Merciful God, did anyone else loathe The Vibrator Play as much as I did?- Page 2

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 3:46pm

I just avoided this play like the plague or Las Vegas, free tickets or no.

I like Benanti but the subject matter just sounded both prurient and boring. It's been really hard to find shows I want to bother to go and see this season because yes, I expect and want more from theatre, too. If Lincoln Center is supporting it, I'm sure it has something of value but even with Cerveris, an actor I like a lot, I can't find the desire to go. Now if Benanti and Cerveris were both singing I would probably go anyway for curiosity about the music, but a straight play, on what is for me a dullsville topic, no.

"Merciful God" as an expression just sounds like a British version of our "heaven, save us" or "Lord, save us," by the way.

I wish there were a bunch of plays out there that I was dying to see, a new Durang, an earth shaker, a beautifully costumed Boucicault, the National Theater of Greece trouping in with some classic, something. Something I was intrigued by at BAM got sold out early. It's been kind of a dry season, to say the least, just from where I sit.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 4:01pm

I saw this Christmas day with a friend. (Both female, both straight, both frequent theater goers) We were both thoroughly entertained. I wouldn't say that I LOVED it, but I did enjoy it.

I think I would have like to see Benanti's character struggle a bit more with the mundane world within she was forced to live, but otherwise, I like the strength she found.

One thing that drove me NUTS: the constant fall of "snow" throughout the play. I believe I saw the first "flake" about 90 seconds into the show. Found it quite distracting throughout the night.

[misto625]

Posted: 1/3/10 at 3:06am

I am a straight male and I certainly liked this show and enjoyed it, if not outright "loved" it. I did love Laura Benanti's performance, and I liked the issues the play raised. I'm glad LCT took the chance and produced this show on Broadway.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 1/3/10 at 9:38am

Hello. I didn't know the meaning of "jejune". Here it is:




je?june??/d???d?un/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ji-joon] Show IPA
–adjective 1. without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
2. juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
3. lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.
4. deficient or lacking in nutritive value: a jejune diet.


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Origin:
1605–15; < L j?j?nus empty, poor, mean

Related forms:

je?june?ly, adverb
je?june?ness, je?ju?ni?ty, noun
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from RC in Austin, Texas

[elphabelle07]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 12:57am

Does anyone know if Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris are going out the stage door? (off topic I know...sorry)

[Just_John]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 1:00am

Laura Benanti left out of the exit the audience leaves from after the Saturday matinee.

[Okayfine]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 5:03pm

Petrovich - I can't believe you put so much thought into your post. That is not a criticism of you, by any means. It's just that this play was UNBEARABLE.