ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS (Spoilers Inside)- Page 2
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS (Spoilers Inside)
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #25
Posted: 4/7/12 at 12:41amMaybe I should bring a liverwurst sandwich when I go.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #26
Posted: 4/7/12 at 12:42am
Thanks PJ- I'll look it up!
bjh- Really?! Ok well I feel completely stupid right now for being so fooled. The guy really did a good job of faking it. I had four friends there tonight and all five of us were convinced that moment was authentic. Ha, well I guess that goes to show how great Corden was at appearing spontaneous. It was such a great moment, and still is. I assume most people won't bother to read the script and will leave the theater just as tricked as I was. Thanks for setting me straight though.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #27
Posted: 4/7/12 at 12:43amYes PJ! Now that you know beat the hummus guy to the punch and REALLY make Corden ad-lib!
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #28
Posted: 4/7/12 at 12:47am
Yes PJ! Now that you know beat the hummus guy to the punch and REALLY make Corden ad-lib!
THAT would be hilarious!
Ha, well I guess that goes to show how great Corden was at appearing spontaneous. It was such a great moment, and still is. I assume most people won't bother to read the script and will leave the theater just as tricked as I was.
Oh absolutely! It's a great credit to his performance. He makes everything look spontaneous. I was sitting next to the guy and didn't realize it was fake until he didn't show up for Act 2.
SPOILER ALERT:
Did you also think the girl in the food scene was a real audience member? She's also a cast member. She even takes a bow at the end in her bathrobe.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #29
Posted: 4/7/12 at 12:53am
SPOILER*********
Yes I was completely duped with "Catherine Patterson" too until they threw the water on her and shot the fire extinguisher. She was so fricking fantastic at playing the reluctant audience participator. It was so real until that final moment. Really another brilliant performance.
And omg Alfie!! He stole every second he was on stage, and that's quite the tough task considering who he was sharing it with. Amazing.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #30
Posted: 4/7/12 at 12:54amI'm really worried about seeing this again. I loved it so much in London, but I feel like the best parts were the parts that I THOUGHT were improvised as I was watching it. Knowing now that those parts were scripted and that I will be expecting them, I wonder if I will find the play significantly less funny.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #31
Posted: 4/7/12 at 1:14amI can't wait to see this. What's the production like?
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #32
Posted: 4/7/12 at 1:14am
Oh my god, I am so annoying in this thread, but all of these comments are making me so happy! I've read the play backwards and forwards a thousand times. I just love it so much and I am SO THRILLED to hear that people here in America seem to love it too.
And YES! Oliver Chris! Obviously Corden is a gem, but OLIVER CHRIS, guys. He's got brilliant comic timing. He's done loads of television in the UK, including a major role in the wonderful series Green Wing (it's all on Hulu - look it up!) and also a part in the original The Office with Ricky Gervais. If you ask me, I'm pulling more for Chris to win the Best Supporting Actor Tony than I am for Corden for the lead.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #33
Posted: 4/7/12 at 1:41am
I really enjoyed myself - and I think I would on a second viewing where I could catch more jokes, enjoy the physical setups, listen to the lyrics better, and see who gets pulled up on stage for the other bit.
I think on a second trip, I'd get the headphones to try to catch more...
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #34
Posted: 4/7/12 at 2:11amSaw this in London. It's bloody brilliant. Please avoid calling Corden's show...it's everyone's, really...an amazing ensemble cast. And yes, YES, to Oliver Chris!
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #35
Posted: 4/7/12 at 11:57am
Yep, I was at the dress rehearsal Friday afternoon, too. Haven't laughed that hard in a long, long time. The elderly waiter flying down the steps... the 'audience member' onstage at the end of the first act... that hairy back... too too much.
And you'll go crazy for 'The Craze.' Them boys are so damn adorable.
Very funny show. Very British. Traditional English fare, but oh, so wonderful 'cause it's very universal.
Broadway really needs this show to round out the wonderful season.
The invited dress audience, filled with a lot of the Broadway community, screamed in delight. The sun was shining outside on a beautiful Good Friday afternoon, but there was no better place to be than inside the Music Box.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #36
Posted: 4/7/12 at 12:03pm
Brantley LOVED this production when he reviewed it last summer and I'm sure that's one of the reasons it's here this season on Broadway. And even if the second act doesn't fly as high as the first, this show will win over even the most self-involved critic. The elderly waiter alone will make you lose it!
Going again this week with a Manchego Cheese and chorizo sandwich in hand. 
Hey, who knows? Maybe I can make my Broadway debut.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #37
Posted: 4/7/12 at 6:19pmAn excellent piece of theatre. A funny play, with several inspired moments. Very well acted and directed. The musical numbers could/should be reduced, or eliminated entirely. They needlessly protract the play's length.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #38
Posted: 4/7/12 at 6:56pmI really want to see this production but I need help with seating. My options are center orch.first row (Row AA),left orch. row M seat 1, or center mezz. row B. Any help will be appreciated.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #40
Posted: 4/7/12 at 8:20pm
Your average Americans won't get this sort of humor.
Ben Brantley hated it, when he saw it in London.
One Man Two Guvnors - NY Times
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #41
Posted: 4/7/12 at 9:36pmI completely disagree. I think most Americans will find this hysterical. Also, I don't know what review you're reading, but Brantley loved the show in London. That review is practically a rave.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #42
Posted: 4/7/12 at 11:23pm
We didn't get to the dress rehearsal Friday until about ten minutes before it started. Much of the orchestra was roped off for the production, but the G.M. told us the show played great from the mezzanine, so up we went all those stairs to the fourth of fifth row mezzanine, house left, and it was pretty terrific. You'll have a great time wherever you sit. The Music Box is a wonderful house.
p.s. And as someone else mentioned, Brantley RAVED about the show when he saw it in London (July 2011) and without a doubt, he'll do the same here in New York. Broadway needs a good ole' show where your sides will hurt from laughing. And yep, this British humor translates perfectly. Someone told me today they hadn't laughed so hard since SPAMALOT.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #43
Posted: 4/7/12 at 11:34pm
******POSSIBLE SPOILER*************************
I can't figure out whether this is an ad lib or not: During tonight's performance, after Francis asked "Does anyone have a sandwich?," an audience member hurled a plastic bag up on stage. Francis looked at the bag and grinned, saying, "You've seen the show before." He picked it up and commented on the name of the shop, which was printed on the bag. (It was an English company I didn't recognize.) He said it was downmarket. Then he looked inside, and there was a triangular-shaped sandwich package, but no sandwich. When Francis looked up, puzzled, the audience member said, "They wouldn't let the sandwich through customs." Francis feigned disappointment that there was no sandwich, and the audience howled. A very funny bit! It seemed ad libbed to me, but then again, so did the other parts that turned out to be scripted!
Updated On: 4/8/12 at 11:34 PM
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #44
Posted: 4/7/12 at 11:47pmThat would, in fact, be ad libbed! How exciting. Did he then proceed with the rest of the sandwich gag?
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #45
Posted: 4/8/12 at 12:57am
Yes, I'm pretty sure he said to the audience, "Let's pretend this never happened," and then said again, "Does anyone have a sandwich?" That led into the hummus bit, which was exactly as described above.
It would be funny if something different happened every night, and to some extent, I'm sure it does!
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #46
Posted: 4/8/12 at 12:59amOh, I agree completely that theatre going Americans won't get this show at all, because, you know, that crowd doesn't get Monty Python... or Ab Fab... or Faulty Towers... or Shirley Valentine... or Dr. Who... or French & Saunders... or The Vicar of Dibley... or Shakespeare... or G&S.... or... or Burma
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #47
Posted: 4/8/12 at 1:08amThere were a couple of small things I think we Americans didn't get. Like, the characters kept commenting that the pub did food, and apparently that's funny because so many pubs don't. Also, a character was described disparagingly as being from the north, and I guess that's a putdown. So I'm wondering how much the script was adapted before the show was moved to the States.
ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #48
Posted: 4/8/12 at 9:11am
James Corden:
David Beckham:
Just to be absolutely clear... the first photograph is James Corden, the second photograph is David Beckham.
Do not get the two confused.
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ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS #49
Posted: 4/8/12 at 12:08pm
I just adjusted my plans for next week to stay a few hours longer to catch this! It's the day after opening (I originally wanted tix for this, but my available day was opening night!)
Front row.
Very excited!
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