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How bad are the PV seats ?

AC126748 said: "LuPone and Farrow are talented actors, but there's only so much anyone can do with a script this weak."

Thank you for this feedback. As much as I love some legends, I’ve seen them before and would prefer to spend my money on a more ‘important/must-see’ piece of work (as a whole). Different strokes.

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "AC126748 said: "LuPone and Farrow are talented actors, but there's only so much anyone can do with a script this weak."

Thank you for this feedback. As much as I love some legends, I’ve seen them before and would prefer to spend my money on a more ‘important/must-see’ piece of work (as a whole). Different strokes."

That's one of the problems of the high ticket prices of today. It becomes hard for some people to justify paying for a play that's just "good" or "fine." Such plays were common decades ago on Broadway.

MysteriousLady said: "GiantsInTheSky2 said: "AC126748 said: "LuPone and Farrow are talented actors, but there's only so much anyone can do with a script this weak."

Thank you for this feedback. As much as I love some legends, I’ve seen them before and would prefer to spend my money on a more ‘important/must-see’ piece of work (as a whole). Different strokes."

That's one of the problems of the high ticket prices of today. It becomes hard for some people to justify paying for a play that's just "good" or "fine." Such plays were common decades ago on Broadway."

I mean, the back two rows are only $48 with fees and the seats don't appear to be bad, so I got them for October show. First chance to ever see Patti live and I'm gonna take it. Mia Farrow is just a bonus.

CBS Sunday Morning

That's interesting. I might have preferred to see Annette Bening in the role. As it is now, I think Mia gives the far more natural (and memorable) performance, and maybe Annette would have paired better with her than Patti, for me. I can't say there's anything particularly wrong with her performance, but I thought Mia totally outshone her, and it was an extraordinary pleasure to see her on stage.

Updated On: 9/1/24 at 08:50 PM

If Mia and Patti were the only 2 Tony nominated for best actress, who would win? I'm thinking Mia.

The CBS Sunday Morning piece made me want to see this. Just purchased tickes

I'm trying to be more positive, so I'm going to focus on that.

I thought it was oddly appropriate that once the house lights went down and the stage lights came up both actresses walked on stage and basically acknowledged the audience applause. I wouldn't exactly call it a pre-show curtain call, but it was close to that. After that, they took their places, and the play began.

Mia Farrow is sublime in this.

I thought the "opening credits" at the beginning were a bit strange and awkward, not sure how I feel about it.

Patti is doing Patti before she's chiseled away at her marble. I find Patti is at her best either after an out of town/off-Broadway tryout and marinates for a bit. She is really a fantastic actress after she'd really done the work and found the subtleties and nuance. Give her a few weeks. I think someone with a bit more earthy realism would be good in this role, Francis McDormand comes to mind.

Mia is already there. It was an honor to see her on stage and she is alluring, gentle, warm, adorable, and already giving a very believable performance.

The play itself is silly and unrealistic but fun and it was a thrill to see these two legends play together. It feels like instant gay lore.

The audience was perhaps the worst I have ever encountered and makes me worried about the future of theatergoing. An absolute nightmare of incredibly entitled and downright obnoxious human beings.

The hearing devices were a huge problem which really dampened the experience. They were chirping and buzzing and squeaking the entire show and the play is very quiet and hard to hear as it is. The ushers did nothing to assist the people with devices making sounds.

Many cell phones going off, texting, people talking in full voice to their partners, loud candy and food being eaten and unwrapped. It was such a headache. Multiple shushing and turning around and shooting dirty looks did absolutely nothing to shut any of the rude people up.

Updated On: 9/4/24 at 01:37 PM

I thought the production was an absolute stinker. The direction was clunky and the set design was obtrusive especially to those of us sitting in the first 5 rows far house right. I stared at a porch and the back of a chair through the entire production. Yes it was a partial view ticket but it was an obstructed view and should not have been sold. I suspect far house left did not fare much better given there was a down stage wall extension flushed against the proscenium. In a theatre that is somewhat small there is no excuse for a bulky set design that limits viewing in several of the seats. Even the actors had a poor sense of where they were standing, closing themselves off to the audience even when they were center stage. One of the worst set designs I have seen on Broadway. For god’s sake get rid of the chair down stage left and replace it with a tiny bench of some sort and have the actors cheat a little down stage right while sitting on it. Or don’t use it at all. The porch idea should have been scrapped thus opening up the kitchen area. It was barely used.The boxes could have remained inside the door.



I did not find the acting to be very authentic. At times they seemed to be “acting”rather than talking to one another. To be fair the play is not very good and it is predictable. Several people were checking phones for the time and it was only 90 minutes long.


I am not sure why the two actresses agreed to do it. They should have picked a better vehicle. I found Mia’s character (she looked like Mary Hartman) to be rather one note and exhausting. I felt like Patti didn’t quite know how to respond to her because there was so much sameness. Almost like she was making up Mia’s subtext in her mind if that makes any sense. Patti should have used her own hair.

A more interesting choice might have been to have cast them in opposite parts. Just a thought. I would have been happier seeing them in Arsenic and Old Lace!

I left thinking that perhaps I should have waited for the reviews before buying a ticket. Live and learn I guess.

I do not expect any Tony nominations come next year.

Updated On: 9/6/24 at 12:18 AM

Relative to the first preview, Mia & Patti have found their rhythm.

I thought the enthusiasm of a first-preview audience was responsible for such uproarious laughter throughout, but that was just as much the case tonight. Patti, having more time to marinate in this role, has found more vulnerability and has discovered more ways to really mine the depths of the more reflective moments, without sacrificing any of the comedy. In fact, tonight Patti got even more laughs than the first preview. The tenderness that develops between the two characters feels fully fleshed out now. Mia seems even more comfortable.

And the audience tonight was on their best behavior, thankfully.