Mr. Marmalade

[wexy]

Posted: 11/4/05 at 1:27pm

I'm seeing Mr. Marmalade with Michael C. Hall tonight.
We shall see how it is.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 11/4/05 at 1:28pm

Let us know.

My tickets are in December.

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 11/4/05 at 2:00pm

I was supposed to go Wednesday evening, but silly me booked two shows that night -- since Marmelade was part of the series, easy swap for early December. I've not heard a word yet, but it has been only 3 performances...

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 11/4/05 at 3:35pm

Going two weeks from tomorrow. I'm a big fan of Mr. Hall and am looking forward to seeing him back on the boards. Should be good...

[wexy]

Posted: 11/5/05 at 12:00am

Interesting, I liked it though at times I thought that I was having an acid flashback, a little on the surreal side. Michael C. Hall was good. Mamie Gummer, who's Merryl Streep's daughter (and looks like her) was really good as Lucy.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:02pm

The reviews are not too kind. Anyone else see it?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:04pm

I actually read it over the weekend. Interesting, could have been brilliant, but a little shallow.

[G]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:22pm

The reviews have been unfair. Yes, it does go on for too long and it's not as deep as it coule have been. But it's totally enjoyable. Mamie Gummer is terrific. Adults playing kids can go wrong so easily. But she pulled it off amazingly well.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:42pm

Went to the Saturday matinee (a press performance...every major critic seemed to be there). The play itself did nothing for me. Absurdist to the point of stupidity. The acting was superb, with the exception of Pablo Schreiber (whom I saw in Manuscript and didn't like...I guess Liev got all the talent in the family). Hall and Gummer were both outstanding, and the always wonderful David Constabile steals every scene he's in.

I wouldn't highly recommend it, but there are much worse shows.

** 1/2 out of ****

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 6:01pm

Spent our time & money seeing In My Life instead of this & glad we did

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 6:21pm

Roxy, I just knew that you and your wife were "Lifers". Didn't you just love the lyric, "I've heard a little rumor/You've got a little tumor"?

BTW: What does the lyricist mean by the phrase, "Life turns on a dime"?

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:24pm

Anyone else simply tired of this genre? The precious-slash-cutting-edge absurdist cartoon (post-FUDDY MEERS). There are some talented and entertaining practitioners of this style (I used to enjoy even the most flawed Nicky Silver plays, because they all had some real intellectual weight behind them). But to me the gold standard was early and brief, Craig Lucas's RECKLESS, and even that seemed diminished in revival because it's been so copied. Different strokes for different folks, but I think producing organizations are too taken with their "theatricality" merely because they escew naturalistic elements. To me, they are too often sketch-like doodles, stretched to a full evening, that depend on outre trappings, Peewee's Funhouse settings, and arch presentational acting. We could use a few more PROOFS and DOUBTS.

Updated On: 11/21/05 at 07:24 PM

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 11:29pm

I hated it.

Which, I realize is a rather 'simple' review. But, that's all I have to say. I couldn't wait for it to end.

Kudos to some of the acting...

[calexan]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 6:22pm

I liked it, but my wife didn't. I'm thinking that maybe I should have an imaginary Lady Marmalade.