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Scotland PA Previews#25
Posted: 9/27/19 at 5:16pmCan anyone who’s seen it comment on the inappropriateness for a young teen? Thanks in advance.
Scotland PA Previews#26
Posted: 9/27/19 at 5:22pm
MILD SPOILERS ****************************************
There are a couple of F-bombs and a song about being gay (the best number in the show, I may add). The main romance is between a husband and wife, so that's not off-color. But one character has sex for money with another character. There is a horrendous murder scene that's pretty graphic and gruesome and one instance of self-mutilation. (You don't see everything that's happening, but it's pretty clear what the character is doing.)
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Scotland PA Previews#27
Posted: 9/27/19 at 6:28pm
DramaTeach said: "Can anyone who’s seen it comment on the inappropriateness for a young teen? Thanks in advance."
There are quite a few f-words, weed and some sex and sexuality reference, but it depends on a teen and how close you are with them. I wouldn't have taken my 12 years old daughter but definitely would my almost 14 year old son.
Scotland PA Previews#28
Posted: 9/28/19 at 12:01amI wish we could get to a point where a song about being gay isn’t seem as something that would be offensive to a teenager...
Scotland PA Previews#29
Posted: 9/28/19 at 5:32amWas wondering a bit more about sex scenes, drugs, and language. Got my answer, so thank you all.
Scotland PA Previews#30
Posted: 9/29/19 at 8:28am
Saw it last night, and this is definitely a quirky one. Not sure how most theater-going audiences will react to it. It's a dark comedy but some of the comedy is stale. I wanted the comedy to feel fresher than it did, and it's not the 70s setting that makes it feel that way. Some of the jokes/bits are just predictable. There were moments of surprise and weirdness that I enjoyed, but it was a very mixed bag. The set was also a fun component.
I enjoyed the songs overall, but Alysha Umphress was out and I think her vocal strength was missing from the stoners. I don't know if I'm correct, but I'd guess it was the understudy's first performance. Her voice was a bit shaky, her dance moves weren't as fierce as the others (she's the dance captain of the production too), and she forgot a line and got flustered. All understandable since it's still so early in their performances. My favorite songs were the one where Mac is describing a drive-thru to his boss and the one in Act II where he's on the local news. There were a few too many slower ones in the second act, and it started to lose me.
The performances were fine but there was nothing that stood out. In fact, when some songs started, I thought to myself, "This doesn't suit this person's voice." That may have been the arrangement behind it because as the song progressed, I changed my mind. Jay Armstrong Johnson was my favorite, but his character is a drunk goofball, so the drunk "surfer dude" speak got old and while his song highlights his dance moves, it did not show off his voice. Roundabout keeps giving Megan Lawrence these kooky older lady characters, and I'm not a fan of it. I'd like to see her in a drama instead.
I feel like this is shooting for the same audience as Heathers or Be More Chill, which will be a tough sell for the over-65 Roundabout theater-goers. The place was probably only 60% full. The creative team was sitting at the back of the house taking notes, so it's definitely still a work in progress. Hope they make some adjustments because there is a lot of darkly humorous potential there.
Scotland PA Previews#31
Posted: 10/10/19 at 5:34pm
I saw it last weekend. I really loved Act 1 and most of Act 2. I think it's such a brilliant concept and just a great entertainment. The music had me from the first chord. I feel like they struggled a bit to have the Macbeth and Lady M characters deaths feel organic in their plot structure tho.
I feel like Banko, Pat, and Mac's deaths happened all too close together for the drama to build. In Shakespeare's structure there is time between Macbeth seeing Banquo's ghost, Lady M's suicide and Macbeth's defeat that makes the fall feel more natural. Here it happened to directly in a row for me. I'd be curious to hear if it develops through previews as aside from that I really loved it.
Scotland PA Previews#32
Posted: 10/17/19 at 2:00am
saw it tonight and it still trips me up that Roundabout is doing this show.
Jay Armstrong Johnson, wow, where did that performance come from, surprising in all the right ways.
dug all of it, loved the lobby stuff during the intermission, love little details like that.
also whatever the post bow scene was has been cut, they clearly have used a rather long preview period to actually work on the show.
this was a blast and i highly recommend checking it out.
Scotland PA Previews#34
Posted: 10/25/19 at 11:09am
I saw this last night and really enjoyed it. Is it perfect? No. Can I remember any of the songs? No. But it's fun and entertaining and the cast (especially Ryan, Jay, Taylor, and Megan) is great.
Scotland PA Previews#35
Posted: 10/25/19 at 11:14amWhere are the reviews? Thought the whole thing was a miss & the casting was off - maybe they’ve improved since I saw it but didn’t think either of the leads delved far enough into madness to warrant the ending. Good voices though.
Scotland PA Previews#36
Posted: 10/25/19 at 12:18pm
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/theater/scotland-pa-review.html
It's a Critic's Pick with NYT
Scotland PA Previews#37
Posted: 10/25/19 at 12:18pm
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/theater/scotland-pa-review.html
It's a Critic's Pick with NYT
Scotland PA Previews#38
Posted: 10/25/19 at 12:57pm
Here's a link to some:
http://www.playbill.com/article/did-critics-flip-over-new-musical-scotland-pa
Scotland PA Previews#39
Posted: 10/25/19 at 3:57pm
Kind of shocked that Green liked it so much (and enough to give it a critic's pick). Shaw's take is right on the money for me.
Scotland PA Previews#40
Posted: 7/25/20 at 1:19amWas there ever any talk of a cast album for this show? I’ve recently gone down the YouTube rabbit hole and I like a lot of the songs I’ve heard this far pretty okay, but I’d love to hear more. I hope they decide to record an album in the future, when it is safe to do so of course.
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