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SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM First Preview??
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM First Preview??#125
Posted: 3/27/10 at 12:26am
Saw the show again tonight.
I only noticed one cut number. But there were certainly some minor changes, all for the better. There were technical problems in act 2. The audio stopped during some of the videos. And sometimes the audio wasn't matching his lips.
They started at 8:02, and ended about 10:45. The pacing feels better. Audience seemed to REALLY enjoy it. Didn't notice any walkouts! Definitely a stronger show within a week. Hopefully there are still changes to come.
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM First Preview??#126
Posted: 3/27/10 at 12:38amDid you notice Vanessa Williams mess up during Children Will Listen?
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM First Preview??#128
Posted: 3/27/10 at 12:45am
She was singing with Tom and was supposed to sing "Careful the tale you tell, that is the spell" but sang "Careful before you say, listen to me". It was awkward.
And I was in the mezz and those bastard people working the sound up there were freaking out almost yelling for a good thirty minutes until an audience member went over and told them to shut the hell up. Very unprofessional of the staff at that theater.
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM First Preview??#129
Posted: 3/27/10 at 12:50am
I heard some commotion at the back of the mezz, lots of noise (banging, etc).
And you're right I did notice they sang two different lyrics!
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM First Preview??#132
Posted: 3/28/10 at 2:18amHer solo is technically "My Husband The Pig."
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM First Preview??#133
Posted: 3/28/10 at 5:10amWhat song was cut?
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM First Preview??#134
Posted: 3/28/10 at 8:15am
I sat through this last night, and was deeply disappointed. I'd have had a more productive evening by putting my Sondheim playlist on shuffle and reading a good Sondheim biography.
The interviews were far more interesting than the drab performances, and I too would buy a DVD consisting only of them. The performances were decidedly lackluster. Only Barbara Cook managed to rise above the pedestrian, her "In Buddy's Eyes" was the evening's high point. Euan Morton's limp ande unfunny "Franklyn Shepard Inc." had zero rage or pain to animate the song, and poor Tom Wopat's "Epiphany" was just plain embarassing. It didn't help that the songs are taken out of context, of course, but I kept feeling that the cast wasn't even really trying to make up for it with any real emotion at all, they were just going through the motions and climbing the set.
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