Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
noahrp3
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
#1Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 6:22pmI am taking a trip back to NY on Feb. 7th and have room to see two shows, but am trying to decide between Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler. I know none of them have started previews yet, but does anyone have any advice on which would be the best two to see? Thanks!
#2re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 6:23pmWell, "Guys and Dolls" is one of the greatest musicals ever written...
#2re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 6:46pmI am actually coming up that same weekend and have the same three shows on my radar. If I had to get rid of one, it would be GUYS & DOLLS. Even though I am dying to see Lauren Graham and what they do with the staging, my fond memories of the 1992 revival will be forever burned into my brain. However, if you haven't seen it before, do it! STORY might not be around too long and HEDDA has an incredible cast and is a wonderful play. Tough decision!
noahrp3
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
#3re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 6:51pmYeah im dying to see all three. I've seen Guys and Dolls before, but never a good production...actually never even a decent production
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#4re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 6:58pmI'd definitely go with Guys and Dolls. Story of My Life is a quickie transfer from Goodspeed and is a two-character show. Hedda Gabler is a classic, but God knows what the Roundabout will do with it. There's an article in Sunday's NYT that talks about its being an "adaptation" and their arguments didn't convince me. Anything is up for grabs, but Guys and Dolls seems to be the best best of the three.
#5re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 7:04pmIf you are a Lauren Graham fan, that may sway your decision to see Guys & Dolls. I would go with that, with Hedda Gabler coming in second.
HBBrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/11/07
#6re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 7:11pmGuys and Dolls is arguably the best musical ever written in many people's minds...including mine.
#7re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 7:31pm
I'm going a few weeks later and am already planning to see HG and Jane Fonda's play 33 Variations. HAIR was on the menu, but now that's pushed back so I'm torn between G&D and Story of my life!
I have to admit: I've about had my fill of G&D, having been in it 3x, choreographed it 2x and directed it once.
homeimp
Leading Actor Joined: 10/2/08
#8re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 7:40pmI saw The Story Of Us in its Toronto incarnation a couple of years back. Brent Carver played one of the two leads. It has some lovely music in it, but as others have said, it is just a 2-character 90 show. The version I saw had only one set. You are not going to get much bang for your buck unless you are looking for a low-key but carefully crafted show such as A Catered Affair. Guys & Dolls will no doubt be a big splashy musical production of the old school, with a whole gallery of classic songs to savor. Hedda Gabler is a classic play, but every Ibsen or Chekhov production that comes along these days is billed as a new adaptation with a new translation. I wonder sometimes why we can't have Ibsen/Chekhov plays the way they were written. But if you're in the mood for a psychologically intense study of a troubled woman, see Hedda.
#9re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 7:52pm
FYI
Guys and Dolls was rehearsing in LA across from my school, and I got to see Lauren, and hear part of her singing her LAMENT
We were in dance class, and she was in the room next to us (we have classrooms in that building as well) and she was freakin' ripping it apart! She is gonna do great!
Then I ran into her at capezios too, just downstairs. Buying some shoes.
#10re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:50pmDoes anyone have a discount code for Story?? PM work great!
lstbutifulgrl2
Broadway Star Joined: 10/10/07
#11re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 11:52pmI'm putting a vote in for Story. Yes it's a 2 man, 90 minute show with one set. But it's simple. Sometimes the simple shows are the underdogs. I saw it several times at Goodspeed and loved it.
"I'm a butterfly, trivial and small, and in the greater scheme of things, I don't mean much at all." ~The Story of My Life
"Forget Regret, or life is yours to miss." ~Rent
noahrp3
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
#12re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/3/09 at 11:54pmYeah, I do really want to see Story...i was a huge fan of A Catered Affair and it seems to be in the same vein as that show
#13re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/4/09 at 12:36amI saw a workshop of Story of My Life and found it trite. With a cliche plotline and pretty but unmemorable music, the only reason worth seeing it Will Chase (see above post).
Wanting life but never knowing how
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#14re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/4/09 at 1:20am
I'm excited for "Story.." because I don't know anything about it and I get to see inside the Booth!
Why is "Guys and Dolls" rehearsing in LA? Seems pointless to move the entire cast out there, when most are probably stationed in NYC.
#15re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/13/09 at 11:17pm
NOT TRYING TO THREAD JACK...BUT...
RENTBOY:
I don't really know why at all. I don't even know if it was the entire cast, although we had heard them rehearsing quite a few things. But mostly all of it was Lauren.
#16re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/13/09 at 11:29pm
"I'm excited for "Story.." because I don't know anything about it..."
Isn't this usually the case for most shows you see?
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#17re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/14/09 at 12:08amI would see Story just because it's something new and interesting, and might not be around for too long. But I'm always up for seeing the new ones. My picks would be Story and Guys and Dolls.
#18re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/14/09 at 1:47pmBased on what I've heard (haven't seen it yet, am seeing it tonight), you won't be missing much by skipping Hedda Gabler. I'd go for the other two.
#19re: Story of My Life, Guys and Dolls, and Hedda Gabler
Posted: 1/14/09 at 3:25pm
I can't wait to see G&D. I'm hoping Lauren Graham can erase the memory of Karen Ziemba playing Adelaide at the Papermill.
Note - I like Ziemba, but she was an awful Adelaide.
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