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Retire it, QUEEN!
FallintoLight
Featured Actor Joined: 11/12/06
#25re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:48amWell I did feel it was negative. I did not see one glimmer of anything positive. Yes we are meant to love it, hate it, argue about it, etc. Isn't that what we are doing? I enjoyed it...Wannabe didn't. I am just surprised that we were in the same theatre tonight seeing the same show because what he posted does not resemble the show I saw in the slightest.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#26re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:49amWhat language was it in?
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#27re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:49am
I am just surprised that we were in the same theatre tonight seeing the same show because what he posted does not resemble the show I saw in the slightest.
You're surprised someone thinks very differently than you do?
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
FallintoLight
Featured Actor Joined: 11/12/06
#28re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:50amWhy don't we get back to talking about the show rather than attacking each other personally!
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#29re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:50amCould you say that without the accent? I couldn't understand you.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#30re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:51amALLO, GUB'NUH!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#31re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:51am
Well, this isn't the first review of the show where they couldn't find anything nice to say. Smell a trend?
It's in Queen, Kringas. Your native tongue.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#32re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:52amI washed me 'ands and face before ah come ah did!
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#33re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:53am
There was not one second that Stephanie looked bored.
She totally believes in this part and her work.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#35re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:54am
Weirdly enough, I though she sounded British in Wicked.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
FallintoLight
Featured Actor Joined: 11/12/06
#36re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:55am
Thank you Curtain
That's what I was trying to say. I believe that whole heartedly (and I don't think I was being defensive when I said it earlier)
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#37re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:55amThis thread made my night.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#38re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:56amStephanie Block isn't British? Wow, she is a good actress!
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#39re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:56am
I have to say I laughed out loud reading more than once.
I wish I had been in the theater tonight like everyone else. Who knows what I would have seen!
#40re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:56amMe too! The San Pellegrino Limonata can only make me so cheery.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#41re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:57amI did hear Stephanie say the F-word towards the beginning of Act 1...or at least that's what it sounded like.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#43re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:59am
Did she say it in an American, British or Irish accent? If American, can you give me specific diphthongs?
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
Updated On: 3/7/07 at 12:59 AM
Cape Twirl of Doom
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#44re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 1:00am
I was also at the preview tonight. It sounded to me like they had Irish accents. (Well I honestly can't remember if Stephanie J. Block had an accent but the other characters all did.)
Also this is just a nitpick, but your timing was off. The first act ended exactly at 9:30 (after starting about 20 minutes late) and the second act ran til around 10:40-10:45.
It did feel a lot longer though!
Oh one other thing, I couldn't stand how similar some of the music was to both Les Miserables & Martin Guerre. There were several songs that could have been pulled directly from those two shows.
"It's Phantom meets Hamlet... Phamlet!"
Updated On: 3/7/07 at 01:00 AM
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#45re: Retire it, QUEEN
Posted: 3/7/07 at 1:04am
"Retire it, Queen!" is going to be my new catchphrase.
"Retire it, Queen! Abdicate!"
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#48Go and serve yourself
Posted: 3/7/07 at 1:25am
I'm surprised there were any posts at all on this board between 8 pm and 11 pm. Apparently we were all at the Hilton theater tonight. No wonder it seemed so crowded. As I remarked to a friend at the theater, having seen Pirate Queen twice in Chicago I'm having a difficult time forming an opinion about the new improved version. I was very critical of PQ during its Chicago run. I thought the book and lyrics and direction were all abysmal.
Tonight I saw an entertaining, well crafted evening of theater with some great dancing, some strong performances, especially from Hadley Fraser, and a few pretty songs. It didn't change my life, but it sure beat watching "American Idol." The show has made incredible strides, especially in Act 1. The characters have motivations now, things happen for a reason, and I now care about what's going on. (Remember, I'm only talking about Act 1 here.) Once the Christening ended in Act 2 and the endless parade of ballads began with Tiernan's "Surrender" I felt that the show derailed. In fact my impression was that they just hadn't gotten around to fixing up the last 20 minutes yet.
The group of Long Island ladies sitting in front of me told that they loved the show, and someone else told me they thought it was better than Phantom. (I suppose that's damning with faint praise around here).
"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#49Go and serve yourself
Posted: 3/7/07 at 1:33am
Is it my imagination or are the people who saw this in Chicago saying it is vastly improved and a rather enjoyable show compared to the previous incarnation, and the people who are seeing it for the first time in NY are saying it pretty much sucks?
At any rate, the difference of opinion is still a wide margin, as it was in Chicago, but mostly not so good. Too bad, because I thought they were going to revise the entire show before brining it in, and now people are saying, "Hey, they got four weeks to fix it!" No, they HAD months to fix it. Now it is just fine tuning what they have. It won't get much better than what you are seeing right now, I suspect.
PEACE.
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