Raul Esparza Set To Appear In REASONS TO BE PRETTY Post Show Talkback 5/19

Umm...why? Does he have something to do with the show? Why would you participate in a talk back for a show you aren't in...?

They've been choosing a lot of random people to do these. And, yeah, clearly to attract audiences to come. It's not totally random, seeing as the producers of reasons to be pretty produced Raul's last two shows. I have no interest in seeing the play, though I think he'll make a good talk-back moderator.

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Please let us know how it goes.

Sorry I didn't post after... It was actually my birthday today (yesterday, wed.)! :)

It is sooo late, but really quickly: The show was really enjoyable, some of the best acting in a "contemporary/modern realism" play from the "three" :P I have seen in a while. (Why was Piper projecting too much on every line, she was shouting at everyone, aahhhhhh!).

The talkback was good. It happened to be significantly shorter than I expected, it was about 20 minutes or so. Not that I feel the actors should have been forced to give more time post-evening show, haha, but from past talkbacks I've been to, it just felt really brief and rushed. I didn't leave feeling gloriously fulfilled from the info given by everyone at the talkback :)

Some things of interesting note:
* Raul was the moderator and basically just announced everyone, took the questions and gave his thoughts subtly every now and then
* Raul mentioned he saw it the previous Sat.... wonder what he did Wed night during the performance
* Director Terrey Kinney was there
* The most discussed part during the talkback were "inner" monologues that each character originally had directed out to the audience. People were obnoxiously fixated on these in my mind, and in the rushed fashion of the talkback I wanted to get passed the monos many times.

Lastly-
* Penn Gillete of Penn and Teller was there. He stayed for the talkback and I said a quick thing to him at the end which was very neat. :)

time for bed, night

I pretty much avoid talkbacks. It seems that some gasbag gets the mike and tells the cast how wonderful they were, how much they enjoyed it, etc., etc. Nice enough to say, but these people have more interesting things to address and, when you get the right person and the right question, it can be most illuminating and interesting.

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Just saw this, so it looks like they are making it their "thing". Which I think is cool (and smart even), because the show does inspire so much conversation. I'm going to check out the show again on one of these days-and hopefully people will ask good questions. Maybe I should stand and say, "Ok, only one question about the monologues is allowed!" LOL

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cannavale_and_Weber_Set_for_REASONS_Talkback_Hosting_Duties_524_25_20090521

America Ferrara would be awesome!
I would love to see Aaron Eckhart-he's a LaBute guy. I would definitely wanna be there for that one.