SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW reviews...- Page 2

[myManCape]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:49am

The show cant cost very much to produce. Cast of 11, small crew, no set. If they come close to selling out the small theatre they can probably make a decent amount of their money back. Also you have to remember that this wasnt staged just for a 5 week holiday broadway run (see Grinch) but rather as just another stop on their 20+ (read: 20 years of Slava and his clowns not this particular show) year journey around the world. Im sure some stops make money and some lose money, but you have to consider the overall bottom line for the show as a whole.

Updated On: 12/8/08 at 11:49 AM

[birdboy782]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 12:19pm

So.. the rain ruined your suit--not the show. Never heard of someone who gets their hair done for an appearance the day before...you were just going to sleep on it? Also can't imagine how some confetti (large rectangular confetti, no less) could ruin a hairdo. Maybe you should have been more careful taking it out. Maybe you should have used an umbrella in the rain--especially after getting your hair "done." Maybe when you walked into the theatre and there were piles of paper confetti "snow" everywhere you should have asked an usher, if you were concerned.

Regardless, this "argument" is a waste of space. Your lack of common sense has nothing to do with the merits of this show.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 5:47pm

I hated this show.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 6:14pm

I knew going in that there would be "snow". I was in the second row. Didn't know there would be THAT much, but I still dressed for the occasion. Meaning I didn't wear a suit or anything expensive. However I was still dressed nicely. Corine, I find it hard to believe that you didn't know what you were in for, especially since you follow the theater.

I enjoyed the show. Yes, it is a strange little show, but if you have ANY desire to see it, I say go. Just let go and enjoy. it looks like a larger cast since I saw it years ago here in Denver. We all left the theater smiling and laughing. I would see it again given the chance. And I would even sit in the second row again!

[Corine2]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 6:24pm

I actually did not know it was a spur of the moment purchase and during the day I had a major video interview.
Oh, well. It was not my cup of tea. I do like some interactive shows. In fact I loved the tacky little show about weddings.
It was cheesy but I enjoyed the interactive part of Tony and Tina's Wedding. This show was really annoying. I was in the second row and I was clobbered with snow paper. It was torture for me. One of the worst experiences I have had at the theater.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/9/08 at 2:19am

Face it Corine, the yarns you spin rarely ring true and when people point this out, you call them mean behind their backs. The only way your "damp" suit could be ruined by dry square pieces of paper would be if you had just climbed out of a dunk tank sopping wet and for somebody to have poured a sack of flour over you before the confetti flew. And how many laws of physics were defied in order for the blowing of paper squares to be responsible for the pulling of a thread?

I'm sure you'll reveal some new details explaining why you deserve sympathy for the least likely of reasons; just try to make them a little more realistic.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 12/9/08 at 8:57am

Thank You!

I thought this show was brilliant. I couldn't help but think I was watching a Beckett play! I saw it four years ago at the Union Square theatre and remembered loving it then. I love it even more, having watched it this weekend. This experimental clowning, mixed with truly amazing, audience-infused effects really creates a wonderful piece of art. I highly suggest everyone go out and see this production for its short engagement!

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/9/08 at 8:59am

Sounds like Corine should have used an umbrella.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 12/9/08 at 9:07am

don't mind Corine. she's still upset because somebody dropped a house on her sister.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 10:04pm

"I need a drink." "Somebody get me a gun." "I can't wait to see Liza again to erase this memory." "Reopen American Buffalo...on second thought it wasn't that bad!"

These are some of the phrases that my two friends and I were saying during SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW tonight. It ranks up there with one of the absolute worst pieces of "theater" I have ever seen. No plot. No acting. No special talents from the cast. Just a big mishmosh that they are charging $111.50 for.

Just a few things I remember (but am trying to forget) that were so horrible about it. The telephone skit when he was talking jibberish (my friend said it was like SQUONK). The rocking horse. The huge orange ball that peered out and then went back behind the stage. The slanted man who fell over. The spiderweb that ended Act 1. The yellow guy with arrows through him that took him like 10 minutes to finally die (after he walked through the audience).

And I have to agree with Corine. It is possible to ruin a nice suit at this show. Not only do they blast you with snow at the end, but they also shower the audience with water at the beginning of Act 2. Luckily, my friends and I moved from our row K right orchestra seats, to the second to last row in the right orchestra, so we were not a part of the "audience participation." So after they showered the audience with water, they sprayed tiny bits of paper all over you. This, in my opinion, could easily ruin a nice suit.

It was so dreadful...do not see this show. Please. I beg you.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 10:06pm

Ouch.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 11:41pm

I had the pleasure of sharing my Slava experience next to WAT tonight and what an experience it was! One of the biggest pieces of crap I've witnessed on the stage.

It's hard to critique the show as there was no talking, singing or point to the evening. Each little skit went nowhere and there were no common threads holding the pieces together.

WAT already mentioned some of the low points, but I'll mention a few more. For ten seconds in the second act someone came out in a rocking chair and knitted in what I'd like to believe was a nod to Natalie Toro's character in TOTC. Also, as in Good Vibrations, the audience got to bounce balls around during the curtain call.

The truly horrific part of the evening came at the start of act two. The cast ASSAULTED the audience with water bottles and umbrellas. I literally saw an older gentleman (at least 65) get water dumped on his bald head two rows in front of me. Another clown punctured holes in a water bottle and sprayed eveyone in a five row radius from where he stood. WAT, our other friend and I were in complete shock at what was happening.

The Squonk-esque telephone as WAT mentioned above was funny for all the wrong reasons. During a scene on a bed that two clowns were pretending was a ship, another clown with a shark fin on his back circled the bed and then left the stage (of course after taking a bow!!).

If you blink you might miss the giant spider that crashes to the stage as the audience is covered with a giant spiderweb.

I can only repeat what WAT said: Do not see this dreck. Don't waste your money or brain cells trying to figure it out. The only benefit of seeing stuff like this is it makes you appreciate the good (and even mediocre) things on Broadway.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 12:02am

^^^^

Was that for real?

"uh, uh, uh"

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 12:18am

Yeah adamgreer...don't know what that's about, but it was as random and pointless as Slava's Snowshow, so at least it fits with the theme of the thread.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 12/11/08 at 9:05am

I will not try to change your opinion, as I believe everyone is entitled to think what they want, but I believe you are misinterpreting this piece of theatre. You feel as though the show was crap because there was no plot, no singing, music, dancing to tell a story. Singing, Music, Dancing is not the sole core of what theatre is. Slava is a clown. His troupe works with clowning. Have you ever studied Artaud? Theatre of the absurd? Artaud points out that movement, light, color, sound can be just as important, if not more important, than words. I really think it is provincial and close-minded to disregard a show because it doesn't fit in with the "norm". This show is not meant to be the capitalist, spectacle, consumer-driven **** that has taken over broadway. It is truly a magical experience, in my opinion, that breaks the boundaries of what you are seeing in main-stream theatre today. If you are looking for a show with song, dance, and a storyline, by all means, go hit up The Little Mermaid. But, if you want something deeper, darker, and truly Artaudian and Brechtian (for the audience participation is a way of allowing the audience to be less passive and more active in their involvement with the show), go see Slava's Snowshow.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, and if you are experimental, creative, and open-minded, I believe you will as well.

Please, DO, see this show.

Updated On: 12/11/08 at 09:05 AM