Sean Hayes/Sarah Jane Everman in Promises, Promises

I finally saw the show I was most looking forward to seeing this season.
I absolutely loved it, the dancing and the choreography were Tony-worthy, the songs, the book. It was the perfect evening at the theatre.

Sean Hayes is a surprise. Wonderful, hilarious, he truly leads the show and does an amazing job. A top notch performer.

Sarah Jane Everman sounds a lot like Kristin Chenoweth, but her voice is even richer and her belting was a joy to hear. She was thrilling tonight. Any fans of the show should run to the Broadway Theatre this week to see her as Fran.

Tony Goldwyn is perfect for this role, this famous "villain" looks great and sounded great. Who would have guessed this Hollywood hunk could sing? Loved him.

Katie Finneran...how can I begin? What a great role for a comedic actress, she nailed it. She was pure joy, the audience went crazy over her at the end. I haven't seen anything like this in a long time. She got applauses when she appeared onstage(probably from people that knew she was nominated for a Tony or fans seeing the show multiple times). She truly stole the 2nd act. Brava!

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Updated On: 5/27/10 at 12:47 AM

Ooops, I forgot that. Thanks for the correction.

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How could she be giving a "star is born" performance? She already has a Tony and is a well established theatre actress, with a slew of credits. She's not some newbie whose talents are being "discovered" in this show.

Another self-proclaimed theater aficionado who don't know jack about what they are talking about and toss around a lot of "buzz phrases" and words for in their posts for effect.

This seems to be turning into a word of mouth show and the reviews are become less and less relevant. That is a good thing for the average theatre goer, who would miss a wonderful night of entertainment otherwise.

I actually had the pleasure of overhearing a couple the other night talking about Promises, Promises. They had seen a few shows that weekend and while Promises was not their favorite, they enjoyed it very much and said "I don't know what that Times critic was talking about. Promises, Promises was delightful. He must be losing his ability to reason properly." I chuckled all the way home.

Yeah it's sad that mediocre is what's the public is settling for. I mean at the prices being charged to go see a show nowadays you would think people would be getting there money's worth...ad I can understand if maybe 1 or 2 critics didn't care for it, but the fact is that the production as a whole wasn't very well received by a majority and the exclusion of even a Tony nomination for Best Revival says a lot. But then again who am I? If people are actually enjoying this half-baked misguided effort then more power to them. I personally didn't care for it.

Updated On: 5/27/10 at 09:30 AM

As Elaine Stritch says, never take the advice of a poster who doesn't know the difference between "there" and "their."

LOL...the film it's based on won the oscar for Best Picture.

It's a great show that got a mediocre and misguided treatment. The book is still funny, if dated, the score is glorious, if not particularly well sung, Hayes is winning and Finneran is hilarious.

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I've loved this score since I first heard it...so maybe it's just my cuppa...

Although I dont blame Cheno for taking the role, she was just so charm-free! Kerry O'Malley was quite charming at Encores, and frankly sang the role much better.

I really only blame the misguided concept and choreography, which was just odd...the flying businessmen during "Basketball"...what the eff was that?

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And that is good enough for me, 23!!!

Oh please JoeKv99 who died and made you the spelling Nazi of BWW. I was typing fast sue me...and no I'm not going to update or change it because if it bothers you that much then it stays.

The music is always going to be great. It's Bacharach. He's music royalty and this is one of his crowning achievements.

Kristin Chenoweth's next starring role will be in the upcoming revival of APPLAUSES. Which for effect they are re-naming APPLAUSES, APPLAUSES. Lea Michele will be playing "Eve" to her "Margo", because as we ALL know she has to be in just about everything that's announced, whether she's right for it or not. I think it's scheduled to go into the Sondheim.

Updated On: 5/27/10 at 09:03 PM

on her twitter she said maybe she would return tomorrow...

@KChenoweth: Miserable still out of show. Prayers. Maybe tomorrow. Prayers!!!!!

or at least i assume that is what "maybe tomorrow" means.... i hope she gets better soon, poor Cheno

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