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[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 12:23am

ColdClimateDude said: "I'm not sure if Krystal Joy Brown's performance landed better in the theater”

 

It did not.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 12:39am

Not giving audiences the complete overture is unforgivable.

[Shubert Alley Cat]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 12:43am

TaffyDavenport said: "Not giving audiences the complete overture is unforgivable."

Agreed 100%.  WTF

Also why was the curtain call not included.  Pissed me off.

 

[Sammy232]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 7:33am

TotallyEffed said: "ColdClimateDude said: "I'm not sure if Krystal Joy Brown's performance landed better in the theater”



It did not."

I actually thought it was even worse than live. Maybe it was all the closeups?

 

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 8:11am

"Also why was the curtain call not included.  Pissed me off."

It seemed to me the choice was made to make it a movie and not a filmed stage show. You rarely heard audience reaction and there was no Act 1/Act 2 in the movie.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 8:41am

Zeppie2022 said: ""Also why was the curtain call not included. Pissed me off."

It seemed to me the choice was made to make it a movie and not a filmed stage show. You rarely heard audience reaction and there was no Act 1/Act 2 in the movie."


I agree this was the intention but uh…they aren’t fooling anyone so why not just let it be filmed theatre?

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 8:49am

"I agree this was the intention but uh…they aren’t fooling anyone so why not just let it be filmed theatre?"

Exactly!! I think they made the wrong choice.

[SkidRow82]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 9:46am

Maybe, because a traditional pro-shot of this exact production already exists with the London cast, they wanted a way to differentiate this version. So, they opted for a more "this is a real film" approach…

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 1:45pm

Maybe the overture and curtain calls could be included in a physical release; DVD and Blu-ray. It would be a very easy thing to do…if they were shot initially.

Give us the option to watch it both ways on disc. Again, it would be so easy to do.

[Jumpin_J]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 2:30pm

Sammy232 said: "TotallyEffed said: "ColdClimateDude said: "I'm not sure if Krystal Joy Brown's performance landed better in the theater”



It did not."

I actually thought it was even worse than live. Maybe it was all the closeups?

"

That's one of the critiques from the NY Times review.

 

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 5:23pm

Zeppie2022 said: ""Also why was the curtain call not included. Pissed me off."

It seemed to me the choice was made to make it a movie and not a filmed stage show. You rarely heard audience reaction and there was no Act 1/Act 2 in the movie."

it was a very deliberate choice.  Maria Friedman talked about this in a YT interview i watched earlier this week.  She said something to the effect of she didn't want people to feel like they were missing out by not being in the theatre.

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 7:39pm

"it was a very deliberate choice.  Maria Friedman talked about this in a YT interview i watched earlier this week.  She said something to the effect of she didn't want people to feel like they were missing out by not being in the theatre."

OK, thanks for the information. 

[TheOtherOne2]

Posted: 12/5/25 at 11:39pm

The Times review mentions the core trio tearing through "Bobby and Jackie and Jack."  The core trio is Groff, Radcliffe and Mendez, isn't it?  Mendez is not a part of this number, though.  Katie Clarke, playing Beth, is.  

This just seems an odd way to describe this number.