goes Boating is not a romantic comedy in the Sleepless in Seattle sense, of course, but its sensibility would seem to be taken from films and plays of that genre. It has moments of dramatic intensity, but at the core of the work, it's heartfelt, sweet-natured and often riotously funny. In the title role, Philip Seymour Hoffman creates a lovable, Marty-esque lug who falls head over heels for an eccentric co-worker of his friend's wife. John Ortiz and Daphne Rubin-Vega offer terrific support as the less-than-perfect married couple Hoffman's Jack pals around with, but this production's real find is Beth Cole as the object of affection. She's pitch-perfect, holding her own and stealing the spotlight from the seasoned pros around her. Some of the dramatic arc needs to be tightened up before the show officially opens, but for a very early preview, it's in great shape.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
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Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 2/28/07 at 11:46pmYou've got to be kidding...
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#3re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 2/28/07 at 11:48pmthanks for the review. glad that you liked it! i can't wait to see it for myself but i love the cast and story seems interesting.
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#4re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 3/1/07 at 12:40am
i think they didn't look at your past posts and are just being dumb because someone accused them of being shill.
i really wanted to see this show actually. too bad there's way too many plays on Broadway for me to even attempt. seems really different than what i had envisioned though.
#5re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 3/1/07 at 10:13am
Thanks for the review. I'm seeing it Sunday and can't wait.
I didn't realize a show this small had previews. I don't know why but for whatever reason I thought only the big shows had them. Just plain ignorance I guess! Anyway, I checked the website and didn't see anything about specific dates for previews or when opening night is. Anyone know?
*Oh, almost forgot! Did you do the rush? How was it? Was it crowded? Did you have to get there really early? How many seats did they have/where were they? Lots of questions I know. Sorry!
"I wrote a book: "How to Be Popular". Now I've put together a top ten list of how to help you:
-Elphie, everyday... shower. I mean, who knows? Maybe some of that green is gonna come off!
-Deodorant Elphie. No body likes a stinky witch!
-I think we've covered the hair, we'll get to that.
-Clean underclothes. That's all I'm gonna say.
-Look at your posture. That's no way to be popular!
-Bed made, room straightened. We've done that.
-Colors blended. Oookay.
-But the most important thing to have, to make yourself popular, is to keep your beautiful smile."
~Kristin Chenoweth in her last performance of the song "Popular"
Updated On: 3/1/07 at 10:13 AM
#6re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:00am
The official opening night is March 18, I believe.
As for rush, it's the same as with all shows at the Public: $20 cash, two per person, one hour before curtain. My roommate got there at 5 and was the first person waiting for Jack Goes Boating (there were already a good amount of people waiting for Lear).
I forgot to mention that last night's audience was kinda starry: David Strathairn, Eric Bogosian, Jo Bonney, Stephen Adly Guirgis and James Lapine were all in attendance.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#7re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:28amThanks for all the info . . . I've never done rush (there or anywhere) but am thinking about trying it. Just hate the idea of having to sit around for two hours in order to be able to get seats. Did your roommate happen to say if it got crowded for Jack? I'm sure it changes day to day but just trying to get an idea of how early I would need to get there.
"I wrote a book: "How to Be Popular". Now I've put together a top ten list of how to help you:
-Elphie, everyday... shower. I mean, who knows? Maybe some of that green is gonna come off!
-Deodorant Elphie. No body likes a stinky witch!
-I think we've covered the hair, we'll get to that.
-Clean underclothes. That's all I'm gonna say.
-Look at your posture. That's no way to be popular!
-Bed made, room straightened. We've done that.
-Colors blended. Oookay.
-But the most important thing to have, to make yourself popular, is to keep your beautiful smile."
~Kristin Chenoweth in her last performance of the song "Popular"
StateOfJade
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/03
#8re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 3/1/07 at 4:33pmI'm glad to hear it's actually good. I was originally going on Sunday but the date got switched. I'm surprised it's so difficult to get tickets...maybe between the small theatre and Hoffman? Who knows.
"I really liked the show--Wish I saw Boy's Night...Am I allowed as I am not a boy anymore:)"-duffyny1
#9re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:14pmHow did the date get switched? Did they oversell?? I was pretty shocked at how fast tickets were selling . . . but as you said it is a tiny theater and a good cast.
"I wrote a book: "How to Be Popular". Now I've put together a top ten list of how to help you:
-Elphie, everyday... shower. I mean, who knows? Maybe some of that green is gonna come off!
-Deodorant Elphie. No body likes a stinky witch!
-I think we've covered the hair, we'll get to that.
-Clean underclothes. That's all I'm gonna say.
-Look at your posture. That's no way to be popular!
-Bed made, room straightened. We've done that.
-Colors blended. Oookay.
-But the most important thing to have, to make yourself popular, is to keep your beautiful smile."
~Kristin Chenoweth in her last performance of the song "Popular"
#10re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:20pm
i've never heard the phrase asshat used before.
that's new.
and, just to go on teh record AC126748 , I actually do read your blog and respect your opinion even if i do disagree with so many of them 
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#11re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:22pm
Aw, you're sweet. 
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
StateOfJade
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/03
#12re: JACK GOES BOATING (2/28, 8PM)
Posted: 3/6/07 at 8:05pmNah actually there was a slight miscommunication with the ticket sales. So I got (slightly) better seats for a different day. Not gonna lie, I'm seeing the play for Daphne.
"I really liked the show--Wish I saw Boy's Night...Am I allowed as I am not a boy anymore:)"-duffyny1
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