Posted: 10/30/15 at 12:51am
tyleramullen said: "Just picked up two SRO tickets for tonight! $27 each. 'Excited' is an understatement."
Still frustrated by the fact that the (pretty rude) box office guy hadn't heard about this tonight. Keep some consequence, please. If you decide to sell them, do so.
Posted: 10/30/15 at 5:29am
Sam2 said: "Still frustrated by the fact that the (pretty rude) box office guy hadn't heard about this tonight. Keep some consequence, please. If you decide to sell them, do so."
Maybe the show wasn't sold out, so if you asked if there was SRO, "no" was actually the right answer?! Not that he couldn't have explained why he didn't have them, if that were the case...
Posted: 10/30/15 at 9:06am
TerrenceIsTheMann said: "I agree about the nurse storyline and the audience. Took flash photos, videos, talked, laughed at every line, ate and coughed throughout the whole show.
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How dare those audience members cough!!!
Posted: 10/30/15 at 10:28am
I am typing this from my phone, so please forgive any kind of typos. :P
I thought the play was entertaining dinner theatre and nothing more. The highlight was honestly the set, which was incredibly cool and impressive. Metcalf was also great, she had the character down but she seemed to be fumbling her lines often when I saw it (Wednesday night). Willis was not good. I wouldn't say he is giving the worst performance ever but his delivery is very wooden and he did nothing to make me care for his character. I also thought the finale was quite anticlimactic and they could have made it a bit more theatrical.
I also did the stage door and if it's like this every night, I would suggest staying away. I will start this out that no, it is not an actors job to sign or talk to fans. I know this and 100% agree with this statement, so please nobody jump down my throat. I braved the door for Metcalf, who came out very quickly and when people clapped, she looked literally disgusted and ran away as quickly as humanly possible, not even acknowledging her fans with as much as a wave. Then Rumer Willis came out and got in he dads car, so everyone was going crazy that they knew he was going to come out. When he did, he came to me first (I somehow was at the front of the barricade) and I told him the show was really well done and he didn't do much as smile at me. He then signed for maybe four other people and said "I'll be right back guys, I promise! Don't worry!" And then ran into his car. I don't really see the point in blatantly lying to your fans like that, especially considering the crowd was surprisingly well behaved (at least up until that point, people were not happy after he said that and ran away). Just was just of a surreal stage door experience. :P
Posted: 10/30/15 at 11:09am
Well, you had just lied to him, hadn't you?
Posted: 10/30/15 at 11:31am
Completely agree! Sadly, I think I may have been the one coughing.
Updated On: 10/30/15 at 11:31 AM
Posted: 10/30/15 at 11:42am
I didn't exactly lie to him, there were certain aspects of the show that were well done, like I said in my review.
Posted: 10/30/15 at 11:56am
Do you think Metcalf and Willis are disappointed with how the show is progressing thus far? I imagine it's hard to come out and be cheerful to fans when you're trying to make the show work and it's not coming together the way they may want it.
Posted: 10/30/15 at 1:42pm
I'm glad Willis and Metcalf were rude to the human debris who stand at the stage door. If you're a 13 year old, it's fine. If you're older then 21 it's just pathetic.
Posted: 10/30/15 at 5:03pm
Let's all have the same stage door fight that always gets had now! Woo! Get over it.
Posted: 10/30/15 at 11:25pm
just curious to know, but there's a third actor/role in the show. I remember the movie, but how small of a role is "Buster"?
Posted: 10/31/15 at 12:47am
He appears several times. More than a cameo, less than a major player. *Spoilers* I thought his death registered as the best jolt of the night. It was a good performance.
Updated On: 10/31/15 at 12:47 AM
Posted: 10/31/15 at 4:05am
I agree with you there. The entire audience screamed at that point. It was great.
I don't know who played him because I don't have my playbill in front of me, but the night I saw him the man playing Buster kept stopping and starting over his lines. Was very surprised that such a minor character was constantly going up on his lines all night.
Posted: 10/31/15 at 11:29am
I still don't understand why this play was rewritten, the play was a hit in the UK with good reviews, that adaptation was smart (the set similar to the one on Broadway). The UK one also went back to the book and cut his foot off.
Posted: 10/31/15 at 12:53pm
Can someone tell me why the set is getting such praise? What does it look like?
Posted: 10/31/15 at 1:10pm
Please, alert those holding tickets of your spoilerization, but tell those of us who won't get near this: what is it about the set? Is it because all of Annie's house has been put on a revolve (Anyone remember how this worked in "Rabbit Hole"? Is it comparable?) The actual stills suggest extreme naturalism, so we get an architectural cross section, via the revolve, that allows the cinematic action to play out, in effect over a comparable space as the film's large studio set? Just a guess. Spoil away.
Posted: 10/31/15 at 3:18pm
*SPOILER* Yes, the set does revolve and right from the the start when you enter the theater, there is a dazzling snow effect. A false proscenium was created to make the intimate feeling theater and play a little more intimate so it focuses the action more closely. The genius blend of lighting effects and moving set achieve a cinematic feel that pulls you into the action. Pictures do not do it justice. To see the set in motion in person is amazing. You really feel like you are seeing the action unfold inside of a house. For those of you who remember the film's ending at the restaurant something else is in store that achieves the same effect but in a new way. (An excellent use of a scrim!)
Posted: 10/31/15 at 10:42pm
Saw this tonight. WOW. What a boring and unexciting night at the theatre. I went in cold having never read the novel or watched the film. Overall, this play was boring beyond belief. No thrill factory, no tension, no suspense. Just a forgettable and uneventful night at the theatre. The set was cool, but that was about it.
Updated On: 10/31/15 at 10:42 PM
Posted: 11/1/15 at 1:11am
Saw the show last night, not sure what I can add to the other comments - here's just my take. Yes, it's cool the way the set revolves when Willis is wheeling through the house. Goldman's script is condensed and concise, probably due to the story being pretty iconic to so many people by now. Metcalfe stumbled over a few lines, but that didn't stop people from enjoying her sadism. I thought Willis did a fine enough job, though it's played pretty low-key. The hobbling looked fake, though (fake legs) and the climax wasn't very convincing at all. Then again, it's not Pulitzer material, it's FUN. If you can find ways to have fun more cheaply, go for it. I don't know that it's essential viewing, but I'm not upset I saw it. Both Willis and Metcalfe did stage door at the same time, but the crowd was pretty obnoxious, so I believe they both climbed into the same black SUV and took off pretty quickly (couldn't see them clearly due to the mob). The audience seemed to enjoy it, and lots of regional theatre groups will probably snag rights as soon as they become available. It's fluff, nothing more or less.
Posted: 11/1/15 at 1:24am
"If you can find ways to have fun more cheaply, go for it."
It's funny thinking of somebody not being able to.
Posted: 11/2/15 at 11:04pm
Does anyone know for sure if Misery is offering standing room? From what I gather from this thread it seems some people had luck with getting them and others did not. Any new recent info? Thank you!
Posted: 11/2/15 at 11:10pm
Since people have been to the show with SRO, and only one person couldn't get them (without any follow-up as to why, such as the show possibly not being sold out when they asked, etc.), seems pretty safe it exists.
Posted: 11/3/15 at 9:49am
The show certainly wasn't sold out when I saw it, so I'm sure it is only being offered when it's completely sold out.
Posted: 11/5/15 at 12:59am
I was told it exists but they were waiting to see if the creatives needed to use any of the SRO. I didn't check back. Checking for tomorrow it seems like plenty of seats are available, so probably no SRO. Wish they'd announce a rush or something.
Posted: 11/5/15 at 1:06am
Thanks for the update ripped... Let me know how you make out tomorrow! Fingers crossed :)
