SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW reviews... — Page 2

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.

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!

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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.

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Sounds like Corine should have used an umbrella.

"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.

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.

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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.

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