Journey's End - brilliant.

I'm seeing this Saturday night and I am beyond excited. I've heard nothing but greatness about the show.

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munk, while i cetainly would not mid doing that, it has nothing to do wth it. I thought he gave a pitch perfrect performance, and standing outside ater, he was the ONLY one people were talking about. Granted, he had the most powerful scene in the show at the end, but regardless... the comments were ALL about him.
Did someone remember their bitter pill this morning?

Broadywayguy, I agree with you completely.

I saw the show a few weeks back and really enjoyed it. I went expecting Hugh Dancy to be the "stand out" actor (to me), but I have to say that Stark Sands (in my opinion) was MUCH better.

The curatin call IS fantastic...it must have been emotional with all of the "fleet weekers" there...I felt the same way when I saw it. (There were many veterans present)

I liked Crudup but it wasn't at all on the same level as Sands.

Hah, that's funny. I mean, I loved Stark. I thought he was truly fantastic. But there is nobody giving a performance like Crudup's this year. That monologue in Voyage was one of the most brilliantly delivered pieces recently on Broadway.

Don't be stupid, gust.


Anyway. I think Anthony Chisholm should win the Tony.

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I think Translations was a far superior production.

Even after everything, one of the most emotional moments, for me, was during the final curtain call tableau, when they final unfreeze and remove their hats and acknowlege the audience, stark sands slowly looked around the house, first across the front row, then up to the back of the orchestra, and gave a small now to the sailors in the back of the house, saluting the cast.

I agree...it's brilliant. And Stark was a standout..esp his scenes in the last 30 mins of the show. I think he played the character and his transition? (is that the right word?) extremely well. I was excited to see he was nominated.
I hope to get back again before it closes.

OK, I may drop by this weekend to see the fleet weekers in the audience...it'll be my fourth time!!

Although I love Sands' performance, I think this year is Crudup's year. Sands has so much potential; I doubt we have seen the last of him yet.

I think the only place you can buy tickets at the theater is from the box office. That sounds strange.

Journey's End put me to sleep. The acting and design are quite brilliant, but the text is a bore. If you've ever seen Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, or Apocalypse Now, you already have an idea about the personal stuggles of wartime soldiers. I swear, that play just would not end!

I saw the show last night as well. I'm still digesting it (like a full course meal). Just, there are still some aspects I want to think over. It truly impacted me even though I wanted to die of bordem in the first act. But broadwayguy2 brought up such a good point. It was meaningful to feel as bored as those men (even if I didn't feel like that at the time)

At the end of the performance, a woman was so deeply moved that she started screaming at the top of her lungs. A high pitched scream that she just continued to go on with. She was sobbing and just screaming. I really thought an ambulance was going to have to be summoned. I was moved to tears and certainly impacted, but with the way that woman was screaming, I would guess she was way more impacted. It was kind of surreal to go from the ending of the show (with all the bombs and bullets and the loudness of it all) to her screaming. I don't know if the woman lost someone due to war or whatever, but her screaming just... from the bombs to the grief at home? You know? It's hard to put into words. I almost felt like I had just seen all those men meet their end and then suddenly I was privy to their families learning about it.