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[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 10:59am

I’d love to know why being “woke” is such a negative in your eyes? 

[BdwyFan]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 11:10am

It was ok. Fine.  She’s marvelous! Just found the score and book ok.  Minimal sets. 

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 12:05pm

Fare evasion and people not being able to afford things. This city has gone to rot post-covid. Javert had it right all along; beware of Jean Valjean, everyone!

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 12:20pm

muscle23ftl said: "I love how dismissive some people are, that when you don't agree with them, they call you "immature", whatever! My experience is valid and if I want to post about it on this site, I will, especially when I'm a paying customer that unfortunately wasted money and time on this. Sad that you can't accept anyone else's opinion. That's immature as well."

Not to derail this thread, but there’s nothing wrong with having contrary opinions. There are others in this thread who expressed less enthused thoughts on this show without also making it about some anti-BLM, pro-police sentiments that one can only describe as veiled class/racism. You weren’t being immature; you were saying bizarre things.

I’m trying to imagine seeing this lovely, touching musical about these hilarious/tragic characters and their desperate circumstances and being like “I can’t believe all these wokesters trying to cram anti-police, pro-crime propaganda down my throat!” Bizarre.

Updated On: 10/22/22 at 12:20 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 12:40pm

Anyway, a pan from muscle23ftl might as well be a rave.

As the man who can't dress/who raved over Beetlejuice (and didn't even know who the director was) Diana, and despised Hamilton.....it really is. 

 

Updated On: 10/27/22 at 12:40 PM

[veronicamae]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 3:09pm

muscle23ftl said: "It's not that I think theater goers are going to become thieves, but I have to say, I took the subway and saw a guy jumping the turnstiles with a box of an item that was very clearly stolen, from bestbuy perhaps? It had no bag (obviously stolen) and you could just tell. I go to Broadway to escape reality, not to see people committing fraud and things like that, to see that, now you can just take the subway any given day."

What are your thoughts on:

• Catch Me If You Can (fraud)
• Sweeney (murder, forced cannibalism)
• The Lion King (murder, attempted murder, emotional abuse)
• The Producers (fraud)
• A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (self-explanitory)
• Little Shop of Horrors (murderrrr)
• West Side Story (murder!)
• Oliver! (THEFT!!!)

I'm sorry if this was triggering for you, like Kimberly Akimbo was.

Anyway! My friend has tickets to see this soon and she is very excited. I'm also deciding when I want to go back!

Updated On: 10/22/22 at 03:09 PM

[JasonC3]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 5:18pm

That this sweet little show has led to the most recent exchange here shows why we can't have nice things. ffs

[MysteriousLady]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 6:08pm

You are getting exactly the response you wished for when you posted. Your whole thing is "lookee me, I special, I hate show that others love!!! Me edgy!!!"

You can pan a show without trolling.

And the cherry on top is the Right Wing talking points about crime that have nothing to do with reality. 

You are like After Eight and Roxie had a baby.

 

[kurtal]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 9:26pm

I loved this off-broadway, and I think it grew beautifully into its bigger home.  This is going to take some time for the word of mouth and reviews for the show to build an audience.  But there's no doubt that it will.

[edmondj5]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 11:35pm

I don't remember the last time I heard an audience laugh so loudly, so genuinely, and for such a long period of time. This is a truly delightful show with a very affirming message that doesn't hit you over the head with its morals. 

The quartet of students is so, so lovely and it's great to hear Tesori write for "older" kids after such success with Fun Home. I'm a little surprised they didn't add an ensemble to show when moving it to Broadway; the high school scenes felt barren (I would have loved the choir teacher or another adult presence). 

I imagine people will be talking about Victoria Clark's performance in this show for years to come. It is unlike anything I've seen before. It is worth seeing for her performance alone. 

 

 

[Bill Snibson]

Posted: 10/22/22 at 11:59pm

I saw the show this evening and wouldn’t say that the audience was uproarious or that laughs lasted for long stretches. It was a very standard audience with appropriate response except for the girl house left who felt the need to try and drum up applause and laughs for things like the tuba. 

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 10/23/22 at 12:03am

ColorTheHours048 said: I’m trying to imagine seeing this lovely, touching musical about these hilarious/tragic characters and their desperate circumstances and being like “I can’t believe all these wokesters trying to cram anti-police, pro-crime propaganda down my throat!” Bizarre."

Definitely valid arguments to be made re woke excesses, and the uptick in crime across the country. What that has to do with this sweet show is totally beyond me. Even if you didnt like it (i think "slight" is a nice way of describing it, as much as i enjoyed it), to make a connection between this show and soft-on-crime politics is just hoooo boy out there; maybe theater/film really isn't for you?

Regardless, this CERTAINLY is not something the production needs to worry about. Generating word of mouth to accompany what will be glowing reviews, that is.

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 10/24/22 at 4:47pm

I truly loved this show. The cast? Phenomenal. Just the best. I think I was grinning a lot of the show, it was just...charming. I hope it has a long run! 

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 10/24/22 at 5:54pm

Bill Snibson said: "I saw the show this evening and wouldn’t say that the audience was uproarious or that laughs lasted for long stretches. It was a very standard audience with appropriate response except for the girl house left who felt the need to try and drum up applause and laughs for things like the tuba."

I SAY NEXT TO THIS GIRL AND SHE WAS OBNOXIOUS!!! She was so, so drunk and had the most obnoxious laugh. She was “wooing” and clapping at the dumbest stuff. At the end, she stood in the aisles SOBBING saying it was the most moving thing she’s ever seen.

[TamzBway]

Posted: 10/26/22 at 12:17am

Hi all! Going to try for wed oct 26 matinee. I lost the lotto...what are the chances of getting a rush ticket say an hour before the show? And if I don't get it, I can buy on today tix. Thoughts? Just trying to schedule appropriately (last min)

[Melissa25]

Posted: 10/27/22 at 7:34am

I just love this show!  Great medicine for these sh*tty times. I saw it twice at the Atlantic and think it will win many Tony noms.  I loved the tweaked lyrics and cannot wait for a cast recording.  
 

Victoria Clark is heartbreakingingly inspiring. Brava.

 

 

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 10/27/22 at 11:03am

boy the seating charts on telecharge the next few weeks are not encouraging 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 10/27/22 at 11:06am

Still no sign on it on TDF, though.

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 10/27/22 at 5:55pm

It may be WAY too early to ask this, but I had a thought...could this do well on tour??

[Collingswood]

Posted: 10/27/22 at 7:10pm

hearthemsing22 said: "It may be WAY too early to ask this, but I had a thought...could this do well on tour??"

Yes, this will go out on tour and do well, IMO. It will also do well in regional & community theaters. DL Abare will write a "cleaned up" version for those that are offended by some of the language and that will be easy to do. And to add on: LondonTheatre will want to see it too.

 

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 1:07am

I saw this yesterday and loved it. I hope reviews and word of mouth will allow this show to gain the audience it deserves. I imagine this will sweep the major categories at the Tony Awards. David Lindsay-Abaire will finally be a Tony winner for his book, and he might wind up winning another with Jeanine Tesori for the clever, catchy, wistful score. I can see Victoria Clark, Bonnie Milligan, and Justin Cooley being frontrunners in their respective categories for their truly wonderful performances. This feels like the kind of musical we’re lucky to have on Broadway but don’t see often. It’s funny and weird and sad and hopeful and niche and universal.

[inception]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 8:14am

Or it will be like Tesori's Violet or Caroline, or Change ... it will flop, get revived in ten years... and STILL flop.

I'm not saying they are not good shows.  But let's be honest about their mass appeal & potential to be a hit.

I hope the production team records a cast album for Kimberly Akimbo soon.

[Melissa25]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 8:46am

I hope every smart cabaret diva adds the song Better to their set list. 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 9:17am

inception said: "Or it will be like Tesori's Violet or Caroline, or Change... it will flop, get revived in ten years... and STILL flop."

To be fair, both recent Broadway mountings of Violet and Caroline, or Change were produced by Roundabout Theatre Company (a not-for-profit organization). Even if they weren't financial successes, it at least wasn't as big of a deal as they would've been if they were commercial productions.

[JasonC3]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 10:47am

I would hardly call Caroline or Change or Violet to be flops unless you solely measure a production's success based on its financial performance in NYC.

Caroline in particular has had many successful regional productions and an acclaimed run in London.

It is not hard to imagine the same being true for Kimberly Akimbo regardless of what happens with its Broadway run.

Updated On: 10/28/22 at 10:47 AM