My Name is Lucy Barton - previews

[Dan6]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #1

Posted: 1/5/20 at 2:43am

First preview was tonight...anyone there? I love Laura Linney and am eager to hear about this one. 

[dramamama611]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #2

Posted: 1/5/20 at 9:00am

Cant wait to see this one.

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[CityLights3]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #3

Posted: 1/5/20 at 9:04am

Seeing it on Monday. Will report back.

[n2nbaby]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #4

Posted: 1/5/20 at 9:52am

Seeing this at the end of the month. Very excited for it.

[Auggie27]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #5

Posted: 1/6/20 at 11:29am

Not on TDF yet. Hoping.

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[HBBrock]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #6

Posted: 1/6/20 at 2:58pm

Seeing this tonight (won the TodayTix rush).

[Samanthacq]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #7

Posted: 1/6/20 at 3:05pm

HBBrock said: "Seeing this tonight (won the TodayTix rush)."

Could you please share here the rush seat location once you get the ticket? Thanks!

[MNNiceorIce]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #8

Posted: 1/6/20 at 6:20pm

Does Linney usually stage door?

[ArtMan]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #9

Posted: 1/6/20 at 6:22pm

MNNiceorIce said: "Does Linney usually stage door?"

She usually does and is very friendly.  At least, that has been my experiences.

[ArtMan]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #10

Posted: 1/6/20 at 6:22pm

double
 

Updated On: 1/6/20 at 06:22 PM

[Det95]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #11

Posted: 1/6/20 at 6:44pm

MNNiceorIce said: "Does Linney usually stage door?"

She did when I saw Little Foxes a couple seasons ago. It was a matinee too. 

[HBBrock]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #12

Posted: 1/6/20 at 11:35pm

My rush seat was Mezzanine Row E Seat 103.

Linney was good (not amazing).

The play itself was a complete and total bore, and a waste of time.

Snoozefest.

Updated On: 1/6/20 at 11:35 PM

[BWAY Baby2]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #13

Posted: 1/7/20 at 4:18am

So was the book.

[tombomb31]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #14

Posted: 1/7/20 at 10:35am

HBBrock said: "Seeing this tonight (won the TodayTix rush)."

I really want to see this show when I’m in town next week...have an extra slot on January 18 @ 2pm. How fast do the rush tickets sell? Never tried rush before!

[Gwiss]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #15

Posted: 1/8/20 at 3:57pm

Anyone else seen this show? Is it really that boring as some have said? I love Laura Linney and I was considering catching this next week but am now having second thoughts. Any care to share their reactions to the previews? Thanks.

[Dan6]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #16

Posted: 1/10/20 at 4:57pm

This is opening in five days and so far we have ONE poster who's actually seen a preview. Are there any other reactions out there? 

[UncleCharlie]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #17

Posted: 1/10/20 at 10:32pm

Dan6 said: "This is opening in five days and so far we have ONE poster who's actuallyseen a preview. Are there any other reactions out there?"

Maybe they're doing the exact same thing you're doing, waiting for OTHER people to go to help them decide whether to see it. 

[SouthernCakes]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #18

Posted: 1/10/20 at 11:39pm

I almost went but hate solo shows so passed.

Updated On: 1/10/20 at 11:39 PM

[DreamboatAnnie]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #19

Posted: 1/14/20 at 8:23am

Our two rush tickets were mezzanine D 2/4 on aisle. Good unobstructed view though far back. 

[bwayphreak234]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #20

Posted: 1/14/20 at 8:47pm

This is one of those cases where even one of the best actors out there can’t save the day. This play is just an epic bore of colossal proportions. I didn’t care about the character of Lucy Barton at all, which is a problem considering this is a one woman show. This has nothing to do with Laura Linney, who did the best she could with material that makes watching paint dry sound exciting. This just didn’t do it for me. At all.

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My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #21

Posted: 1/15/20 at 10:24am

What makes it so boring? Too long? Lack of a compelling arc? Weak plot?

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[little_sally]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #22

Posted: 1/15/20 at 10:33am

I liked it but it's very over-written, a bit slow, and I guess I didn't care about Lucy Barton much either but Laura Linney is her usual fantastic self. 

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[HBBrock]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #23

Posted: 1/15/20 at 11:04am

A bit slow? This is the slowest, most boring 90 minutes of the theatre season. I can only imagine all the snoring happening at the matinees with the MTC subscription base.

Updated On: 1/15/20 at 11:04 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #24

Posted: 1/27/20 at 10:31pm

I am absolutely fascinated that people found this boring. I mean it’s not a Transformers film and there’s no explosions but I saw this tonight and damn, I thought it was remarkable.

[JBroadway]

My Name is Lucy Barton - previews #25

Posted: 1/28/20 at 12:13am

I'm in the camp that found this utterly boring and entirely pointless. I'm slightly biased in that I hate when shows are predominately narration, but my personal taste aside, it also raises the question of why they bothered turning this into a stage play if they were just going to treat it like an audiobook. The few attempts at genuine theatricality fell very flat for me. 
 

EDIT: and just to be clear, when I say “theatricality,” I don’t mean explosions or grandness or heavy action. I just mean a dramaturgical purpose for existing in the form of a stage play. 

Updated On: 1/28/20 at 12:13 AM