Mothers and Sons Previews- Page 4

[forgetmenotnyc]

Posted: 3/12/14 at 9:09pm

LUVED this play this afternoon. Full house (I was up in the balcony). Everything worked for me, I found myself laughing & very moved. So sweet that this suicidal woman finds more for her life. GO enjoy!

[MNC77]

Posted: 3/16/14 at 3:35pm

I saw this last night with rush tickets and was underwhelmed by the writing. The long pauses and forced dialogue about nothing that popped up to show the tension between the mother and the two men went on too long, causing them to become boring to me as an audience member. A lot of the dialogue discussing the issues was well written, but at times these interesting gems of thought would pop out unprovoked, which made it difficult to connect the scattered thoughts into a strong message.

That being said, Tyne Daly did very well with the writing she was given. Bobby Steggert gave a believable, though not a layered performance. Frederick Weller was fine, but I, too, found his strange speech pattern distracting. The set was lovely, though by no means anything new, and all other technical elements were perfectly acceptable

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 3/16/14 at 3:47pm

Mind sharing what time you got rush tickets and where you were seated?

[JayG 2]

Posted: 3/24/14 at 10:07am

The mother's naivete about certain things rings false, it gets preachy, and its plot is contrived. (McNally has characters too conveniently leaving the stage far too many times.) But that said, I still enjoyed it and found it engrossing most of the way. Also, the performances of the three adults are stellar. Definitely worth seeing. I hope it runs.

[SomeOtherMe]

Posted: 3/24/14 at 10:57am

Saw this play yesterday afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it. All the performances were very strong and I thought the script was great. Also really loved the set. I'd definitely recommend it.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 3/24/14 at 8:14pm

Saw this play and was very disappointed-one of McNally's weakest. It shows his age. He seems to write for elderly straight white people. Palatable rich gay men is his forte.

The stereotypical characters and the preachiness of the piece felt overbearing. Tyne was superb-nuanced and doing what she could with the character and the writing.

The staging was odd-people leaving just long enough for someone to deliver a preachy monologue got to me. Also, who leaves a little boy alone in a bathtub for so long. Just weird.

I thought it was an odd piece-very muddled in its messages.

I give it a thumbs down.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 3/26/14 at 5:43pm

How directly is it connected to Andre's Son? The ten minute original play is one of McNally's better "social" scripts, IMHO--and I even like the slightly overwrought hour version he did for PBS.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 3/26/14 at 5:54pm

Has anyone rushed or gone through TDF post opening? I am looking to catch this and want to know what my best option is. Seating location and any other info is greatly appreciated :)

[Ftworthguy]

Posted: 3/27/14 at 4:55pm

EricMontreal22
Tyne Daly plays Katherine Gerrard, who is Andre's mother.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 3/27/14 at 5:37pm

right--I gathered that. I just wondered if anything from the first play, or teleplay, is directly refered to.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/28/14 at 12:12pm

"Saw this play and was very disappointed-one of McNally's weakest"

Weaker than DEUCE?

[beltingbaritone]

Posted: 3/28/14 at 12:17pm

GreasedLightning, I went last night via TDF. My seat was in the rear mezz, row D, all the way to the left next to the wall. It thought it was going to be too far, but once the show started, it was fine. There was a hand rail in front of me, but it never really got in the way of the action.

I loved this show. I had a friend give a really lukewarm response to it, but it really touched on something about loss for me. I thought it was beautiful, but then again, there is something to be said about seeing something at just the right time in your own life.

[indytallguy]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 10:27pm

Caught the matinee and there seemed to be good energy between the performers and the audience as a lot of the humor landed in full force. Small segments of the book pulled you out of the relationships between the characters and sounded like a student presenting a research paper or a lecture from a visiting professor ... jarring, off-putting, and not helpful to the overall message.

I enjoyed all of the leads, but grew wear of the kid. Tyne Daly was masterful in some of her vocal inflections that wrought more reaction or humor out of a line than anyone should be able to do. But that ending? Ugh.

[egnarotsew]

Posted: 4/6/14 at 12:40am

I saw this tonight via tdf and was in the second row center orchestra. I thought I would be in the rear mezz but that section was completely empty.


Updated On: 4/6/14 at 12:40 AM

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 4/6/14 at 11:46pm

Guess I will have to get my butt to Manhattan...Must see Tyne!!!!

[jaxandmci]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 3:11pm

Saw the show Saturday evening from the front row and thought it was outstanding. Daly is such an incredible presence and was simply mesmerizing, even when she wasn't speaking. I found her character to be quite sympathetic--heartbreaking, actually--not the evil ice queen I was expecting. This is one of the few plays I've seen in recent memory that stirred up such an exhausting level of emotion. I highly recommend it but fear that because the mezz was mostly empty on a Saturday night, it won't finish out its run.