little_sally said: "I was at the invited dress last night. Anyone expecting Guvnors will surely be disappointed."
Congratulations, Little Sally. You currently are in first place for understatement of the season!
Rocky gave us live (choreographed) boxing and now The Nap gives us live snooker.
The Nap is divided into eight scene: three compromise the first act; five the second. The first scene is very long, unfunny and drags. Still, you can write it off as a lot of set-up, and if the payoff reached the zany heights of One Man, Two Guvnors, the exposition would be worth it.
Luckily the remaining seven scenes are shorter and have more momentum, but the humor is more mild chuckles than bust a gut hilarity. There are two scenes of live snooker playing shown on video monitors that caused my friend and I break into inappropriate (stifled-as-best-we-could) uncontrollable laughter.
The plot is difficult to discuss without massive spoilers, and even if this wasn’t going to be a madcap farce, the plot didn’t hold my attention enough.
On a completely shallow note, the lead actor is really attractive, so at least there’s some eye candy to get you through the slow bits.
If you do want to go, I’d suggest waiting a few weeks until things tighten up and there’s a little more zip to the whole affair. This was definitely an oddity for Broadway and at least I can say I now know what snooker is.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
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