So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far

[Yankeefan007]

So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#1

Posted: 7/20/08 at 9:40am

PASSING STRANGE and ADDING MACHINE

we hardly knew ye.

[OrdinaryJukebox]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#2

Posted: 7/20/08 at 1:58pm

Really....

-Vincent

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#2

Posted: 7/20/08 at 2:41pm

This thread is not needed

[Yankeefan007]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#3

Posted: 7/20/08 at 3:21pm

Neither are a number of others.

So there.

::sticks out tongue::

[SueleenGay]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#4

Posted: 7/20/08 at 3:58pm

You scared the bejesus out of me. I thought you were going to say [TOS] possted their closing notice.

PEACE.

[clever name]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#5

Posted: 7/20/08 at 4:20pm

I didn't see Adding Machine. But I'm really going to miss Passing Strange

[fanpires]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#6

Posted: 7/20/08 at 8:57pm

Both were kind of a joke. :)

[buffyactsing]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#7

Posted: 7/20/08 at 10:16pm

How was the Adding Machine a joke?

"This ocean runs more dark and deep than you may think you know...I'll be the fear of the fire at sea." -Marie Christine

[BobbyBubby]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#8

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:48am

Adding Machine easily had the most complex score from last season.

[TonyVincent]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#9

Posted: 7/21/08 at 6:35am

Impossible. SITPWG Act I and SITPWG Act II already closed.

[dancingthrulife04]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#10

Posted: 7/21/08 at 10:46am

I'm with Tony on this one.

http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda "And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler

[Okayfine]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#11

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:22pm

Yankeefan - I'm guessing you haven't seen a lot of shows this season.

[Yankeefan007]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#12

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:28pm

Should I post the list?

[verynewyorkcurious]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#13

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:32pm

No, you don't have to explain yourself to these people. Waste of time.

[BobbyBubby]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#14

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:43pm

These are easily two of the smartest new musicals of last year's lot. Commercial, of course not. Hummable, nope. But moving works of musical theatre that move the genre forward? You bet.

Sure, last season had some FUN shows. ANd you're allowed to like them. But don't discount Passing Strange and Adding Machine because of their dark, challenging material. Especially Adding Machine.

[Yankeefan007]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#15

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:45pm

They're both the future of musical theater, picking up where Spring Awakening left off.

[BobbyBubby]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#16

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:48pm

Yes, but with no white male eye candy or a past cast member of Rent or Wicked, what's the point?

[Yankeefan007]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#17

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:55pm

The key word in that sentence is "white."

Wanna figure out Yankeefan's theory on why PASSING STRANGE didn't last?

[LePetiteFromage]

#18

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:58pm

Updated On: 5/2/09 at 03:58 PM

[D2]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#19

Posted: 7/21/08 at 4:12pm

But Phantom will be coming back, LPF. Louder than ever.

Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)

[SporkGoddess]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#20

Posted: 7/21/08 at 4:45pm

ITH isn't white though...

Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!

[whatever2]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#21

Posted: 7/23/08 at 12:38am

i agree yankeefan; Adding Machine was pure genius. (as is quite a bit that comes out of the NEXT theatre company in evanston.)

sorry, but SITPWG is only half a show so it doesnt qualify -- the first act is brilliant (especially the mernier revival), but the second act is a big old sloppy mess that completely ruins the experience. i saw SITPWG four times, and coined (i think) a new phrase in the process: first-acting (i.e., leaving at intermission).

"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)

Updated On: 7/23/08 at 12:38 AM

[ko74612]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#22

Posted: 7/23/08 at 1:12am

Legally Blonde!

oh wait... what?
that doesn't count!?

ha.

Why do we follow leaders who never lead?
Why does it take catastrophe to start a revolution?
Tick Tick BOOM

[16andschizo]

re: So long to the 2 best shows of the year thus far#23

Posted: 7/27/08 at 11:39pm

passing strange was, by far, the best musical of the year. however, adding machine was BIZARRE! the first hour was so off the wall. i was so physically uncomfortable. then after he's executed it all of the sudden became this really funny, poignant, intriguing, and though provoking show. unfortunately, for the next two days i had the voice of the wife singing "mrs. zeroooooo" stuck in my head.