THOU SHALT NOT
THOU SHALT NOT
#0THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:34am
Did anyone see this show??? I did and although I did see things that were slightly boring about it I thought it was so sexy, dark and intense.
Thoughts???
#1re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:42amI saw it. It was awful. The virtually empty "Mardi Gras", the laundry ballet, the gang-bang ballet, the sex-in-bed-while-the-ghost-of-my-brother-watches ballet, Debra Monk trying to spell out the name of the murderer with Scrabble tiles, and the snappy peppy Frank Sinatra-esque ghost-revenge finale. It was a mess.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Updated On: 8/13/04 at 09:42 AM
twogaab2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#2re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:46am
STULTIFYING, professional but dull. Someone should have told Harry Connick he should actually see a musical before he wright one. That being said some of the music was not bad, it didn't fit anywhere, but it wasn't bad. Also, Norbert Butz was the one bright spot in an otherwise interminable evening.
Just my opinion, I may be wrong.
TWOGAAB
"A Class Act" will never die!
#3re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:48am
It was the ghost of her husband watching.
I thought it was really passionate. The whole show, I thought Debra Monk was GENIOUS. Norbert Leo Butz was INCREDIBLE.
I got lucky I saw Rachelle Rak go on for Kate Levering thank god.
Craig Bierko and Rachelle had such great chemistry. The "Other Hours" ballet was so brilliant and sexy I thought.
#4re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 10:30am
I saw it and also thought Debra Monk was fantastic. That is, until they gave her a stroke or something halfway through the show. She spent the second half disabled - what a waste.
Also, the spinning bed sex scene reminded me of The Exorcist, Norbert was super hot, and the songs (especially Tugboat) put me to sleep.
#5re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 10:36amOh yeah, he was her husband. Their relationship was never really clearly defined other than Camille was someone she had to take care of and he had to die if she and the other guy wanted to get married. I was probably asleep when they said he was her husband.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#6re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 10:42am
I would rather eat a steaming pile of dog sh*t than have to watch this crap again. I can honestly say, without a doubt, that it was the absolute worst show I have ever seen in my entire life.
When I saw it, maybe 1/3 of the audience actually applauded afterwards. The rest of us just got up and left during the curtain calls. Rude or not, I was furious that 2 1/2 hours of my life was just stollen from me, and I will never get it back.
Shame on you, Norbert!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#7re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 10:48am
MATTG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're supposed to be my friend!
JK
COME ON PEOPLE...I got my moneys worth when Craig Bierko took rachelle rak and slammed her onto the cutting board and ripped her dress off!
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#8re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 10:51amI got my money's worth when I beat it out of the cast at the stage door.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#9re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 10:52am
HAHAHA.
I hope I don't have to beat up Tom Hewitt tonite...I just got my nails done!
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#10re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 10:54amoooooh. He can suck my blood anytime.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#11re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 10:56am
For 46 he looks Damn Fine...but I prefer older anyway...
I would tug his salt and pepper hair till he stopped singin'
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:55pm
A train wreck of a show! Crappy music, bad choreography and that scene where Kate Levering was humping the headboard was excrutiatingly bad.
It was the first time ever that the audience lingered about outside the theater to discuss how dreadful the show was. We were all numb!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#13re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 12:56pmThe fact Kate Levering left 42nd Street to do that show really shows she has horrible representation. I hope she fired her agent.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#14re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 1:17pmI never got my money's worth.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
jayem1968
Stand-by Joined: 6/9/04
#15re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 3:39pmProbably the worst show I have ever seen. The only number I halfway sat up for was Norbert singing It's Good to be Home (or back, or here..can't remember the title...something like that).
Everybody goes down well with beer.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#16re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 3:43pmOne of the reviews had the headline "THOU SHOULDN'T HAVE"
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#18re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 6:48pmIt seems that Kate Levering has disappeared to the island of lost dancers.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#19re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 6:49pmWhere that entire cast and creative team deserves to be.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20re: THOU SHALT NOT
Posted: 8/13/04 at 6:59pmAnd to think that Loretta Swit was up for the role that Debra Monk ultimately played! Ugh!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
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