Moulin Rouge! Previews — Page 19

Mike Barrett said: "I don't think anyone has an issue with you not liking the show, its saying that the people who like this show "Probably don't know what good theatre is". Which is implying you only know what good theatre is and thats elitist and stuck up. No one cares you hated the show and no one cares that I like thisshow, but no need to demean others opinions on shows."

The sad thing, Mike, is that you're speaking to half the posters on here. Though I do get some enjoyment out of being proven right. Bottom line (if I can paraphrase Kad): This show delivers big time on what it sets out to do...something very few shows accomplish. If you're looking for Shakespeare, keep walking.

IHeartNY2 said: "The sad thing, Mike, is that you're speaking to half the posters on here."



I’d guess that I’m one of them. I might be able to recognize, somewhat, what good theatre may be, mainly because of what people on here say it is, but I have zero desire to see it. Yes, I picked Beetlejuice over To Kill a Mockingbird, and would pick Tootsie over Constitution, King Kong over Oklahoma, Harry Potter over any other play on Broadway, and Moulin Rouge over any of the so-called hot shows coming to Broadway late this season or next season (none of which interest me at all): Slave Play, The Inheritance, The Great Society, The Sound Inside, etc.

Theatre has existed for a very, very long time, long before the theatre snobs on this board existed, and theatre has existed in many, many different forms, not just what some of you think it should look like. Or be. Theatre can take many shapes and forms. It’s not all about your ideal version of theatre.

Deal with it.

Updated On: 8/1/19 at 07:44 AM

StageStruckLad said: "I enjoyed Sahr Ngaujah‘s acting, but I found his singing painful to listen to. I thought he mangled “Nature Boy” (my favorite song in the show) with his off-pitch vocalizing and his inability to hit the high notes. I actually winced when he sang."

My wife and I completely agree. We saw the show on Thursday and found ourselves mostly bored with the whole thing. But to the point, is that the way Sahr normally sounds? I’m not familiar with him and was assuming that he was making vocal “choices” for character reasons, rather than just being an awful singer. I hope it’s the former and not the later.

So, having time to kill while waiting to get my haircut, I used the Ticketmaster link embedded above and counted gray, blue, and red dots. Not sure how accurate it is, that sales map, but by my count the theatre is easily more than half sold out already for a show in the slow tourist season, in middle of winter, 5-1/2 months out. That doesn’t sound too dismal. :)