Retire it, QUEEN! — Page 2

What language was it in?

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Why don't we get back to talking about the show rather than attacking each other personally!

ALLO, GUB'NUH!

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I washed me 'ands and face before ah come ah did!

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She must have a vivid imagination.

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)

Stephanie Block isn't British? Wow, she is a good actress!

Me too! The San Pellegrino Limonata can only make me so cheery.

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Did you see the show Bobby?

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.

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Updated On: 3/7/07 at 01:00 AM

Says the bitter old queen.

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).

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