SITPWG or August?- Page 2

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:17am

SirNotAppearing, I really disagree. SUNDAY is definitely not everyone's piece of cake. Many people walked out during intermission when I saw it, some in their twenties, some in their fifties, some in their seventies, some with their families in tow...

[jrb]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:12am

As for the slashing of the orch...it's not so much the size as the replacement of the French Horn with Sax, for me. It doesn't have the same warm, clean tone and therefore seems to lack something.

And 5 compared to 11 - that is a major difference in orchestral density. You're talking about less than half! It only takes a couple more instruments to flesh out the sound. But that's neither here nor there.

Go see either. Both great pieces.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:26am

I wouldn't mind the reduced band if they sounded good. The reduced orchestrations are GHASTLY, it now sounds merely tinny, like a couple of teenagers with cheap casios.

Go see ADDING MACHINE and hear how a minimum of musicians can make a maximum of sound.

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:28am

AUGUST--especially with this cast.

[SkierRob02]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:04pm

I saw SITPWG and left at intermission. I have a passion for this piece and couldn't bear one more minute of enduring that horrible revival. August, on the otherhand, was wonderful. I'm going again tonight.

[WestVillage]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:20pm

I'm with you ... I also left at intermission. This Sunday was a pompous bore, and the first act felt like an eternity.

August's 3.5 hours, on the other hand, flew by, and I could have stayed for more.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:31pm

I'm definitely the opposite. I adored Sunday and couldn't get out of the theatre fast enough when August was over.

[Belleof14thStreet]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 9:32pm

Anyone who says that they couldn't get out of the theatre fast enough at the end of August is ... I have no words. It is shameful for theatre lovers to be in New York City and not see the brilliance that is August: Osage County. Plain and simple. This piece of theatre will have people talking for years, decades. It is the most solid piece of work that I have EVER seen. The acting, the script, the set, lights, costumes ... it all comes together and makes for a magical, enthralling, evening. I very much enjoyed Sunday in the Park with George - but there isn't even a contest when it comes to these two productions. And I agree with a previous poster: see August before Duneggan and Morton leave. Heaven.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 9:37pm

It's not my thing. I just didn't connect. TOO out there from my background or something. Just not my cup of tea. I recognize that a lot of people love it, but it's not on my list of things to see again.

And yes, I like stuff that makes you think. August was just too...something for me. At least I didn't leave at either intermission like people do with Sunday. I gave it the full show's chance.

Updated On: 5/23/08 at 09:37 PM

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:51pm

I'm sort of with Belle. I think my heart sinks a little for someone who could actually sit through something like August and not feel the magic of what it means to have theater converge and transcend in the way that that production does. It's the Streetcar, the Long Day's Journey Into Night of our time. One day students will be reading this play in their classrooms for it's mastery.

August didn't make you think? It certainly made me think. Not about the condition of art or the state of the world, but things much more deeply personal and universal.

[MarkCohen2]

Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:01pm

Sunday.