OSLO Previews — Page 3

Makes a lot of sense to cut out one of the intermissions - it's now listed on Telecharge as one intermission. It's very distracting to see audience members get up and leave starting at 10:30pm, then 10:35pm, etc (and then trickle out every few minutes thereafter) whenever I'm at one of the Broadway shows at Lincoln Center. But unfortunately since this theater is on the Upper West Side, most people need to take several subways home and/or the subway to Penn Station/Grand Central/Port Authority, making for a very long commute home.

Updated On: 4/2/17 at 12:22 AM

Thrilled to hear they've cut an intermission - I find two intermissions dreadful at any play, and kill momentum. I'd much rather sit through 120 minutes straight than have it broken up. This has definitely encouraged me to see the play sooner!

I caught Oslo yesterday afternoon, and I throughly enjoyed the play. I knew nothing about the politics or history going in. While it was a little confusing at first, I was still very much able to follow the proceedings as the events unfolded. The play has very strong writing, direction, and performances from everyone in the cast. The play only has one intermission now, and it clocks in at 2 hours and 55 minutes. Even though the play is long, I was never bored, and the three hour run time really flew by thanks to the quick pacing and riveting performances. I would highly recommend this.

Saw the show last night and thought it was fantastic. It's dense, but Rogers deserves a lot of credit for picking which moments to dig in and dramatize, and which moments to summarize and move on. The play is long, but I thought one intermission worked just fine, and the second act didn't feel that long, despite being significantly longer than the first. And as someone who knew almost nothing about the Oslo Accords, any initial confusion I had quickly went away as the play progressed.

The cast is uniformly excellent, especially Azizi and Aronov (Aronov in particular cranks up the tension and pace of the play from the moment he enters). Ehle is also wonderful as a character whose contribution comes much more often in small forms, rather than large amounts of dialogue.

As Whizzer mentioned, the space feels enormous, and especially in the beginning I felt like the actors had to shout everything at the top of their lungs just to be heard, especially over the projections - there was lots of spit flying, especially from Mays. It does sound like they've mic'ed the stage, and since it's early in previews they may still be adjusting sound levels, or I might have just found it problematic because I was sitting so close (thanks to LincTix, I had a much closer seat than usual).

All in all, it's a fantastic play and I second all the recommendations to see it!

I haven't seen the show at the Beaumont yet, but I'm not in love with the idea of cutting the second intermission. The show was written in a three-act structure, and it worked so well that way at the Newhouse. Cutting the second intermission, I think, would create an imbalance that I would hope to avoid. But I imagine this decision was made, at least in part, because audiences wanted to be out of the theater before 11, and perhaps overtime regulations also played a role.

I'd prefer two intermission also if it was written that way. Also, a little break to get up from uncomfortable seats is always helpful.

I knew there were overtime issues so I said something to a Staff member about cutting an intermission and they said it was not artistically favored because of the play structure. But it sounds like overtime won the day.

IdinaBellFoster said: "Possibly ignorant question - why not start the show earlier? Is there a reason curtain has to be at 8:00PM? LONG DAY'S JOURNEY started at 7:00PM.

I had the same thought! Jerusalem and August: Osage County started at 7:30 if I remember correctly.

I saw the matinee of this excellent play today. To those who saw it at the Newhouse, where did they place the second intermission?

I went to today's matinee. Only one intermission ; however I didn't feel the 3 hours at all. Most things have been said in previous posts. Cast is overall excellent even when a certain elderly audience got up to use restroom n somehow ended up on stage on the side. Actors paused then continued

i have seen all new plays this season except indecent and Oslo should win the tony in best play

My tdf tix was last row of lodge. View was great.

Can anyone speak to the view from the far sides? (Specifically looking at Linctix seat C105 or C505.) Thanks!

I was in row F right orchestra... The show REALLY plays to the whole audience (with the exception of the final scene, which is minor)... and BARTLETT SHER does a great job of having the show feel like it's constantly moving around... I loved the way JENNIFER EHLE walked around the stage as she explained what was going on...

It's a great show... I hope SHER wins the TONY!

I liked it, though with the raves people have been giving on here I think I expected much more. I found Act 2 to be flawless and completely engrossing while Act 1 was an incredibly dense history lesson. Lots of history and concepts and characters to introduce which takes almost an entire act to make sense of. Wouldn't be my pick for Best Play, but would love it if Aronov and Azizi were nominated. They are doing wonderful work with Aronov completely stealing the show when he is introduced.

I thought Mays and Ehle did fine, but their characters are saddled with tons of exposition. There is not a strong emotional connection to them, in my opinion, as there is with the rest of the cast (ie: the ones actually creating the peace accords). Worth seeing for the thrilling second act, I just wish act one was condensed.