DiscoCrows said: "Re; changes to the show since it's original run (spoilers?). There are little to none.
Click Here To Toggle Spoiler ContentThe one big change I noticed (besides a visually-enhanced 'cabaret' scene where they seem to have placed a few more curtains and made it 'shinier', is the moment leading into the Box/Assassination scene. While the curtain is down and they are making the scene change and the precession is playing, there are a few beats wherespotlights hit the Lyceum's left box seats, and then the right box a few seconds later. It's hysterical and garners quite a few laughs, and also a great narrative segweyso people get an idea of what is abut to happen.
The show is hysterical. I will be back like fifty times this summer if I can help it."
Admittedly, as the person who saw it many times off-Broadway, I’ll be completely honest in saying that a little of that scrappy “downtown” luster has gone in the move uptown. There are some great changes (like the above listed spoiler). However, there were directional changes that took away some of the funny and replaced it with parodic melodrama by way of a LOT of new lighting cues and musical underscoring. Also, some of the jokes that were cackle-worthy didn’t land as hard I felt.
I did have a few sound issues last night, but I also chalk that up to preview growing pains
This isn’t to dissuade anyone from seeing it - you ABSOLUTELY should. If you had no prior knowledge of the show or didn’t see it at the Lortel, then nothing would be lost to you and you will have a pee-your-pants blast.
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