tobiasragg - I'm glad you got a ticket. I'm looking forward to the show after the great reviews from last nights first preview! After I'm heading to a singles party to maybe find true love.
How long was last nights performance? 2HR 30min? More? Less? Thanks.
It got out at 10:45, but started at 8:08ish and intermission ran a little long. Also, Stallone's speech was several minutes. I imagine it'll be getting out closer to 10:30ish as it goes on.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Thanks for the post. I got 2 tickets for tonight. I had TDF fix for last night, but i wasn't able to make it and they wouldn't past date for today.. Oh well. I guess i just donated $94.00 to Rocky.
I've never sat upstairs in the Winter Garden, but because I've heard good things about the view in this thread, I bought 3rd row center mezz for next Thursday. I'm sure I may sacrifice beefcake proximity, but I'm excited to take the rest of it in.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
VotePerson: If you're wanting to see the show and don't want to take your chances at the lottery my suggestion would be to pay the extra $10 or so and get tickets through TDF.org.
"If you took away the final moments, this show would be getting ripped to shreds on here by mostly everyone."
That's a wild guess. I was already raving about it my intermission, and if anything, I think the staging of the last 20 minutes, while exciting, lacks clarity. Ahrens and Flaherty pulled off something really special with this score, giving voice to characters who are most notable for not being the most articulate of individuals. Their songs are this simple and straightforward, and yes, some of the lyrics contain cliches and bit of silliness, but only in so much as they're very true to who these people are and where they come from.
I hope other people love the show as much as I did. I'll for sure be making a return trip to see it when it's in even tighter shape. Looking over the song list, I don't see any duds. "Philly Pie" is a harmless bit of fluff but adds context to Adrian's world. Mickey's song is probably the most inauspicious, but even that I didn't dislike. Other than those two, I'm really fond of the score on first listen with "One of Us," "I'm Done," and "Fight from the Heart" standing out as high points.
"That's a wild guess. I was already raving about it my intermission, and if anything, I think the staging of the last 20 minutes, while exciting, lacks clarity."
I agree with you on that (I guess we're of totally like minds on this show). The ending moment especially- it wasn't totally clear that Apollo "won" and Rocky chose Adrian over any sort of physical victory.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
^ I was Mid Maz and had no issue with either point. ***SPOILER***?
The screens above the ring said (something to the effect...) that Apollo Wins! As for choosing Adrian over a victory, was that part of the film? At blackout, it just seemed clear that the pair were together...which I thought was how the film ended.
"Ahrens and Flaherty pulled off something really special with this score, giving voice to characters who are most notable for not being the most articulate of individuals. "
Wow. We'll definitely agree to disagree. As a huge Ahrens & Flaherty fan since their first collaborations, I found this score to be very disappointing and incredibly mediocre. With the exception of a couple standouts in the second act, I thought the score just brought everything down. The book was not too great, either. It's clear to me that regardless of "clarity," the creative team (and producers) were banking on that final sequence to overpower any negativity and end the experience on a high note.
I had a TDF ticket last night. I was in T21 which was three rows from the back on the house left side, ten seats in (left) from the aisle. Surprisingly, I had a pretty good view, and can't complain, especially for the price. I wouldn't want to sit farther to the side though.
I agree with you on that (I guess we're of totally like minds on this show). The ending moment especially- it wasn't totally clear that Apollo "won" and Rocky chose Adrian over any sort of physical victory.
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SPOILER: Apollo won only on points, as Rocky made it to the last round, which he had previously stated was his goal. He knew he had no hope of winning. But it was a bit confusing if you weren't looking at the monitors that Apollo actually did win at the end. Rocky was a winner in the sense that #1 He went the distance (which had never happened to Apollo before) and #2 He got the girl. Well, he already had her, really. Rocky didn't choose Adrian over winning.
I'm with Kad. I was there and it did seem like Sly was onstage for more than a minute and a half. Nobody in the audience whipped out a stopwatch, I'm sure.
