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Posted: 10/15/05 at 8:19pm
Shelled out $25 for SRO and it was worth it. Too bad lightning didn't strike twice.
There's a scene in The Producers where Max Bialystock throws a cup of water in Leo Bloom's face. Bloom responds with "I'm wet, you made me wet." There's a scene in The Odd Couple where Oscar Madison throws a cup of water in Leo Bloom's face. Bloom responds, yet again, with "I'm wet, you made me wet."
I use that exchange to prove my point about The Odd Couple.
Nathan Lane is giving another kick-ass performance. He is not doing the carbon-copy of Max Bialystock that I expected, and seeing him in the tank-top and boxers was a hoot. If no competition comes along, the Tony is his again.
However, Matthew Broderick, who, after finally learning his lines, channels Leo Bloom at ever second of his performance. There is no depth at all. I spent most of scene 1 waiting for him to break into "I Wanna Be A Producer." He needs to find his legs. Desperately.
It was distressing to see that the chemistry that was so apparent in The Producers was totally gone. It was like they had never even seen each other before in their lives.
Brad Garrett is doing the same shtick as he did on Raymond, but he's great doing it.
Olivia d'Abo and Jessica Stone steal the show as the Coo-Coo Pigeon Sisters in their two scenes.
The company of men (Rob Bartlett, Lee Wilkof, and Peter Frechette) also deliver great performances.
Love the set, but I love all of John Lee Beatty's work.
Props to Marc Shaiman who's incidental music is perfect. Only once did I miss the traditional theme song, but that was at the beginning.
In the audience were Phil Rosenthal and Monica Horan (both late of Everybody Loves Raymond).
At the stage door, Lee, Jessica, and Peter didn't stop to sign for everyone. Nathan was the first person out (very surprising), signing for everyone, taking pictures, and was more personable than I'd ever expect him to be. Rob did his shtick with the crowd, urging everyone to sell their Playbills on ebay to make back what they spent on tickets. Brad was also very nice and thanked everyone who screamed out "We love you, Robert!"
According to Pat at the stage door, Nathan DOES come out after every matinee. He even did so on Wednesday, in the pouring rain.
There's a scene in The Producers where Max Bialystock throws a cup of water in Leo Bloom's face. Bloom responds with "I'm wet, you made me wet." There's a scene in The Odd Couple where Oscar Madison throws a cup of water in Leo Bloom's face. Bloom responds, yet again, with "I'm wet, you made me wet."
I use that exchange to prove my point about The Odd Couple.
Nathan Lane is giving another kick-ass performance. He is not doing the carbon-copy of Max Bialystock that I expected, and seeing him in the tank-top and boxers was a hoot. If no competition comes along, the Tony is his again.
However, Matthew Broderick, who, after finally learning his lines, channels Leo Bloom at ever second of his performance. There is no depth at all. I spent most of scene 1 waiting for him to break into "I Wanna Be A Producer." He needs to find his legs. Desperately.
It was distressing to see that the chemistry that was so apparent in The Producers was totally gone. It was like they had never even seen each other before in their lives.
Brad Garrett is doing the same shtick as he did on Raymond, but he's great doing it.
Olivia d'Abo and Jessica Stone steal the show as the Coo-Coo Pigeon Sisters in their two scenes.
The company of men (Rob Bartlett, Lee Wilkof, and Peter Frechette) also deliver great performances.
Love the set, but I love all of John Lee Beatty's work.
Props to Marc Shaiman who's incidental music is perfect. Only once did I miss the traditional theme song, but that was at the beginning.
In the audience were Phil Rosenthal and Monica Horan (both late of Everybody Loves Raymond).
At the stage door, Lee, Jessica, and Peter didn't stop to sign for everyone. Nathan was the first person out (very surprising), signing for everyone, taking pictures, and was more personable than I'd ever expect him to be. Rob did his shtick with the crowd, urging everyone to sell their Playbills on ebay to make back what they spent on tickets. Brad was also very nice and thanked everyone who screamed out "We love you, Robert!"
According to Pat at the stage door, Nathan DOES come out after every matinee. He even did so on Wednesday, in the pouring rain.
Updated On: 10/15/05 at 08:19 PM
Hopefully if I'm in NY sometime in the future I can get a retake. 
