Shining City rush??

I went a little before the play started and got a front mezzanine ticket for $ 26, the plays is very long. I warn you.

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The play may only be 90 minutes but it feels like an eternity. A listless, unfocused bore.

Do you think it's worth seeing??

I LOVED it. It was totally worth my $26.

Some good writing, some great acting, but overall extremely unfocused and slow. There's no action, and it's too talky.

The end creeped me the f*ck out. I get why they did it, but I found it -- despite that -- to be a total put-off.

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Updated On: 7/13/06 at 11:40 PM

I saw it a couple weeks ago from rush seats. I got there just before 10 and there was a couple in front of me and another woman. The woman was inquiring about the rush for a pair of students that were with her in the city, and the guy said that they didn't have many seats at all for the show (so I'd recommend getting there as close to 10 as you can, should you decide to go).

I thought overall the show was worth seeing for my $25. I don't think I'd go back again (other than the curiosity factor for the last few moments that happened so fast, I wasn't able to take it all in). I liked the show a hell of a lot better than I remember liking The Weir, but I don't think it was worthy of the raves it got from most critics.

Oh, and mef, I totally agree about Platt's accent. I don't think he was necessarily horrible all around, but he did seem to have a different accent in each scene. I specifically remember there being a Liverpool accent in there somewhere, and wondering "Why is Paul McCartney on stage?!?!" I do think he did a commendable job with the dialogue that must have looked incredibly daunting on the page. While it was difficult to listen to at times, he definitely spoke the way I'd imagine someone freaked out by the violent death of his wife, going to their first meetings meetings with a shrink would...all the "ums," "ers," and changing thought mid-sentance.

Anyway, John, if you can get rush, I guess I'd recommend seeing it before it closes (especially if you don't have anything else pressing to catch on you To-See list).

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Thanks everybody, I got two rush tix this morning.

So I just got back. I really enjoyed it. It is a slow moving play. Someone took a flash picture during John's(the character) long monolouge which made Brian O'Flynn flinch. And I hadn't taken my ADD medication so I could longer pay attention to him cause all I could think of was him flinching cause I thought his flinching was a turn to stop the show and remove the photographer from the theater which I wish he had done. Anyway I enjoyed it, I didn't LOVE it. Just it's so cool everything that happens. I don't want to ruin it for anyone but I think everyone should try to see it this weekend just because I said. You may not like it as a few on this thread have stated. But I just thought it was a good night out at the theater. The only complaint I had was their really awful Irish accents, all 4 of them.

Updated On: 7/15/06 at 01:17 AM

I think they reserve at least 8 seats. There in the mezz front row on either sides. There's a bar in front of them but you forget about it once the show starts. And that theater has the most comfortable seats, just thought I'd add that.

Oh and the box office opens at 12, not 10. I had fun walking around Times Square alone for two hours. :)

The box office opened at 12?!? I know that's generally the case on Sunday, but I've never really seen that during the week. Then again, I went on a Wednesday, so maybe they keep to the regular 10am opening on two show days?? Strange.

Glad you're glad you went, John! That's kind of how I felt about it. I didn't really love it by any means, but I was glad I went. Which, in some cases, is better than finding a show that you love that you want to see over and over again.

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Isnt Plimpton irish as well? I had no problem with their accents. Its directed by Bob Falls, an excellent director. I doubt he told them to fake accents that they have naturally.

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