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Once on Broadway
#26Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/28/12 at 11:07pmExcellent classy show tonight. Not a dreg in sight. The ensemble is truly fantastic and I am still humming the score. Enjoyed it even more the second time. Congrats to the cast and crew. I hope it can succeed through positive word-of-mouth.
#27Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/28/12 at 11:08pmWas like 2:30 and felt like 45 min.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#28Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/28/12 at 11:14pmI need to see this! I've got to find the cheapest ticket. I can't wait.
#29Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/28/12 at 11:19pmSince this show is so addictive the box office should come up with a frequent visitor punch card. Every so many times you see the show you get a free ticket.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
#30Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/28/12 at 11:25pmI sat through this show at NYTW and it felt pointless and endless. Some pleasant though repetitive music, a good performance by Steve Kazee, and that was about it. The charm of this show eluded me, as it did the NY Times, and if this is the best musical of the Broadway season, what a pity.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#31Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/28/12 at 11:34pmI am THRILLED to hear the positive notices from tonight. Like many others hear, I am really, really wanting this show to find an audience and succeed on Broadway. I absolutely loved it at NYTW and can't wait to see it again.
Copperfield2
Stand-by Joined: 11/4/06
#32Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/28/12 at 11:40pm
Someone wrorte: "I sat through this show at NYTW and it felt pointless and endless. Some pleasant though repetitive music, a good performance by Steve Kazee, and that was about it. The charm of this show eluded me, as it did the NY Times, and if this is the best musical of the Broadway season, what a pity."
The NY Times review was a mixed review, not a pan, and praised the musical moments if not the book. I expect a different review when the show opens on Broadway.
oasisjeff
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/07
#33Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/28/12 at 11:58pm
There's a lottery, I was one of the winners today. It's $26.50, and I think 20 winners:
- First six people in the front row (VERY CLOSE to the stage)
- One pair in Orchestra (I got these, were N26 and N28, I think)
- Rest in Mezzanine.
Now t/d/b/a haterobics on here.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#34Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 12:11am
Ohh, thanks for the info, oasisjeff. I was wondering about that! How many people showed up for the lottery?
Updated On: 2/29/12 at 12:11 AM
maxximumvolume2
Swing Joined: 6/9/09
#35Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 1:29am
Allow me to echo the praise. Incredible evening of musical theatre. Raw and passionate, with gorgeous songs, performances, and movement and theatricality that are perfect in their simplicity.
The overwhelming réponse at the end of the night was incredible to experience, and the cast was clearly moved and appreciative. They deserve it.
I hope to go back soon and I hope they have a very long run.
Updated On: 2/29/12 at 01:29 AM
#36Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 4:03am
Wow, ya'll have never made me so afraid of disliking a show this much before, lol.
Not that I dislike it. Haven't even seen it, but like I've mentioned before on this board, I felt the similar reactions to the film to be completely unwarranted, downright over-the-top for a film I thought was just OK and dragged a bit. It seemed people mostly raved about how it's a musical that doesn't sound and play out like a typical musical and that somehow makes it remarkable. There was nothing compelling about the plot and the music, although very nice, sounded the same--those two things are key in what I think would make a great musical and the film version of Once simply didn't have the greatness that I expected.
I hope the stage version somehow gives it something that the film couldn't.
Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#37Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 4:53am
My Oh My -- I feel the same way about the film. I tried watching it after hearing about it going to off b'way. I couldn't get through it. But the buzz here and among friends was so strong, that I chose to see it anyway and I was looking forward to the possibilities.
And as you see from my post above, I loved it. I thought it was moving and riveting on stage. I have managed to actually get through the film SINCE then -- and it's still a struggle for me. One of the rare times when the adaptation are oh-so-much-better than the source material.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#38Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 6:50am^ That's exciting. And I just read the Brantley review as well as a few others and by all indications it seems they've added considerable material most of which has garnered generally positive reactions. Nice.
Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#39Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 7:27am
A lot of enthusiastic reactions here.
Too bad the show's both a bore and a chore.
The things that get praised to the skies here!
oasisjeff
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/07
#40Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 7:35am
Not too many, 35 maybe? The majority of people won, I think.
My take is, if you didn't like the movie, it's the same story here, so stay home. I adored the movie and it was my favorite movie of that year, so I thought the show was phenomenal.
Now t/d/b/a haterobics on here.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#41Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 8:05am
^
You know, Jeff, what's interesting here is the number of comments on the order of, " I hope it finds an audience."
Well, if the show is so wonderful, what problem would it have finding an audience?.... unless it isn't so wonderful, and the people who make such statements tacitly realize it.
Why not just spill the beans, then, and tell us it's just a dismal sad-sack of a show.
And when one of the brightest, most articulate posters here says he "worshipped" it, well, oh, brother!
#42Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 8:17am
Ladies and gentlemen, BWW's very own Rex Reed!
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#43Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 8:19am
After Eight, you and I often agree when it comes to our opinions of shows. I have to disagree with you here, though. I found the show at NYTW to be absolutely spellbinding. I was drawn in from the very beginning and was on the edge of my seat the entire time. This from someone who wasn't a huge fan of the movie before.
Well, if the show is so wonderful, what problem would it have finding an audience?
Oh come now. You know that this isn't true. There have been plenty of shows in history that I have been glorious but that haven't survived because they don't have a star or a subject matter that is appealing to the mass public.
#44Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 8:19amAfter Eight, you don't need to tear people's opinions apart.
#45Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 8:28am
He does, though. They'be being dishonest, and he's just calling them out on it. There's nothing nasty or mean-spirited about that at all. Really, it's the most virtuous response there is.
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After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#46Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 8:48am
"There have been plenty of shows in history that I have been glorious but that haven't survived because they don't have a star or a subject matter that is appealing to the mass public."
Really? "Plenty" of "glorious" shows that have failed on Broadway due to a non star or an unappealing subject matter?
Could you give me some examples, or better yet, "plentiful" examples, of recent vintage? Andrew Jackson? Scottsboro Boys? Title of Show? Lysistrata Jones? "Glorious," these?
And what about Once? In what category does it fall? True, it has no stars. But does it have an "unappealing subject matter?" If that's the case, why is no one here telling us that?
#48Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 9:34am
After Eight- You can't honestly think that everything good and deserving, as subjective as those terms are, succeeds on Broadway, and everything that's poor in quality fails. It just isn't true.
I assume the reason many of us fear an early closing is due to the fact that there are no stars. Not even a Laura Benanti or Raul Esparza type. No matter how brilliant this cast is they remain relatively unknown to the general public.
Once is anything but a "bore and chore" or a "dismal sad-sack of a show." It's beautiful and heartbreaking. The themes of loneliness, longing and heartache remind me of my favorite show, The Most Happy Fella.
I've disagreed with you before, but never so much as right now.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
Updated On: 2/29/12 at 09:34 AM
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#49Once on Broadway
Posted: 2/29/12 at 9:46am
"After Eight- You can't honestly think that everything good and deserving, as subjective as those terms are, succeeds on Broadway, and everything that's poor in quality fails. It just isn't true. "
Whizzer,
But "good and deserving" are not the words being used to describe this show. "Glorious," "spellbinding," worthy of beng worshipped are the terms being bandied about as liberally and as cavalierly as confetti on New Year's eve. So we're talking about something great and exceptional here. And something that great and exceptional should run without stars. Avenue Q had no stars. it ran. Gemini ran. It had no stars. Wicked runs without stars. And these shows are far from great.
You may disagree with me all you please. I stand by my assessment of this show.
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