LEND ME A TENOR Reviews- Page 3

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/7/10 at 1:21am

A- on StageGrade: http://stagegrade.com/productions/390

[gcontini2]

Posted: 4/7/10 at 8:23am

"...I had purchased a ticket to see this and if anything lands on me.... I will stand up and walk to the nearest restroom to wash!...:"

Relax. Check your ticket. Unless you're sitting dead Center Orch in the 6-7 row, there's not in chance in hell that you will experience (spoiler) a plastic grape or a plastic flower zipping by you. Wow... is that really the worst thing that could happen? You are in much greater danger of a pigeon dropping on you once you've left the theater.

[ManhattanGal]

Posted: 4/7/10 at 10:56am

I am sitting in that general area of the orchestra. Yes, the bird dropping scenario could happen. But, that would not be deliberate. I do not understand tossing stuff from a mouth into the audience. I predict this will have to be reworked. Not everybody will appreciate it.

And to an OCD, yes it is extremely anxiety-producing. I do not appreciate anything plastic whizzing by my eyes. You can take an eye out. I do not revere an actor's saliva.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/7/10 at 12:43pm

And to an OCD, yes it is extremely anxiety-producing. I do not appreciate anything plastic whizzing by my eyes. You can take an eye out. I do not revere an actor's saliva.

And yet you aren't OCD enough to check your writing, in which you called yourself an OCD and not an OCD person. Calm down.

Edit to add: I predict this will have to be reworked. Not everybody will appreciate it.

That you predict it will have to be reworked is the most inane thing I have ever heard on this board...and that takes a LOT. Yes, people DO appreciate it whether you think so or not...because it's FUNNY. How old are you...10?
Updated On: 4/7/10 at 12:43 PM

[newintown]

Posted: 4/7/10 at 2:19pm

The spits are written into the script and done in every production because they're funny. They were done by Philip Bosco in the original production. They work. They're there. Get used to them. If you're afraid of them, don't go see the play. Do NOT, under any circumstances, demand that the theatre change to suit your strange fears. Allow the rest of us to laugh at what we find funny. If you can't do that, then stay home and only watch what you can control on your television.

[ManhattanGal]

Posted: 4/7/10 at 5:48pm

What does my writing have to do with my OCD? OCD is a disorder that is anxiety-compartmentalized. I have the germ-phobia, and trichotillomania, and a touch of Tourette's... but not the checking component or the hoarding component.
My OCD is not specifically manifested in excessively reviewing spelling and grammar.

And yes, it will have to be reworked if somebody is hit in the eye by a plastic grape. I made no demands, I stated my opinion and made a prediction.

I expect my personal space in a theater to be respected and I do not appreciate going to see a play and being advised to bring a tissue. It's way too creatively invasive.

I am wondering if Ken Ludwig wrote in the play that the grape should be spit into the audience (instead of onstage), or if this was the director's choice. Feh!

[gcontini2]

Posted: 4/7/10 at 10:53pm

"I do not appreciate anything plastic whizzing by my eyes. You can take an eye out"

Perhaps you would be happier at Blue Man Group... where they at least provide ponchos?

[ManhattanGal]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 2:50am

You do not have to worry about where I would be happier. You seem a bit over-invested in defending this play's bone of contention. And your charientism was so not obtuse or clever.

You are a terrible cyber-psychic. I am a 63 year-old retired teacher. And I sat in the Alvin Theater, for "Dinner at Eight," wearing white gloves and an Oleg Cassini suit years before you probably were even born. And at the elegant Lunt-Fontanne I saw "Hamlet," with Richard Burton and Hume Cronyn... and I dined that evening at Sardis decked out in Don Loper.

Blue Man Group indeed. Maybe you would be happier at the try-outs for the "Gong Show."

[gcontini2]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 4:30am

white Oleg Cassini?
oh, my...you don't want plastic grape juice on that.

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 8:27am

It's not like he spits it directly at an audience member's face! He spits it in a long, high arc. If it's coming at you, you will know and you can avoid it. Those grapes aren't hitting anyone in the eye.

[ManhattanGal]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 11:29am

Where did I say a white suit? I said white gloves! The suit was actually powder blue.
I no longer dress like that for the theater. i wear jeans. I like to fit in.
Updated On: 4/8/10 at 11:29 AM

[ManhattanGal]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 4:35pm

Oh, really! Well, "forewarned is forearmed!"

Look for me! I will be sitting 4th row center in the orchestra, with a mini umbrella handy for when the things start flying. I will yell, "Duck," and use the tennis racket I am bringing so I can bat the flying paraphernalia right back at the stage. They don't call me "Tennis Elbow" for nothing! Oh, and then I will pass the Purell!

That's me: ManhattanGal, and Broadway done right!
Updated On: 4/8/10 at 04:35 PM

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 4:53pm

Hmm... maybe we can swap seats, I have Row B Mezz, aisle, no flying projectiles should reach there.

[ManhattanGal]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 6:16pm

What night?

[sparrman]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 6:29pm

No, it is not in the script that an actor spits a grape or anything else into the audience. Sounds disgusting.
Updated On: 4/8/10 at 06:29 PM

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 6:36pm

April 23

[ManhattanGal]

Posted: 4/8/10 at 8:17pm

Stage Door Sally: It won't work, I am going next week.. We tried! Sorry! Enjoy the show!

sparrman: Thanks for at least understanding my opinion about how disgusting this artistic choice is. I didn't think it was written this way by the playwright.

Updated On: 4/8/10 at 08:17 PM

[ManhattanGal]

Posted: 4/10/10 at 12:02am

It was TERRIFIC, it will get the Tony!.... but Tony Shalhoub does spit a plastic grape into the audience a few times and toss a plastic flower into the audience. And a cork flies sharply into the audience. It adds nothing... so I do not understand this director's artistic choice. It is unsanitary and could take an eye out. It is way too risky and it ADDS NOTHING. The play should be contained to the stage. It really is a noticeable flaw.
Also, curiously some guy in the front row center catches it all (except the final flower toss) with his left hand as it comes flying! I wonder if he sits there to do that job... but, Tony Shalhoub could not have such perfect aim every time.
Anyway, this is Broadway at it's best! It is a perfectly timed madcap comedy adventure that I might see again.