Obscure Broadway Shows
Scott Briefer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/3/04
#2Obscure Broadway Shows
Posted: 12/5/10 at 12:14pm
Censored Scenes of King Kong (which I saw and loved)
A History of the American Film (another masterpiece)
Big Deal (wow... there are a lot of really great shows...)
#2Obscure Broadway Shows
Posted: 12/6/10 at 7:03amNobody Lives Over A Pretzel Factory - Robert Preston
#3Obscure Broadway Shows
Posted: 12/6/10 at 12:19pm
Two Neil Simons:
Proposals (saw the tryout in DC)
The Dinner Party
I really enjoyed both. Proposals had one of the best scenic and lighting designs I've ever seen.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#4Obscure Broadway Shows
Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:21pm
Nobody Lives Over a Pretzel Factory (9 perf) launched Martin Sheen. Robert Preston was in Nobody Loves an Albatross which ran all season to good reviews.
God, why do I know this?
bwayfan7000
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
#5Obscure Broadway Shows
Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:42pmI love Murder at the Howard Johnson's! Very funny play.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6Obscure Broadway Shows
Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:47pm
There's a major flaw to be found in "The Dinner Party". A key point in the action involves someone saying "God Bless You" as another sneezes. As the play is set in Paris and involves Parisians, Simon didn't realize that Europeans don't acknowledge sneezes the way we do in the States.
It's important to write about people and places that you're familiar with.
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