"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" canceled- Page 2

[luvtheEmcee]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#25

Posted: 11/24/06 at 3:38pm

I was looking forward to this. Meh.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[TomMonster]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#26

Posted: 11/24/06 at 4:03pm

Does this mean I'm going to have to sit through HEARTBREAK HOUSE again!?!

"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

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[neddyfrank2]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#27

Posted: 11/24/06 at 4:04pm

What stars did they want?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#28

Posted: 11/24/06 at 4:15pm

Wasn't Natasha Richardson one of the proposed stars?

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[folkyboy]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#29

Posted: 11/24/06 at 5:06pm

i thought Natasha Richardson was a hot box of crazy. someone said she was a mess during Streetcar Named Desire

[Michael Bennett]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#30

Posted: 11/24/06 at 8:31pm

All Redgraves are crazy. That doesn't keep them from working. They are Redgraves.

[Yankeefan007]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#31

Posted: 11/24/06 at 8:44pm

Not to threadjack, but

Isn't Vanessa anti-semetic? That's what I've heard....

[melissa errico fan]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#32

Posted: 11/24/06 at 8:48pm

Vanessa is not anti-Semitic. She is pro-Palestinian. Those two things are not one and the same.

[C is for Company]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#33

Posted: 11/25/06 at 12:15am

I heard Richardson was a pain in the ass working with directors, but does some obviously impressive works that nobody can complain over.

[Vespertine1228]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#34

Posted: 11/25/06 at 10:19am

I really hope they choose something new and interesting to replace it. I must say I felt a revival of Les Liasons Dangerues seemed boring and obvious.

I know revivals of somewhat lesser known properties with stars is the Roundabout's standard fare, but let's get something new and interesting. While I am excited about 110 in the Shade, The Apple Tree, and Suddenly Last Summer, the Roundabout season has two American premieres Off-Broadway. The American Airlines is the perfect venue to debut a new play on Broadway.

Then again, new for the sake of new is not always the best plan. Case in point: Last year's Naked Girl on the Appian Way, a rare misstep for Richard Greenberg. Oh well.

[melissa errico fan]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#35

Posted: 11/25/06 at 1:20pm

Case in point: Last year's Naked Girl on the Appian Way, a rare misstep for Richard Greenberg. Oh well.

Richard Greenberg has had more missteps than you could count! NAKED GIRL, EVERETT BEEKIN, THE VIOLET HOUR, THE WELL-APPOINTED ROOM, HURRAH AT LAST...the list goes on and on.

I do agree with you, though, that giving an American premiere at the AA would be a great idea. It's an ideal space for plays: biggish, but still intimate, and with a built-in subscriber audience.
Updated On: 12/28/06 at 01:20 PM

[Vespertine1228]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#36

Posted: 11/25/06 at 4:44pm

I've always liked The Violet Hour, even though I know a lot of other people didn't.

I think the thing for me with Richard Greenberg is that even if it isn't great, it's at least interesting. Appian Way was just boring and generally icky.

Maybe Greenberg plays just make me feel smarter by watching them. Haha. That's not THAT huge of a crime. :)

[Yankeefan007]

re: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' canceled#37

Posted: 11/25/06 at 5:00pm

For what it's worth, I enjoyed both Appian Way and House in Town. Appian Way was a light, fluffy comedy, nothing more, nothing less. It wasn't meant to be intellectually stimulating like his other plays. House in Town was beautifully acted by Jessica Hecht (who is Drama Desk/Lortel Award worthy), yet ultimately predictable.